Video Club quizzes roommates, displays talent
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 6:47PM By Jessica Pickens
pickensj@mytjnow.com
Senior broadcast major Preston Jenkinson and Alex Muller perform on the Video Prodution Club. The Club meets on Thursdays during common time. Photo courtesy of Chelsea Nelson.It was born two years ago and got on its feet last spring.
The Video Production Club has official club status as of this past November.
“We built momentum over the past two years,” said president and producer Chelsea Nelson.
The Video Production Club invites students of all majors to tape, perform and film in a real studio and learn skills about broadcast.
The club created WUTube last spring, which allows students to perform to show off their talents, such as singing and stand-up comedy.
This year, a new feature has been created.
“My freshman year, I brought up the idea of a game show,” said the senior broadcast major. “Everyone liked the idea and I’d like to try to do it this year.”
The game will be called “How Well Do You Know Your Roommate” and be in the format of the old TV Show the “Newly weds.”
“The show will have two sets of roommates, and I will quiz them before hand,” Nelson said.
Sophomore mass communication major Susan Clark helps promote the new shows and club meetings.
“A lot of our members are seniors, and we are going to lose them in May,” Clark said. “I know lots of people like video production, but they just don’t know about our club yet. I’m trying to get the word out.”
Along with updating the club’s Facebook page and making flyers, Clark also tries out the talent for the show.
“I regularly try to scout out talent for WUTube. I like different kinds of talents, not just singers and bands,” Clark said. “I’m really trying to search for the new coolest thing.”
The Video Prodution Club tapes shows every two weeks. They will alternate between WUTube and the game show.
“We’ve had a little trouble,” Nelson said. “We are making a better name for ourselves on campus and bringing in entertainment.”
The Video Production Club meets on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during common time in Johnson studio by the Black Box Theater.
