National Marquette Day brings Marquette University students, alumni and fans together to celebrate the university annually. The main event of National Marquette day was Saturday’s matchup between the struggling Golden Eagles and the #6 Villanova Wildcats. Marquette stuck around but Villanova had an answer for every Marquette surge. In the end the Wildcats spoiled Marquette’s big day and they took the victory 87-76.
This matchup saw the second largest crowd the Bradley Center has hosted this year. Only the rivalry game against the #2 (at the time) Wisconsin Badgers drew a larger crowd. National Marquette Day was the biggest news around campus during the last #loweclass news cycle for me so it was an easy choice for my story. I made sure to get down to the arena two hours before tip-off in order to get shots of the fans lining up. The night before filming I ran through the story in my head and had shots in mind. The shot of seats filling up in fast motion is always intriguing, but it is not an easy shot to get. The “who did what” focus of this story is Golden Eagle Fans Celebrate National Marquette Day. Originally the title was Golden Eagles rather than Golden Eagle fans, but after scrolling through the #loweclass facebook page it came to my attention that my classmate Hannah Kirby had already claimed that title for her story. Going in it was made clear that we needed more footage than we would use. I was proud to have nearly 40 video clips to choose from when the cutting process began, but to be completely honest, I could have had more. 40 clips was more than enough for this short story but the more footage you have, the easier it is to create a story. In the end this was my favorite project of the semester (so far). The video quality of the iPhone 6 impressed me in the end. The only thing the iPhone really lacks is high quality audio. Check back for more mobile video packages soon!
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