Wendy Williams!!!

I was so nervous today because I had never really mingled that much with a celebrity. I'm not going to count being an extra on "Dexter" & "Burn Notice". Anyway, I drove to a restaurant called Fleming's Steakhouse in Coral Gables. Miraculously I arrived there without a GPS. I was to be the photographer for the day and take pictures of all the clients with the LFL girls and Wendy. It was so sweet of the station to have made me my own CBS name tag. I felt special :) When Wendy arrived, everyone was super excited. I could tell in their faces. She came with a friend, her stylist and her husband..who..seemed to have a bit of a short fuse but was okay overall. Wendy, though, was so cordial and fun in person. I took so many pictures including with other people's cameras. Eventually came the dinner in this special room provided for us. The CBS promo and the My33 promo that David slaved over came out amazing! It really pumps you up and truly makes you proud of working for the stations. It's also very persuasive in having you watch My33. Hence the purpose of a promo well done. There was even a special funny short film edited and directed by Ardis that was surrounded around "The Office". HILARIOUS! A scene from the office was chosen and it seemed as if Michael was speaking to CBS4 workers. It was even shot in the fast zoom shots of the show. Wendy was loving it. After that we had a great lunch that took awfully long to come out, unfortunately. They had me, Ardis and two other CBS 4 clients (boss lady included) at a table outside of the main room. We called it the kiddie table. There I got to bond with boss lady as well as Joe the camera man. I just asked them about how they got into their careers and such. Pretty interesting. I learned a lot from each and every one of them. I finally got my picture with Wendy after she was interviewed and went home happy. What a great way to wrap up my internship!

Judge Jeanine Pirro & a lovely surprise

So, I was given this huge project for the day which was to edit over 10 Judge Jeanine Pirro launch promos. For the first time I had to work with a :120/:90/:60 promos. The rest for :30/:15's. It was challenging for me but with all of the experience I already had with the many other promos I've edited it wasn't so bad. Ardis would come in, look at how I'd fade the lower third and the bug perfectly with the transitions and say "gooooood". I've learned some more. A lot more. Into the 3rd hour of editing, I was called out by Ardis. Everyone from the My33 family was there waiting for me with ice cream cake and a card signed by everyone. I was so happy! They sang, "for he's a jolly good fellow". Everyone was in an especially good mood because the next day was the big luncheon and Wendy Williams was going to be there! And guess who else will be there? ME! I'm going to miss the My33 family a lot.

More LFL

Being that I didn't have much to do, Ardis realized that there was only one LFL promo out on television at the moment. She gave me the job to make more promos from scratch with some of the other girls. I made 3 more (there were 4 girls) so I was happy that each girl got their chance to have their own little promo on TV. It's crazy how one application can make something look so amazing. It's called the sapphire plug which apparently is worth almost $1,000 or so. So only one computer (David's of course) has it installed. I wish I could have that plug when I edit my projects "/ Oh well. Someday.

District 9

"The Office". One of the most amazing comedy shows on television right now. I love the realistic format that its in and the actors combined make an amazing cast. They are so convincing in that realistic type of acting. I know that sounds silly because all acting is supposed to be "realistic" but most of the time it's all a lot of dramatic mumbo jumbo that we humans don't really reflect. As you can tell, I spent the day adding lower thirds and bugs to some of "The Office" promos. After that, I packed up some District 9 prizes and went to AMC Sunset Place and ran another movie screening on my own with another rep from My33 without Ardis. It was a lot of fun because it was absolutely packed and I got my boyfriend and some of his best friends as well as some of my best friends in for free. Unfortunately, I left because I cannot watch any gore whatsoever. Either way I'm glad I was able to do that for my friends.

David the editing genius.

Today there wasn't much to do for me at the office so I got to sit and watch David edit this huge My33 promo that was to be shown to all the major executives & at the big CBS luncheon. Ardis was right, you really do learn a lot just by watching David edit. He's very fast, too! I'm pretty fast myself and have gotten faster thanks to learning all the short cuts from them. The music choices were amazing. Actually, I have a theory and I shared this with David. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if you are musically inclined, that makes you a better editor. At least for promos and trailers. I played piano for 7 years and clarinet for 3. I also have a musical ear and can tell when something is off beat or not in the right harmony. I feel that is what has made me a naturally good editor. Because before My33, all the editing I did was stuff I learned on my own and from my own instinct. That's why I feel that editing is the job for me in the television world. Would I love to direct? Sure! As long as I get to edit too :)

Bugs & Lower Thirds

So it begins..the downpour of promos that need to be adjusted the My33 way. I spent a good amount of time today adding lower thirds, bugs, & VOs to a collection of MyNetwork TV promos. The promos were for the shows, "The Unit" & "Law & Order". No lie, there were about more than 15 promos. That may not sound like a lot but when it comes to doing everything just right it can take up quite some time. I learned a lot from doing something that can be considered so simple because it really wasn't so simple. At times I thought all was looking good until I noticed that the My33 bug would stay on a clip 1 second longer than the end of the promo itself. It's the tiny, tiny details. Eventually I eventually caught on to the drift of things and started noticing visual cues as to when I should bring a lower third in and out of a promo. These things are going to definitely help me out in the long run as an editor.

Al Sunshine's advice = not so sunny

Being that the LFL shoot was last week, I got to help in digitizing the B roll footage. That took a good while. After digitizing the LFL footage, I spent a good part of the day getting advice from David about financing the University of Miami. Since late June, I have been struggling to find a way to finance UM since no cosigners work for me. I was then given the chance to talk to Al Sunshine who has been a reporter for CBS4 since 1988. Unfortunately, I didn't really get the best advice from him. To be quite blunt he told me, "television sucks". Yet, when I told him I wanted to study television for the editing aspect of it he said, "well, editing's cool". It was very nice of him to have gone out of his way to talk to me but unfortunately his talk didn't spark any positivity in my mind about attending such an expensive school & studying television. It seemed that most people there vouched for me to leave UM regardless of the fact that most of them attended there and loved it. I stuck to my guns and explained to them why I love the school so much.

Later that night I went with Ardis to the My33 Movie Club screening of "Julie & Julia". I was excited that they were screening this one because I had really been wanting to see it. I brought my mom, her best friend and my sister along. They wore cooking aprons and won free chocolate. Cute! I had a really good time.