Pledge Drive

It was great to be a part of FSTVs winter pledge drive, It was very informative to see what it takes to put on a pledge drive like this. I was able to help set up and get the cameras ready on some days, and I was able to answer the phones a couple of days, which was a great experience. I loved talking to people from all over, and hearing their stories about why they were donating, and how much they value FSTV; I have a much better idea of who our demographic is now. I only wish I could have spent more hours here observing and helping, having to leave for class each day at 3 kind of limited what I could do, but I was still happy to be involved, if even in a small way.

Pledge Production Over/ Occupy Begins

On Thursday, we wrapped up production for the pledge drive. Since I have to leave on 2:30 most days right now, I wasn't able to be there all day, so I wasn't able to do much more production besides setting up and helping with rehearsals. This did, however, give me the chance to answer phones which was kind of a fun experience.

Now, I believe FSTV is planning on doing a live 1 hour long show. It seems ambitious right now, but that also makes it pretty exciting. I'm guessing that means some more responsibilities for us, and/or starting to need our news 'packages' for the segment. Either way, I'm excited to see what it brings. We'll see.

- Devin

Getting ready for the Pledge Drive

Today I helped get the studio ready for the Pledge Drive- Alex and I got some lights placed, I mostly assisted due to my fear of heights, but I got two up on my own, so that was an accomplishment.

10/24

I can't believe it is almost November. I have been working on the Action Calendar, and that is going well. Other than that we have been doing Newswire packages, last week I did writing and voice over; Jordan edited our piece. We are going to be changing things up a bit with the Newswire packages, and I will be editing in the future. I can't say that I will necessarily miss doing voice overs, but it was a fun learning experience. I have been helping out with roundtable discussions, mostly in the control room, but sometimes in the studio. It has been a great experience so far here at FSTV, I hope I can contribute and learn more in other areas as well in the future.

Occupy Denver

Friday I was driving Emilie to work at about 7:00 am and saw a few cops on 13th in riot gear. I had heard that they were going to be kicking occupy protestors out of the park so I wondered if thats what they were doing, but they were on 13th so I wasn't sure. I drove back on colfax and saw all 200 in full riot gear surrounding the park. I parked my car at home and walked back down there. I thought that fstv might want to know if they didnt so i started talking to alex and eventually met him and marcy there.

10/13/11

The last few weeks have been busy for me with tasks for FSTV and my new gig working at a haunted house. I initially wanted to work as a photographer but got pulled in to do some acting. If you want to check me out as a zombie clown then come see Circus of Fear in 3D (really awesome artwork there). This week both the skype interview and round table were focused on the Occupy Wall Street movement. I'm excited that Freespeech is paying attention to the event, and I'm interested to see where both the media coverage and the movement itself lead to.

Justin T.

Wednesday, October 12

Hi Blog,

Last week I helped out compiling some lists for the Take Back the American Dream conference. I was a quiet week, so I mostly worked on weekly stuff and finding events for the action calendar. Today I caught up on the action calendar and got it taped. We are not doing newswire packages today, but we are doing a roundtable discussion. I hope I can continue to stretch myself and learn things that are out of my comfort zone in the upcoming weeks.

-Allison

Oct 12th 2k11

Today Justin T and I set up the studio for the round table, I also have been getting my weeklies finished up. everyone was gone last week for the shoot in dc, so not much happened then. The week before that I had been editing and writing the daily news packages as well as helping out for the studio shoots.

10/12

Last week everyone was at the Take Back The American Dream conference in DC. I was proud to even be a very small part of that, doing my best to assist Joe with the social media and such, and just knowing that the people at FS were covering the conference and interacting with some people with some great insight. Since everyone has been back, we've been making sure that everything was edited and uploaded to blip. I think things are now a bit more organized with that..at least what I've seen.

Now, I believe we will be getting ready for a pledge drive which I have not yet been around for. Should be fun.

-Devin

Friday!

On Monday I finished the Action Calendar for next week. I am thinking of creating a monthly action calendar for myself to have a better idea of upcoming events before I do the weekly Action Calendar, I think this would help with my timing of event, which I don't think has been bad, but it could be better. For instance, I had the Take Back the American Dream conference on the Calendar for this weeks, but not for next weeks, which I think would have been helpful in conjunction with all of the coverage. I worked on my first newswire package this week as well, I enjoy doing the writing portion. I did the voice over, which was an interesting, but fun process. I a going to need to practice a lot, I should probably speak in a lower register and control my breathing more. The other interns and Marcy were very helpful in getting me up to speed with the process. Jordan helped me with the uploading process and editing (I am looking forward to editing next time, it is definitely an area of production that I enjoy doing). I think I will be able to hit the ground running next time. I was able to floor manage and camera for the newswire, I need more practice behind the camera, I get a little intimidated when I don't do it for awhile. I had a lot of fun floor managing (Alexander was right there letting me know what to do), but I would like to do it again in the future. Looking forward to future project, and I am looking forward to the conference coverage next week.

-Allison

9/28/11

In the last few weeks we have been working on creating news packages, which involves script writing and video editing. I enjoy the writing process but the voice over is a little outside of my comfort zone. Hearing my own voice is uncomfortable but its been good to work on my own articulation and pronunciation. Also, the new film 'Drive' is amazing and I highly recommend it.

