I work in TV

Being the first job out of college, it's hard to comprehend being in a studio, working with well known producers, and getting coffee amongst other things.  

I'm sitting in the edit room right now deciphering what to make of what we did in re-shoots yesterday.  Who is to decide the look and the feel of the show or what to make of the hosts after research came in that there were just some unappealing aspects to the show.  

As I'm learning in the biz that if you show your face, a little bit of talent and competency, there's a good chance that you'll get work.  So there I was back in the studio on Saturday running rundowns, talking to the prompter, and ushering talent as a new script went to work.  

In describing the show, especially to anyone under the age of 30, I talk about a "Best Week Ever" PBS style, and now with a touch of Washington as partisan politics comes into play as the hosts discuss the issues.  It's interesting to be in the edit room where decisions are made and where executives milk out the details of everything from wording to graphics.  

You can view clips now online at www.yourweek.org  

* The above picture is from the shoot on Saturday, with Michelle and Rich at the table, with the Linn the stage manager in the shadows, and of course large green screens!

Amongst the craziness at WETA, I'm in the middle of unpacking boxes (or in denial of moving to Arlington) and working on a Tim Be Told music video.  Stay tuned, for an update on that!

I have a blog

Never did I ever think about hosting a blog, and until recent did I even venture to read them.

But after a conversation with my best Warrior Wahoo, Becca, checking out friends' blogs, and coming to grips that my friends and colleagues I've worked with over the last four years will no longer be near, and lastly, I seem to repeat myself without end every time someone wants to "catch up" with life I thought it was time to start.

I love to be creative and while I no longer have a school with materials at my disposal I thought this would be a great place to speak my mind. I currently write from the offices of WETA where I have been working over the course of that last month as a production assistant on a pilot titled, Your Week. http://www.yourweek.org/

The show is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and hosted by Michelle Cottle and Rich Lowry of the New Republic and National Review, powered by Reddit. Clips are now up online. I started work the day after, or should I say exactly 24 hours I walked the lawn for graduation at UVa and it's been an exciting and fast-paced ride for a first job, but more importantly, an opportunity to learn the process of main-stream media creation.

So here it is my blog, where I hope to feature updates and thoughts on projects I'm working on, events of my unpredictable life, or commentary on what's going on in both the real and digital world.

BIG love to the Hoos of 2008!