FEATURE
BY NATALIE COMFORT
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: JASON BAUGUESS THE ERA OF BLACK MAGIC CAMERAS IS COMING TO PASS Jason Bauguess, a video producer, talks about his journey in 22 West Media’s video branch, his newest show about mental health struggles, and preparing to take on a bigger role in the department next semester. Natalie Comfort: Tell me about your journey towards being interested in film. Jason Bauguess: I was always making videos, ever since elementary school… just videos of my siblings and stuff. There was a point where I started making gaming videos for like six or seven years. Then, in high school, I kind of just stopped. I bought a camera. I got really into photography. And then that turned out into recording my friends whenever we hung out. We just made vlogs and shit like that. No one would watch them except us. That turned into any school project opportunity… I would make a video for it. And then I was like fuck it, I’ll study film. Now I’m here. NC: When and how did you start working at 22 West Media? JB: I started as a freshman volunteering on the shows they had running at the time. I found [22 West] at Week of Welcome and I’ve been trapped ever since. NC: So, next semester you are going to step into a bigger role as the current executive producer is leaving, what plans do you have? JB: I definitely want it to feel a little more organized. I
as a video producer, I can realize that some of the shit
afterward there was a lot of stuff I didn’t like about it.
like that it is a creative outlet for us as students. But I
I was making wasn’t that good. I should have seen it
Just generally, more quality control. And I’ll only be
just think the content itself can be polished, in terms
sooner but sometimes if you are not having eyes on it,
here for a semester more so really I’m just setting the
of thumbnails, descriptions, just general formatting of
it’s hard to see if your project is flawed. But a lot of the
grounds for the next person to step in and figure shit
videos. There has been a lack of quality control and
time I just got greenlit to post stuff, and I only realized
out. I want to try to bring back a 22 West film compe-
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