10/12 through the first half of Access Training

Friday 10/12 (8 hours): We spent a while going over the tape from the dress rehersal and figuring out whether or not we should use 2 or 3 cameras for the actual shoot- we decided on 4 as it turns out. If we put two cameras up in the projection booth as wide-angle shots, we can be sure to get a wide span of all of the action going on onstage. We will also have 2 cameras on the floor, one on each end of the stage, which will give us some nice close-up shots of the action and different angles that will make the finished, edited project really nice with some smooth transitions. We also spent some time in the Gratiot studio today, working down there with the people who use the facility and still working on straightening the place up down there.

Monday 10/15 (2 hours): We had some interviews for the Gratiot position today. We're still going through the process of finding someone, because as before, Lori is still out with the eye thing and also the job had to be posted and interviewed for anyway, even if we do think she's the best for the position. We've gotten about 8 applications, even though some aren't qualified, it's nice to see some response to the posting. TJ and I made arrangements for Wednesday morning to work on getting me trained to actually use the cameras. The "official" training class is tonight (my boyfriend Tim is attending), but I have to work and so I need to get other training scheduled in to be ready for Friday!

Wednesday 10/17 (3.5 hours): At the station super early to do the first half of the camera training. Actually, it's all the training for the cameras, and then the second half of the training is the computer editing part of the program. However, we only have time for the first half, which is all I really need for this week anyway. And this really was an exciting training session, because when I went outside to do the "practice filming" I was going to tape the construction workers across the road because it's fun to make them feel nervous about why we'd be taping. However, after a few minutes of that I looked down and saw the strangest caterpillar ever, and so I started taping that instead (really, it wasn't moving a whole lot so it's just me zooming in and out a lot). Extreme home makeover turned into discovery channel. I'm the best videographer ever!