This past week was really exciting but the cold was very, VERY brutal on Amanda, Durso and I. We went out to cover a story on the weather conditions on the roads Saturday and the winds mixed with the snow made it very hard to get around with the news van and to get interviews. So essentially we got the spokesperson of Penn Dot to speak with us about how the roads were going to be handled and she said there were over 300 trucks, rentals and other plowing cars going out on the roads that night to get the snow out of the way for drivers.
When we got to her house for the interview, the winds picked up so much you could barely see 20 feet in front of you with the snow blowing everywhere and getting very heavy. The interview only lasted roughly 20 minutes and it was held inside her garage with the snow going all over the place as a backdrop. The temperatures that night were as low as 5-10 degrees and we were out just trying to get B-roll (background roll for the video package) and interviews with drivers all night. Then, we got back to the studio and I watched Amanda write the package script, then shadowed Durso as he put the package together.
Later in the night, Amanda had to do a stand-up for the 11 o'clock news outside the station in the weather, and by that time I think it was nearly 3 degrees out with a windchill of -13 degrees. We stood out there for only about 10 minutes and I could barely feel my hands and face by the time I got back inside. It was ridiculously cold outside.
Then my Sunday shift came around and I got in at about 11:30 that night. So soon after I decided to put together a video package with all the footage and voiceovers that had already been filmed by Amanda and Durso the night before. I followed the script and learned how to use Adobe Premier Pro basically on my own and got the video together rather well for a beginner. Although it did take me about 2 and a half hours to complete, but I can only get better the more often I put these things together.
Then I learned how to use the cameras for the daybreak show while the anchors were talking from 4:30-7 with the cameraman. Finally, I got gotten back home from Harrisburg at around 8 and fell asleep until my 2 o'clock class on Monday! It was a rough, but rewarding weekend!
When we got to her house for the interview, the winds picked up so much you could barely see 20 feet in front of you with the snow blowing everywhere and getting very heavy. The interview only lasted roughly 20 minutes and it was held inside her garage with the snow going all over the place as a backdrop. The temperatures that night were as low as 5-10 degrees and we were out just trying to get B-roll (background roll for the video package) and interviews with drivers all night. Then, we got back to the studio and I watched Amanda write the package script, then shadowed Durso as he put the package together.
Later in the night, Amanda had to do a stand-up for the 11 o'clock news outside the station in the weather, and by that time I think it was nearly 3 degrees out with a windchill of -13 degrees. We stood out there for only about 10 minutes and I could barely feel my hands and face by the time I got back inside. It was ridiculously cold outside.
Then my Sunday shift came around and I got in at about 11:30 that night. So soon after I decided to put together a video package with all the footage and voiceovers that had already been filmed by Amanda and Durso the night before. I followed the script and learned how to use Adobe Premier Pro basically on my own and got the video together rather well for a beginner. Although it did take me about 2 and a half hours to complete, but I can only get better the more often I put these things together.
Then I learned how to use the cameras for the daybreak show while the anchors were talking from 4:30-7 with the cameraman. Finally, I got gotten back home from Harrisburg at around 8 and fell asleep until my 2 o'clock class on Monday! It was a rough, but rewarding weekend!