Reality: Casting & Series Development- The first “phase” of my internship began the day I arrived in LA, at the end of a three-day and two-hour cross-country road trip. It began, as I exited the freeway to scope out the office for Monday, with a phone call. It was my supervisor Craig, calling to touch […]
Archive for August, 2011
My internship this summer was in the development department of TLC, a sister channel of Discovery. Although I hope to pursue writing and developing scripted material, I am really fascinated by the storytelling process regardless of genre. I was excited to be a part of this process for the summer, and was hopeful that the […]
Edit to a Love Letter & Damn Those Emoticons
Posted: 13th August 2011 by Katie Kirnan in Notes to Sequence 64In an effort to appear clever in my most recent post, I somehow accidentally inserted a smiley-face emoticon on my list of advice to Sequence 64 instead of the number 8 to signify my eighth piece of advice. As if that weren’t bad enough, this emoticon is wearing sunglasses. Maybe it’s really sunny where he […]
Hey there, Sequence 64, I’m starting this off as a letter because I’m writing in Microsoft Word and that friendly little paper clip just popped up and said he’d write it for me. So, here’s a paper clip’s advice to everyone. You probably just took your Thompson final and never want to read another word […]
Programs to learn for post production
Posted: 13th August 2011 by alexgilliom in Notes to Sequence 64At Blackbelt TV, Mike is the only editor. So, he has to do everything including editing, graphics, sound, color correction and green screen work to name a few. As his intern I have had to use many programs from Final Cut Studio like Final Cut Pro, Compressor and DVD Studio Pro. My advice is […]
Internships typically do not become jobs.
Posted: 12th August 2011 by alexgilliom in Random ReflectionsCompanies like having free labor around and aren’t always going to replace interns with people they have to pay. At Blackbelt TV we desperately need more assistant editors and editors but the owner doesn’t not want to spend the money right now. It works out for me as an intern since I get to a lot more than I […]
Use the people you work with at the internship as a resource. I am faced with the prospect of wrapping up my internship next week and I have to face the real world. The only people I really know in this industry are the people I am currently working with. So, I made sure to […]
Tours: Imaginery travel while in the office
Posted: 11th August 2011 by ronaldseananthonymcleod in Random ReflectionsI have worked on many tours for corporate that are coming up. As I sit in the office sometimes and get requests for talent whether they are hip-hop artist or gospel artist, just the thought of some of these venues and markets that concerts will be performed at places I have not been (YET!) I […]
Conversations with a Pro: Real Life Concerns
Posted: 11th August 2011 by ericlee63 in Random ReflectionsThe last time I spoke with Jon, like every time I speak with him, his experience shone, highlighting real-life screenwriting concerns that I’ve neglected or to which, until now, I’ve remained oblivious. I still tend to think about writing a TV episode like it’s a short film, and, while that mindset helps in thinking about […]
1,000 < 1,000,000
Posted: 11th August 2011 by kateaquillano in A picture's worth a thousand words, and video is worth a million!I think the best way to go about this blog topic is to use an example from my favorite show, ‘Band of Brothers’. Picture: Video: [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcMk85ZsBh0&w=560&h=349] The picture is good, you can make assumptions about the time and place by its context clues, but when you watch the video, it hits on so many […]