Hello again!
Tuesday was my first day interning at HD Broadcast AZ. While it was only a half day, it was more than eventful. Within the first twenty minutes, I had already witnessed a live telecast with CNN about a recent mishap with a plane’s landing gear. CNN contacted Rick Dake, a pilot from the Phoenix area, to speak about the accident, as well as HD Broadcast AZ to film the segment. Each person contributing to the piece was on another side of the country. Mr. Dake was here in Scottsdale, AZ, the CNN anchors were in Atlanta, GA, and the entire time the people running the broadcast were at the CNN headquarters in New York, NY. After watching this live broadcast, I sat down with my on-site mentor, Doug Collins, and began editing my first project. The studio had previously filmed an interview with a local health educator, Dr. Lori Ebert, but had yet to edit the piece, so Mr. Collins put me right to work. I finished editing the segment and worked on the color correction.
The rest of the week was just as exciting. Wednesday, I continued to edit Dr. Lori's videos, including a cooking piece, which I had little experience doing, so that was both exciting and nerve racking, but I think Dr. Lori will be very happy with the end product! That same afternoon, I met Healy Baumgardner-Nardone, former White House media consultant. She and Mr. Collins are developing a new broadcast network, MBN (the Media Broadcast Network), a news channel for smart tvs.
Thursday and Friday, I continued editing. LOTS OF EDITING. I love it.
See you next week,
Cameron Pierse
Hi Cam,
ReplyDeleteSounds great! I would love to hear more about the tools you are using in the editing suite...
Mr. Bloom
Hi Mr. Bloom! I am using mostly Adobe Premiere Pro and also some After Effects
DeleteThat must be super fun! How much work do you have to put in to editing for each piece?
ReplyDeleteWow! That sounds incredibly exciting? How do you edit a piece? What exactly are you editing?
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you are having so much fun! Congrats with the cooking piece! I know how it feels to be thrown into something you have little experience with haha
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs. Bailey, Chris, and Massimo! The pieces I edit vary in length and type, so the amount of work really depends. Some of them are just short segments, but some are longer interviews. The interviews typically require color correction, making the conversation more concise, and adding titles.
ReplyDeletethis is exciting cameron!! I love it, my little film star. I can't wait to hear more!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds so exciting! You seem so busy. Were the editing jobs hard? What exactly did you have to do?
ReplyDeleteCameron,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Ellie from Lutheran High School in Parker, Colorado. I read all of your project entries so far, and I'm really interested in your project. I've had an interest in film as well, and took a film making class not too long ago, and learned so much! It is something I am studying next year in college. What kinds of editing jobs did they have you do? How hard were they? I can imagine it was nerve racking, but it sounds like you have a lot of potential and passion for this. Best of luck, I'm excited to follow the rest of your project!
Hi Ellie,
DeleteWell thank you for reading my blog! I plan to study film next year, as well. So far, I have been editing mostly previously taped interviews, cutting down their time and polishing the conversation, keeping the most important parts. At first, it was a little difficult, but now that I have gotten more experience with the software, they are getting easier to edit!