Graphics are in!

As soon as I came in today, I saw that my graphics came in. I placed all of the graphics clips on the editing timeline and things started to look a lot more colorful. Some problems did arise with the placing of the graphics, though. Some sound effects were off as well as timing. So, I spent the rest of my day adjusting everything. I'm not going to lie--it was frustrating, but worth it. Everything must be close to perfect in order to air on the television.

Changing things around

Because we are all creative beings--things are never going to remain the same sometimes. Once all the timing was in with voice over, temporary graphic stills, music, and clips were in--things appeared a bit off. It needed something. ARTHUR DANCING! It took me a good hour searching through more beta tapes and promos to find a clip of Arthur dancing. Fortunately, David showed me a green screen reel where Arthur is making a lot of funny faces and DANCING! It fit so well with the music. A lot of cutting had to be done. David showed me what to do in the case of it going over the 30 seconds and then he had me do it on my own. Luckily, I got it. I had to add a little over here, and delete a little over there. I even added more clips that I found suiting in place of others. I then placed my graphics order with the help of David. It's coming along great and I'm just about done completing my first project! I can't wait to see it on television.

Voice Over time!

Today was quite different because Ardis and I finally went through all of my chosen clips and finalized the script. I then e-mailed our voice over Talent, Chris Corley, the script with a brief description of how he is supposed to say the lines--a bit on the sarcastic side. While waiting, I still wanted to see how the promo was coming along. I couldn't know until I had a voice over in place so I went and recorded my own voice over and imported it. I didn't need to work with my voice for long because within an hour of sending Chris that e-mail, he had already posted his voice over saying the lines in different ways on his website. It's amazing how this guy works from home. Surprisingly, to me and Arids' surprise, we didn't need to call him and direct him to say his lines better. He nailed it. I then imported it into Final Cut and things started to look better and better.

Promos aren't as easy as they look.

I am loving Final Cut Pro more and more each day. I've always been familiar with it but I never knew a lot of things that I'm learning now at My33. Ardis and David help me so much. I continued to work on my King of Queens promo and started putting clips of my choosing onto the timeline as well as choosing music from their library that fit well. I wound up choosing a very funny, tropical-like song. Aridis says it sounds very "retirement home". Basically, it suited the promo and it suited Arthur well. Believe it or not, all of that took up my 4 hours here. As my old drama professor used to say, "God is in the details".

KOQ Promo in progress..

I spent a good 90% of my time digitizing Arthur clips today. I had to be very specific in what I chose as far as his antics go. He is so funny! As I went along digitizing the clips, I started thinking of new lines and such for the voice over talent to say. It felt great having such creative input for this project. What did I do the other 10%? You can say I spent it learning different short cuts that I never knew existed with final cut pro.

King of Queens promo in progress :)

Today I continued to work on the "King of Queens" promo and learned how to digitize beta tapes. I also learned how to use the CD-ROM that works like a search engine to locate certain parts of an episode that I'd like. In my case it was Arthur's temper or Arthur's antics. I wrote down the episode and reel numbers and grabbed the beta tapes to digitize them. I basically have digitized enough Arthur clips and added some lines here and changed some lines there. Ardis liked my ideas. Next week we'll probably finalize the script, contact the voice over talent and talk to the graphics department.

Jerry Stiller is the man.

I was given an official project today! I got started on a "King of Queens" promotion that will air live on My33! It is a 30 second spot that centers around Jerry Stiller's character named Arthur. I basically did what I did all of last Thursday which was digitizing the best Arthur moments. I was given a possible script as to outline what I had to look for more or less. Ardis told me I can change lines and what not. It's amazing that I have such creative freedom here!

Uh Oh! -- CHEATERS!

I can't believe it's the third day and I already started doing what I love--editing! I was given the task to digitize a bunch of tapes of the show that's a guilty pleasure to many, "Cheaters". It was fun forwarding to the end where things get ugly. That's basically what I did for the entire 4 hours. I would grab two tapes, digitize, return the tapes, bring more tapes, etc.

My Life in Ruins

Today I got to experience a different side of what I usually would do as an intern. I got to join Ardis on a My33 Movie Club movie screening for "My Life in Ruins". I arrived at the office at around 4:00pm and I helped Ardis set up goodie bags that audience members would win as prizes. By 6pm we were already on our way to Aventura. My boyfriend was allowed to come with me and he was a great help. When we arrived there was already a huge line! Ardis and I had to go to each person and request information from them and giving them their tickets in return. The way My33 Movie Club works is once people are signed up, they will recieve e-mail notifications about movie screenings. Once they recieve the e-mail, the first 100 people that respond get the free tickets. I think it's pretty awesome. After everyone was given their tickets, we went inside and set up some signs in front of the movie screen. I got to watch Ardis talk to the audience so that I would know what to do when I go up to do it on my own. I helped giving the audience members the goodie bags and after that we enjoyed a nice movie. Ardis is such a cool person. It's so easy to talk to her and we got to talking about UM and such. It was only my second day and I already feel comfortable.

Day 1 - Let's get things started!

Today was my first time at my internship with CBS4/My33. I know you may be wondering, "wait, so is she working for CBS4 or My33?". According to my credentials and how my interview went, I was told that I definitely belong to the creative side of promotions in My33 but I can still do some work for CBS4 if needed. So, today I got there on time at 10:00am. I am very lucky to live only ten minutes away from their location. I was given warm greetings by everyone and Ardis Gonzalez took me to HR to get set up. I was then taken to my little corner cubicle that I will share with their PR intern at times. There were some problems setting up my up my user name and password for my computer but it was shortly resolved by the wonderful Wally. Then I spent the rest of my first day as an intern being coached by producer David Orson Wallach. He was so easy to talk to and introduced me to almost everyone in the departments there. I learned how to work the machine that contacts the voice over talent, recording my own voice over, tape labeling, where I can go to find archived footage on the CBS 4 side as well as the My33 side, the paging system, faxing, what server to use to edit, what folders to use. I was shown a lot of promotional ads that I will soon be doing on my own and I can't wait! I certainly learned a lot in just four hours. I can only imagine how much I will learn throughout this entire summer!