The first week of the Double R Productions internship is over, and I can say this with some sadness; only because it’s an indication that this summer will fly by way too fast. Thus far, Caitlin Sinett, Robert Woods and I Anthony Lestochi have been running at what appears to be a million-miles-per-second. We’ve already had opportunities to be creative, and explore just a taste of professional multi-media production. In all honesty, I think we are equally hooked.
However, what I really would like to discuses in this weeks post is the team, and how well we’ve worked together. It all started Tuesday morning, the second day of our first week, and an interesting email from the elegant Ms. Catherine Baum, telling us to check out a local protest. Naturally we did, and so did the fearless leader Ms. Rosemary Reed, who essentially said “quick grab a camera, and go! The protest was to begin at noon and was to be a rally against the proposal of a tax on gyms. Now, I don’t know about you, but to just throw a bunch of interns into the fire like that is placing a lot of trust in us, which is really awesome. I don’t think Ms. Reed could have chosen a better group of people to get the job done. After a quick camera crash course from the ever-helpful Paul Jamali, we were on our way.
Upon arriving to the Wilson building, home of D.C.’s mayor’s office and council chamber, the excitement was rising. Here we were day two and on our own producing a news story. We quickly set up and got ready. This is where we really started to shine as a team. I grabbed the reins on the tech set up, assembled the camera, mic checks, white balanced, and dialed in iris presets. Caitlin wrote and rehearsed how she was going to introduce her self, what questions she was going to ask, and how to develop a conversation that would effectively explain what the protest was. Robert took on the role of producer, thinking in terms of the big picture. He started scouting out the best places to shoot interviews, B-Roll and the actual protest Then we waited, we waited for what felt like an hour, but that’s because we were the only ones there. Thankfully, the protesters showed up at 11:50 am, and we captured our shots, interviews and a story.
Most importantly we finished the assignment as a team with out a hitch and on a moments notice.
Anthony