Justin Trammell

9/26

Last week I worked mostly on the action calendar, I was out sick on Wednesday so unfortunately I missed what was going on that day. Today I finished the action calendar for next week, I think I have a better handle on the equipment now, and I am able to finish the calendar on my own, so that's good. I am looking forward to working on more things this week, I am working on Friday as well, so hopefully that will give me more opportunity to expand to other areas.

-Allison

Motion graphics and more Newswire

Last week, I was working closely with Chris, in order to soak up as much MG know-how as possible before he left, and I produced a couple of short branding pieces that may be broadcast eventually. I'm sad Chris is gone already, but happy to be working with After Effects and I hope to help Megan with any upcoming MG work.
The Newswire packages are completed in 2-person teams, and so far this week I have been editing video to match the voiceovers written and recorded by the other interns. I am enjoying the editing experience and practice on Final Cut Pro, which I am not so terribly familiar with. Marcy and Megan have been very patient and helpful, and I hope to get some writing and VO experience soon.

9/21 Post

This week we have worked on a couple of newswire packages. We are getting valuable feedback and coaching from the staff and are hopefully getting better so we can start 'airing' them on the web and then on tv.

The story I wrote on Tuesday was about Troy Davis and the decision by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to not grant Davis clemency. The decision and urgency to stand against it is rather overwhelming, especially now that his execution is set for less two hours from now.

Today, I edited a package about the newly signed bill allowing for military men and women to be openly gay.

That's what is goin' on right now

-Devin
Posted by: Devin Moroney

Update

Last week Marcy led a newswire package training session. She showed us how to find news stories and footage that we could use to put together the packages, she showed us how to find the info on reuters.com. The most interesting part was trying to condense all of the information into a 45 second story. The information on Reuters was organized very well though, so it was pretty straightforward. It was fun breaking into groups and attempting to put everything together from beginning to end on our own, I haven't worked a lot with the other interns, so that was good experience as well. I also worked on the Action calendar and helped out with the teleprompter in the studio. I ran into some technical difficulties, but that's probably a good way to learn. I feel a little more comfortable with the equipment in the control room now, everyone has been very helpful! I am looking forward to the coming weeks.

Blog Entry 9/15

Last week we had a training to learn how to write and edit packages for newswire. I was excited to get to be doing that. When we split into groups, i wanted to give it so much attention that I was impressed on how fast they normally get them done.

Production seems a little slow to start back up yet. The first thing we did after the break was a mock skype shoot to make sure everything would run smoothly. It did.

Besides that, I think theres only been a regular newswire segment and a roundtable.

Other than that, I've been working on a spreadsheet with possible film selections for a fundraiser drive. I have gone through many distribution companies to enter descriptions of films, where to find the trailer, etc.

'Til next time.

Posted by: Devin Moroney

Hello Blog

I have been interning at FSTV for a few weeks now, working primarily with Alexander and Marcy (production), and more recently, Chris (graphics). I'm all kinds of excited about interning here, as I am passionate about independent media, and I think most everybody that works here is, too. Everybody seems to love their job! Or at least they don't feel guilty about where they work.

My educational background is primarily in the realm of graphics and animation, so I'm happy to be getting involved with lots of live action already. I've been working in the studio with Newswire, having fun shooting B-roll around town with Justin and Jordan, as well as covering a couple of recent events, including the NAACP Diversity Job Fair with Justin, and Van Jones' keynote address at the Urban Green Summit @ Johnson and Wales University, with Marcy.

Alexander has been great at kindly explaining things that are brand new to me, and giving me good constructive feedback. This week, I met Chris, and he's given me some great material to get started practicing some motion graphics for station branding. At this point, I'm wide open to the possibilities here at FSTV, and I'm very excited to learn more about all of them.

Aug. 31

Today Antoinette went over the action calendar process with me. I have a better understanding of what types of events we are looking for, and I now understand the entire process of inputting the information, making sure formatting is correct, how to change songs, and how to record the action calendar, etc. I feel pretty confident for next time. Other than that I have been working on weekly duties. I enjoy working in the control room, and I hope I can learn more about everything that goes on in there. I hope everyone has a great Labor day weekend!

Allison

This Week 8/31

More of the same going on this week. Still no newswire production happening. Therefore, we've been going to get B-roll and I've been doing some more cataloguing of newswire packages. The descriptions and keywords are finally up-to-date as of yesterday.
Last week I got to go to the New Belgium brewery to interview the CEO of New Belgium as a part of this LOHAS documentary. That was very interesting and I was happy to be able to go set up for that shoot.

-Devin

Posted by: Devin Moroney

The last couple of weeks

things have definitely been a little quieter the last few weeks without newswire going on but to sum up everything I've done over the past few weeks. I shot, captured, and edited b-roll of construction workers. I helped Alexander reorganize the set. I sorted out and organized all warranties for new equipment. I edited and color corrected some footage a couple of the other interns shot and that is about all I can think of right now. Today I put a bunch of hooks into the walls for hanging cables.

Justin Knodel