I have already gone to two STNs. This has given me enough experience to be able to give little advice. There are three pieces of advice that I would give. The first one is to not get sick. Also, make sure you ask questions if you have some and make sure that you are good at what you do.    I would tell you no to get sick because there is nothing worse than having to do the Sweet Sixteen while you fell like puking. I had to stay up till eleven at night. It was horrible; all I wanted to do was throw up. It was horrible. This year was better though, I was still sick, although I only had a runny nose and a bad cough. You really don't feel good. It also is a real bummer when you are filming and them you start in a coughing fit. You no longer can use the shot that you filmed. That is why you should not get sick.

   You also should ask any questions if you have any. That was a problem with our team this year. We had a question about outside help. We did not think of it till after the question session was over. We then did not think of asking the contest booth, so we played it safe and did not film anything outside. This was really detrimental to our video. So ask questions if you have any. 

   The final piece of advice that I have is be good at what you do. IF you are the photographer, make sure that you are a very good cameraman. This is because, if everybody is good at what they do, then everything in your video will be good. If you are the filmer, then don't worry about acting, only worry about filming. This will make your video a lot better.

   In conclusion, that is the advice that I would give people in Media next year. Don't get sick, ask questions, and be good at what you do.

Mr. M
4/20/2014 06:50:23 pm

Good advice Ben! I bet next year your team won't make any of these mistakes. Don't feel bad though, lots of teams go through some tough spots and while going through that during the competition is not the best time to do that, at least it teaches us a lesson. If we can learn from these mistakes then it really wasn't all that bad!

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