Main Idea

The Wiffle Ball League. I want to say this would be informative for a lot of people since not many know about it. I also feel this could be entertaining as it is not a very boring topic and I could likely capture the audience's attention pretty quickly with some of the video I have of pitchers throwing ridiculous moving pitches at high rates of speed. This league is pitching dominant, but the players in this league are no slouches. I could get an interview with arguably one of the best wiffle hitters in the country. This league is vastyly growing. It started as an 8 team league in Massachusetts that now has 15 teams, but also has leagues formed in New York, Pennsylvania, and California. Cash prizes and championships held in Las Vegas.

Project Ideas

1. Professional Wiffle ball league. I'm not positive what angle I would take other than that it's something not many people have heard of. I mean how many people actually know there are people playing fast pitch wiffle ball all around the country and can throw in the 80mph range. I know a lot of the players and guys who run the league so interviews, pics, and video should not be all that difficult to attain. Again just looking for an angle.

2. Rick Reilly wrote a book about the worst golf course in America and the people who play their on a daily basis without fail. The book was titled Missing Links and is loosely based on the gold course I work at in Canton, MA: Ponkapoag Golf Course. Again interviews and stills likely wouldn't be too difficult, I am just unsure of how I would attain some video and what I would video tape.

3. Still haven't come up with a third idea, but I could probably try and do something more closely related to Durham and UNH in general. Maybe there will be an event in the coming days that I would like to cover that is also newsworthy and lends itself to multimedia.

Person Interview

I decided to interview a lady named Dee Mitchell that is the manager of Hayden Sports in downtown Durham. As well as being the manager at Hayden Sports Mrs. Mitchell is also the manager of the Outback Restaurant in Dover, which also happens to be her hometown. Before these jobs though Mrs. Mitchell was an elementary school teacher for fifteen years.
At her home in Dover, New Hampshire Mrs. Mitchell raised three children: two girls and one boy who are all now grown up. These days she enjoys gardening, biking, and walks. Mrs. Mitchell's store Hayden Sports has been a go to for UNH students looking for any type of UNH attire you can think of including hats, shorts, pants, shirts among many other things.

Still Photography

I enjoyed taking still photographs as I tried to challenge myself to come up with images that would grab someone's eye and make them think about what I was trying to relay in the picture. My goal was to take a picture that would catch my own eye because I am one of many people who usually just jump right into a story without paying much attention to the picture that goes with it. Again I don't consider this my field of expertise, but enjoyed trying to come up with some good pictures and enhance my ability in doing such things and thus making me a much more appealing job applicant.

Thoughts on Multimedia

After the first day of class I am both anxious as well as nervous to begin the course. On one hand I am excited to get started and learn more tools that I will need for my trade in the real world. On the other hand I am nervous because I don't consider myself a very technological person and often get frustrated with such things. Overall though I hope I surprise myself and learn as much as I can in video, photography, and multimedia in general.