Practicum Hours Dec 9th 2010

1.5 hours at Southern Sports Network working the teleprompter with all the practicum students.

2 hours filming the FSC Mens Basketball team.

2 hours editing the Southern Sports Network featuring Jeb Halfacre. Also we edited the podcast. Spent 30 mins cleaning bits of the studio with Bivens and untangled some chords.

Total: 5.5 hours

Practicum Final

Charlotte Brereton

December 7^th 2010

Dr. Bradford

                                                                                Practicum Final

   Last semester I had to drop practicum due to it being tennis season so I went into this semester with a blank canvas, not knowing what to expect, how hard it would be to obtain 36 hours or what I would be able to do to contribute to the communications department as a whole.

  As I sit here now writing this paper, I realize just how much I have learnt this semester, from learning everything there is to know about the cameras, to learning how to present myself in front of one. I have learnt about the podcasts, FSC TV, channel 96, mics, the sound board, camera angles, final cut pro, southern sports network and not to mention all the information I learnt from the article presentations within the practicum class itself.

  If I am totally honest when I was first told how many hours were required to obtain an A, I saw it as a chore, a task that seemed almost out of reach. As soon as I started to work on my hours I realized that I was completely wrong and that this ‘homework’ wasn’t a chore at all but in fact was fun. I have always enjoyed the editing side of a project but I never knew how to use final cut pro, the only program I was familiar with was Windows Movie Maker which is very basic and easy to use but doesn’t have a professional finish to it. I wanted to take my editing skills the next step and be able to make a package or skit look professionally edited.

  I started off achieving this by watching John Luti or Justin Bivins edit packages for the Southern Sports Network. This gave me an insight into what the program involved, initially I was shocked how much time goes into such short pieces and how fiddly this program could be but once you get the grasp of it things run smoothly and seem a lot less impossible.

  What I enjoyed the most was once a week on a Wednesday at 5 pm. The Southern Sports Network show was what taught me the most as I got the opportunity to work behind the camera, manage the teleprompter, work as producer, script writer and in charge of the audio levels. I loved the professional atmosphere while filming the show and I really felt like it gave me an insight as to what the industry really does involve.

 I have always wanted to work in the communications industry since before I can remember and gaining experience in the FSC communications department has only fed my desire to work for a production company or with a broadcasting company. Now I don’t see my hours as homework because I enjoyed the whole experience, from the beginning of the semester till the end.  I am looking forward to next semester’s practicum class and learning further information towards my desired career.  

Practicum hours Dec 6th 2010

2 hours filming with Bradford at Patty house on the lake. We filmed different angles of Bradford and Patty swimming.

1 hour with Bradford editing the triathalon video promo.


December 7th 2010

1 hours spent working on the studio, sweeping the floor, vacuming and sorting out the wires behind the "green" screen.

1 hour with Southern Sports podcast with John Luti and Kevin.

Total : 5 hours

Practicum Hours November 30th 2010

3 hours were spent with John Luti at the FSC mens basketball games, we got there at 6 30 to set up for the first live audio show. I got to learn the set up process and what goes into preparing for being on air.

I stayed throughout the whole game and listened to John do the commentary for the game.

2 hours working on Southern Sports Network with ALOT of people. Every person had a job whether it was as simple as pressing the record button or managing a camera. Everytime I do the Southern Sport Network I do a different task so I am learning how to do everything in the studio.

Total : 5 hours

Practicum Hours 11/17/10

2 hours spent with John Luti editing the Southern Sports Network.

I watched him put the package together, and learning more about final cut pro. I learnt how to correct mistakes and the shortcuts on the keyboard. I learnt that using natt sound is very important and Bradford LOVES it when you use it.

Total hours : 2

Practicum Hours for 11/12/2010

November 12th 2010,

2 hours were spent working on the Southern Sports Network, helping with the script writing, assisting with Anna directing and filming the interview with the female soccer player. I also worked with Tony on the audio while the show took place.

1 hour was spent with John Luti watching him edit and learning more about final cut pro as I understand the basics of the program but I don't know what to do when it comes to the more complex things.

Total : 3 hours

Midterm

Charlotte Brereton

October 5^th 2010

Practicum Midterm

    For the past five years I have been working really hard towards becoming a television host, this is what I am driving to be as my ideal career choice but I am aware that without a lot of hard work and building up my resume this is going to be extremely difficult.

   I have always had an idol in this industry, she is a British TV presenter named Fearne Cotton. Out of all of the TV presenters that were on TV at the time Fearne really stuck out to me because she was a young female doing the shows that I would love to present and she had a fun spunky way of delivering her script, she had a dry sense of humor that never got old and matched mine.

    Fearne began her presenting career in 1998, at the age of 17, with early morning GMTV children's programme The Disney Club, after she was discovered in a nationwide talent search during the show.  In 2000 she left to concentrate on her other projects with CITV, including Draw Your Own Toons and Mouse. What I found interesting is that she started off her career at the age of 16 working on a small radio show and getting her name out there locally before ever taking on anything bigger. In 2006 I joined a radio show near my school at the age of 16.  I went every Wednesday night to volunteer helping out, gathering all the song requests and organizing the nights show. After a few weeks of getting to know everyone I was asked to be one of the regular Wednesday night DJ’s on a show which lasted for two and a half hours.  I stayed with this for two years before I graduated from my school and couldn’t commute to the radio station anymore.

      Small television stations routinely hire rookies to host local programs. However though my research I learnt that hopeful TV personalities should perform a reality check before embarking on this career path. It takes more than a winning smile to land a TV host job, and only mega-stars take home huge paychecks. If broadcasting is truly your passion as it is mine, I would find hosting my own TV show rewarding. On the other hand, if you’re just looking for riches and fame this is going to be a very hard way of finding it.

   To find out more about this industry I took a 3 week course in London on TV hosting, we covered everything a TV host would be required to do, I was writing scripts till the early hours of the morning, interviewing people on the streets and working on my improvisational skills, read from the tele-prompter in front of a green screen, interview in a studio, shoot a location piece and memorize an article lasting a minute in the studio. After the three weeks of intense training I was awarded my TV hosting diploma from the London academy of television.  The course taught me a lot; I learnt that television hosts take on a wide variety of duties both on and off the air. They conduct interviews, introduce show elements and relay information to program viewers. Most TV hosts have a hand in writing scripts, booking guests and researching material as well. To enhance their public profile, hosts might also be required to participate in community events and other outside activities.  

     Only television hosts working for major stations and national networks rake in the big bucks. Most hosts are employed by small or local stations, and salary figures reflect that fact. According to BLS reports, the mean annual wage for television announcers was $41,590 in 2009. Half of all workers represented made between $19,390 and $42,290. BLS experts say hosts working in New Jersey, Washington, Arizona, Massachusetts and California earned the most in 2009. Annual wages for workers in these states averaged more than $54,000, it isn’t as glamorous and well paid as everyone thinks.

 

     

Practicum hours

1 hour on Saturday 2nd October.

Uploading videos onto final cut pro and started to edit until comm lab closed at 5. 30 minutes spent with Bivins 30 minutes alone.

practicum hours for 9/27/2010

Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

8 hours of filming the Regionals for tennis. 3 hours with Kevin the rest on my HD camcorder.

Monday

1 hour of interview with Kevin on Tennis tournament.

I hour of editing tennis film.

10 hours in total