Final Project Idea

Out of the three original ideas that I chose for this project, I feel like covering Hoco's thanksgiving dinner is the best idea.  Obviously, covering this story would lend itself to plenty of audio, photos, and video.  For audio, I could talk to the head of dining services and maybe even the head chef at Hoco.  Getting interviews with upper-echelon members on dining services will certainly lend themselves to my project.  I could also try to set the scene for my project by recording, say, the sounds of sizzling ovens, pots and pans shifting around, etc.  This, combined with some pictures of staff members working on the set-up of the event and cooking food, would definitely set the scene for the event.  It would also be a good idea to take some video of chefs cooking food and setting up for the event, or maybe even the amount of people that pack the dining hall for the event.  This would definitely work as a good closing slide/video of the project, showing the line that builds up at Hoco for the event.  I could even record the sound of people talking, shuffling around in line, putting their backpacks down, etc., to give the idea of just how many people pack Hoco for the meal.  I'm confident in this idea, and I feel like dining services will be more than happy to help me because how often do they get recognition for the great job they do on campus of providing both students and faculty alike with food and refreshments?  Not often enough, I think.  This particular project would be that opportunity for them, to show the public just how much work it takes to not only set up for the event but also to cook the food that the event is based around.