That's Awkward... But It Doesn't Have To Be

Inspiration

This YouTube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv1aDEFlXq8

What it does

Attempts to inform the Aggie community about how not be awkward when interacting with members of the LGBTQ community. The presentation of this video at things like New Student Conferences would also convey the message that Texas A&M is thinking about its LGBTQ students to all incoming students.

How we built it

We utilized a Canon T4i with an 18-55mm IS STM lens and Adobe Premiere Pro CC, along with volunteer actors and YouTube captioning

Challenges we ran into

Finding people willing to volunteer for our video

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Getting our message across in a way that can be engaging and humorous for those who otherwise would ignore it Making closed captions available on the video

What we learned

Premiere Pro CC, critical thinking, script writing, how to be entertaining while informative, closed captioning a YouTube video

What's next for That's Awkward... But It Doesn't Have To Be

Reshooting the video with more time and and more people to improve production value, then featuring the video at New Student Conferences or Fish Camp

Built With

• adobe-premiere-pro-cc
• canon-t4i
• youtube