RELIEF

The first newscast is over. It went extremely well. Internship coordinators told me numerous amounts of time this was the best prepared newscast they've dealt with theough the entire duration of the program. I produced the entire newscast. I had the help of an assistant producer who became an editor for the talent. The first thing I put together was the rundown, which I will show you a copy of. It was great for an essay but I changed it the day before. I started with the same type of news throughout each block but changed it to keep the audiences interest. This caused extra work on myself but it turned out perfectly.

Next I rounded up my troops and had them produce their own packages which I edited and re-wrote once I received them. After that I put together the VOs and VOSOTS for the entire newscast. I wrote everything. I am very happy with the chosen scripts and video. It all came together very well... which you shall soon see.

After preparing everyone else, ensuring scripts and video for all three block of the show, and talking a shy girl into ad libing weather(a project in itself) I produced and edited my packages. One I taped(actually held the camera for shots), edited and scripted fully. I did all of the work field and studio for my UWG package with the help of a WSBTV photog and another intern. I made a few mistakes so editing became very time consuming on this package. The lighting and sound were off completely. I also had a jumpcut that I put video over(never done before)

The second package I did I am very proud of because instead of shooting a stand up I did the intro and tag to the story live, you will understand when you see the full project. I received a lot of compliments on this.

Overall I am very pleased with the finished project and I really hope you enjoy and critique my writing and the production overall.

Getting the Job Done

Crunch time has officially arrived. Everything we've been talking about is being out into action. But we added an extra step for one package. As a producer I don't do packages. However, one of the other producers and I chose to do the ground work, so... We checked out a camera from school and taped the UWG protest. We produced the package together. Our camera work isn't as beautiful as the seasoned vets, but we did ok. I'm a bit better than her at being a camera person but since I did the reporting, I allowed her to do most of the camera work. Seemed disastrous at first. Anyway it will be on the first newscast so you will see it. Staying up late, all day, at the station writing, logging and capturing, and editing footage has been my week and will be the same next week. Here comes our best work.

Teaching

I spent this week teaching what I know and a little bit of perfecting it. I plan to be fair and give all the anchors a chance to be on camera in my production. To do so, They must all know how to produce a package which includes writing scripts, getting camera shots and editing with avid. This week we started with avid. To properly teach someone to edit anything with motion, you must first know it very well yourself. So I spent a day learning certain cuts, splices, and trims I didn't know. One other producer, our director and myself sat with the reporters and anchors for this newscast and taught them the necessary tools for avid.