Internship blog 10: This experience has been super rewarding because it has given me the chance to experience working in film first hand and it as given me the chance to find a second voice that I always felt I didn’t have which was my artist voice because it always felt that I couldn’t create anything good but now I feel as though I can and I am going to create works of art. Also this internship will stay with me my whole life because I met some incredible people who were very passionate about their work and because they were so absolutely nice and supportive. this internship has matched my expectations because I knew that there was going to be a lot of hard work involved but I also new that I was going to be able to see creative side come out and grow to epic proportions. The most important thing that I have learned from this internship is to not give up even when things don’t go right or things become too much I have learned to keep moving forward to not hold yourself to less then what you are because anyone can do great things and that no matter what begin an artist give me the ability to do great things. Also this experience has will stay with me forever because of all the incredible people and the experiences that I have had the honor of being apart of.
Internship blog 9: What I have seen at my internship that has inspired me the most is that everyone is passionate about their work and that they can all work on something together and create some wonderful works of art and that has really inspired me to work as hard as I can to create something new and exciting and to really launch my career in film making. Also I have experienced first hand how hard everyone has to work to crated films and t.v shows and it has shown me truly that this is something I really do enjoy and is something that I want to continue to do and it has shown me that there are really incredible people out there that not only want to succeed but want other to do the same. Also I have seen the dedication that people want to put in to their work to make something beautiful and something that can be enjoyed. It has changed my artistic ambitions because now I feel that I can really succeed in this field and that no matter what there are people out there that would enjoy my work.
Internship blog 8:My internship project is going okay because I have scripted the movie out but not gotten the time to film yet which is something I hope to do because I need to film it soon so I can edit it together and make it look presentable. Also the progress has been very slow because I have been having trouble coming up with a theme for the movie I eventually chose a horror theme to do in black and white. Also the conversation with my sponsor went well because he said that he was excited to see what I come up with and I am wanting feed back so I know how I can make my cinematography skills better. So this project bridges back to my internship because Open Media Foundation is a t.v station that allows it’s members to create anything that they want from documentary to short films so it connects to my project because I am doing a short film which is something they allow. What it is like to create for my self is that it can be stressful however if you let it then creating films might not be a job for you because when you are not stress then the movie can come out better than when you are stressed about the movie. My relationship with my sponsor has grown because I feel they see me as a creator now and not just another intern. There are challenges to this project such as time because I haven’t had the time to film the actual movie yet which is something I am hoping to do very soon.
Internship blog 7: The difference between working on my own art projects and working in the creative industry is that with my own projects I can create anything with little to no limitations while working in the industry you are limited by working in the constraints of the companies. Also when working on my own art projects I can work on them for as long as I want while working in the industry there is a deadline for when the project must be finished. I have learned that working in the creative business is very challenging because everything is a race and one little thing gets messed up than an entire project can be ruined. Also I have learned that if you get stressed easily than working in the creative business might not be for you because getting stressed can make the work more sloppy and then you can end up making more mistakes. Also I have learned that you need to be prepared for anything because a lot can go wrong and it is helpful to have backups for things and to have backup plans for if something doesn’t come out the way you want it.
Internship blog 6: The people at my internship treat me well me and some of the people are friends so we talk and joke around when we don’t have anything important to do. Also me and the person that i had problems with at the beginning of the internship are better and we work together very well and help each other when needed. It makes me feel included like I am someone who has been there for a while and that I am part of the team. It also makes me feel good because I have a hard time talking to new people however they were really friendly and made me feel included straight away. If I am to ever have an intern I am going to treat them as an equal and have them work with me on things and get their input when ever I would need it and I would make sure that they enjoyed the internship so that the would want to pursue a career because of their internship. I have learned how to edit large quantities of things at the same time. Also I have learned how to white balance a camera and how to go out into the community and film things.
Internship blog 5: I feel lime my internship is going okay so far it has been a little bit stressful. Also some of my highlights are that I get to work with equipment that I haven’t been able to work with before and I enjoy working with every one before. The down side are that the internship got off to a rocky start when I had a problem with another coworker. However now it’s been good and I have been enjoying it a lot. I feel like I have been making connections with my coworkers because they are fun to talk to and we all get along very well. I have noticed that with the coworker that I had the problems we are getting along better than we have before and I enjoy working with them. I can improve my experience by just enjoying my time there and enjoy being around the people who like the same things as me.
Internship blog 4: At open media I am responsible for a little bit of everything from scheduling and helping to check out equipment. Also I am responsible for helping to edit the T.V shows that the youth members create. My main contribution to the work site is to help them with what ever they need help with such as helping to schedule the T.V channels and with filming and editing things to be put up on their site and their T.V station. My day to day duties are that I come in and I talk with them and find out what they need the most help with and I help them with it. Also I do mostly the same thing every day because they haven’t taught me every thing so there is a limit to what I can do.
Internship Blog 3: My actions affect my work place because sometimes it can cause some of the other people to become stressed. Also they can make peoples day better when my actions help them and make there day less stressful. Most of the time I contribute positively but at the beginning of the internship I wasn’t really contributing positively but I changed it and now I have only been contributing positively. My coworkers actions affect my internship in a positive way because they wan’t me to have the best experience with this internship and with them so they do every thing they can to make sure it is good so I am trying to reflect that back to them and show them that they are giving me the best experience. The coworkers that I am connecting with is a person named Gray because he is a super cool guy who knows a lot about cameras and other bits of tech. Also I am connecting with the person named Ritchered because he is another really cool guy and when we don’t have much to do we like to talk and he gives his incite about different pieces of tech.
Internship Blog 2: This week in my internship something that went really well is that I was having a problem with one of the people who worked there and so I remembered back to the class when we talked about what to do if we were having problems so both me and Patrick talked to our sponsor John to work something out. Also on Saturday when I was there things were a lot better between the us and the person that we were having problems with. At first this problem made me feel angry because it felt like I wasn’t being treated with respect but on Saturday I felt better and more happy because it felt like things were a lot better between us and that we actually worked more like a team then we had before. Something else that makes me excited for the internship is that I will hopefully get to work with the actual equipment such as the cameras and other such things. Also I am excited to see what kind of people visit Open Media such as the effects artist who worked on star wars and other movies who visited last week .
Internship Blog 1: What I learned in my first week of my internship is that every job in film/t.v is important and that everyone has a set job but everyone collaborates with each other. Nothing really surprised me about the internship because I knew what the internship was about because I have been going to the internship since before I actually started because Open Media has a youth group which I was attending before starting the internship. So I meet a person named Amy who was mostly in charge of checking out the equipment to the people renting it and who also worked on scheduling the t.v stations. I also met another person named Ivy who worked along side Amy in both the equipment room and with scheduling. I did engage in code switching because I get nervous talking to people that I have never talked to before so I didn’t really talk that much .