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.