During my time at the Missouri School of Journalism, I produced and edited a range of videos and documentaries for classes and for the Columbia Missourian. Below is a gathered collection of my video work, including microdocumentaries using Adobe Premiere and an Adobe After Effects video.
Bryan Diaz, 23, is a professional gaming streamer on the platforms of Twitch and YouTube Gaming. Diaz, a first generation American, made gaming a hobby to escape from his reality of being bullied while growing up in Mexico. Through gaming, and moving back to the United States in 2013, Diaz has found many friends and acquaintances in the gaming community. While Twitch, an interactive livestreaming service focusing on video games, has existed in the gaming world since 2011, Diaz, aka RizingBD, has been on the service since Nov. 9, 2013.
Diaz adds his own personality and identity into his streams, from incorporating the Mexico flag into his backdrop, to including his classic intro statement “Hola mi gente!” in his streams, which translates to “Hey, guys” in English from Spanish. He also prides himself on including little figurines around his desktop that relate to his favorite shows and movies as well as his family and his fiancé, who “mean the world” to him.
Diaz has gained 1.4K followers and subscribers to his channel and continues to grow as he has made the switch to YouTube Gaming. Diaz also works as a certified sports nutritionist at Supplement Superstores in Columbia during the day, switching to his career in gaming at night. Although Diaz does not stream his gaming every night, he does work on his gaming content and skill daily when he is able. “I work a 9 to 5, but I also work a 5 to 9 when I look at my gaming work,” Diaz said. During his time in the gaming realm, Diaz has also gained a sponsorship with a gaming brand, HyperX, and he uses this sponsorship to promote new products and features from the brand in different ways throughout his stream and content in his channel.
While at the Missouri School of Journalism, I was tasked with creating a mini-documentary, or video portrait, on Bini Sebastian.
This video portrait follows the background and emotional stories of Bini Sebastian, a local Columbia artist. Bini is currently a student at Mizzou who does a variety of things both on and off campus revolving around art, yoga, and psychological practices of mindfulness, self-awareness and wellbeing for herself, her students and others. Bini is an artist at Orr Street Studios and likes to paint and draw commissioned work and personal art pieces in her free time. She also participates in local art galleries and art shows throughout the community. Within this video portrait, Bini talks about her family's influence and views, cultural inclusions within her art and personal experiences that have influenced her art in unique ways.
While at the Missouri School of Journalism, Samir Knox and I were able to create a short video story on vintage camera collectors.
As the rise in digital cameras spread across the globe with new technology emerging, film and vintage cameras start to see their way into antique malls and in vintage camera collectors’ findings. These collectors gather cameras for personal use and display within their collections, to best show the importance of these older photography technologies in the age of digital media takeover.
While at the Missouri School of Journalism, I was tasked with creating a profile story on Rebecca Miller of Peggy Jean's Pies in Columbia, MO.
Peggy Jean's Pies of Columbia, MO operates under Rebecca Miller, a co-owner, blog poster, financial executive and occasional baker for the business. This story highlights the profile of Rebecca Miller within her position at the company, and it gives insights to some behind the scenes tasks of the job.
While at the Missouri School of Journalism, a team of journalists and I were able to cover a story on Native American locals and history from the Columbia, MO area. I used this story to create an After Effects video to highlight one of our subjects and his quotes.
Brent Cook, a local Missouri native and Columbia resident of Northern Cherokee descent, owns a growing Native American artifacts collection to describe Missouri Native Americans and contribute to their Columbia, MO history.
Photo credits from my video edit are thanks to my fellow journalism class team member, Ellie Lin.