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Thank you for submitting a video for the Hobart Bicentennial Gala Celebration! Before submitting, please read the prompts and instructions below.

Begin your video by stating your name and graduating year.

IN YOUR VIDEO, PELASE REFLECT ON ONE OR TWO OF THE FOLLOWING:

Bicentennial

2022 Marks the Bicentennial of Hobart College

  • Talk about someone who inspired you at Hobart and William Smith
  • Tell us about a favorite professor or coach and the influence they had on you.
  • Looking back on your student days, what or whom are you grateful for?
  • Describe how your time at Hobart and William Smith transformed you.
  • Describe a memorable moment or two from your time at Hobart and William Smith
  • Describe your favorite place on campus.  

End your recording by saying one of the following statements:

  • “I am Hobart and William Smith”
  • “I am Hobart”
  • “I am William Smith”
  • “I am HWS”

ADDITIONAL Instructions:

  • Clean your phone’s camera lens before recording and shoot in landscape (horizontal) orientation, not portrait (vertical). So, just turn your phone sideways.
  • If possible, record using the camera on the rear of you phone. It’s a higher quality.
  • Don’t wear anything with a super busy pattern. It can create a distracting moiré effect in the camera.
  • Pick a quiet location with minimal background noise and put your phone in Airplane Mode to prevent unwanted distractions.
  • Your phone footage will look best when you shoot with lots of light. If you’re shooting indoors, adding supplemental lighting will go a long way. Facing a window and using natural light is great. Just do not shoot with a window or other bright light source behind you.
  • Be aware of your surroundings and what’s in your shot. Avoid shooting in front of a blank wall.
  • For better sound, keep the phone within 3 feet of you when speaking.
  • When filming yourself, use a tripod and have the camera a little higher than eye level. If you don’t have a tripod, let a friend hold the camera for you.
  • Look into the camera lens.
  • When recording, wait a couple of seconds before speaking to settle yourself. Do the same when you’re finished. Wait a few seconds after you’re done speaking to end the recording. It’s easier to edit.
  • Don’t forget to smile.
  • Do not email or text the clips from your phone — they will come across at low resolution, instead please submit video files using this link.
  • Try to keep your video to one minute or less.
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