March 29, 2011

I love the news show!  It makes me happy to hear Colleen and Anna say they are proud of us.  I think that my skills are getting better.  Anna gave me a lot of compliments when I was running the camera.  I had the two shot and the one shot yesterday because we weren't sure if that was too much for Pam since that was her first time with the camera.  All three of my stories were used (reworded of course but basically the same) so I think that I am finally getting it right when I write the stories.


Hours: 1 hour
Total: 96 hours

March 24, 2011

I have decided not to count the hours for the stories I write for the Southern News Network because Anna and Colleen spend so much time rewording them.  It feels unfair to count that as hours when they do the real work.  But on the show itself, only Luti was our anchor so Dave had an easy one shot.  I ran audio and that was simple since I didn't have to figure out who was wearing which mic.  To me it didn't seem like there were that many stories this week.  Anna said there were but it honestly didn't seem like it.  But with our tiny group we managed to get things done.

Interlachen.  Where to start.  Same stuff as it has been, just going over and doing final tweaks.  We are so close to being done for real this time. I know this because I actually have a social life this week.  Doesn't mean I'm not putting in a lot of hours.  If the printer didn't go so slow it would have cut an easy 2 hours off my time but I can't help that. 

Hours: 15 hours
Total: 95 hours

March 18, 2011

Bradford, I know this is a huge amount of hours to blog at once but you've seen me in the Interlachen office.  I have earned a whole semester's worth of hours finishing this yearbook.  Turns out I'm not so bad at layout and I got to layout a few spreads all on my own.  I also have become the world's greatest Facebook stalker but almost every person is named in the yearbook.  I have been in here most nights until 1 am when Safety kicks us out.  Patrick has made sure that I have learned everything I need to know and has put me in charge of it.  I can't imagine how hard this would be if he was gone.  I plan on having this all done early next year as the photo editor.  I don't like this cramming stuff. I never did sleep in the office but I should have. But through this all I have learned how to do a lot of things in Interlachen such as copy, layout, photo editing, and using my resources.

Hours: 42 hours
Total: 80 hours

March 15, 2011

People are taking advantage of Anna and it really upsets me.  She is the one upperclassmen other than Luti that is teaching us freshmen how to use the equipment.  There were six of us there yesterday.  Sami and I ran cameras and there were way less problems this week without the guys doing it.  Anna wants us to run cameras everytime.  We were able to record it all in the first run through.  That was so exciting!  Colleen, Sami, and I looked up story ideas and posted them on facebook so that people can write this week since only two stories got sent in.  I love doing the show and I know that's what I want to do, the background work.  Someone else's pretty face can be in front of the camera, I want to put it all together and do the hard work.  I got to watch Anna edit for a little while but had to leave.

I spent way too much time in Interlachen yesterday.  I was there from 4:30 til 11:30 when Patrick kicked me out.  I have been taught how to edit the layout and fix the minor errors.  The little OCD I have has made such a huge difference too.  I catch little things and work on them until perfect.  It drives Patrick a little crazy but thats ok.  We are going to get this yearbook done by Friday if I have to sleep in the office.  I am not going to let Interlachen keep this bad reputation!

Hours: 7 hours
Total: 38 hours

March 9, 2011

Back from Spring Break only to realize the yearbook is due next Friday.  Nine days and they will be the longest ever.  Yesterday I spent two and a half hours working on photos.  I had to learn some things from Patrick so about half an hour was that but I have done a lot of this work myself.  I know how to resize pictures, how to fix the shading, and how to zoom in on the things in the picture we really want.  Now its just going through all the pictures and doing that.  I also took that follow up survey.  I think its worth an hour but if it's not please correct me Bradford.  Today I ran the sound for the Southern News.  Luti was so loud!  He was much louder than Colleen but I figured out his mic and turned it down.  He got really excited with the sports and got loud again.  We were having some problems with camera stuff but that's OK.  TJ and I are going to attempt a package of Founder's Week.  We are going to be over seen by Anna so we should be fine but it will be my first time.  I am so excited for it!

Later on today I finished going through the yearbook.  All pictures are fixed that are marked except for one that I can't open for some reason... Oh well.  I thought it was going to be so much more work but I also need to go through and process more pictures.  I will come back tomorrow between classes and during free time to do that because a sane person should only spend a few hours in this tiny room and I have met my limit for the day.  But I hope that I won't be pulling long nights if I get this ahead now.  eight days and counting to finish.

Hours: 7 hours
Total: 31 hours