Day At SBCS

WELL, yesterday was the open day for the HND in Media and I think that we got a really good response. Navid shot in the tv studio and boy that set was a little challenging. We didn't get the same shades of green to begin and and smoothing it out was another challenge. Lighting was not difficult as I had to wait until the set was finished before lighting again. I had to leave around 2:25pm to get some shots that I needed of my own.Saturday the 25th April was very productive.

Organising With Issues

I have been putting a lot of things together for alittle over a week now. The Summit weekend my general manager wanted me to work both Sathurday and Sunday from morning to evening. After he told me to work (he didn't ask), I went home feeling disturbed. I couldn't sleep all night, then I realised that I shouldn't have to work so hard all weekend for a little more money and I have equipment home as I planned to get some supporting footage this weekend. I went to work the next day while mt general manager started planning this out as of how and where he wants me to work. I matched straight into his office and told him that I have my school work to do and I will not be able to work this weekend. Well he was very upset but he didn't realise that I knew I had an option until that point. It turned out that I did use that weekend wisely and I am also thinking about letting someone else sing the song that I wrote for this documentary whether I sing it and use someone else as back up or chorus or just use that person's voice alone. Haven't decided just yet. The hand outs that I wanted to use for my presentation, I'm getting it cheaper else where. I feel really good about that.

Productive Weekend

This weekend was very productive. I got a new interview also got great footage of Dr. Bridgelal "scoping" some horses ( sending a camera through the nose of the horses). I went down to Avocat to get more footage on Krishna Dhanraj and his pet goat "Bushbug." Bushbug was able to help a sheep and her two new born lamb by getting Krishna's attention to bring them home before the night and the rain. I got some more supporting footage and I really feel good about the footage I got.

This Long Weekend

I will be on call with Dr. Bridgelal and I have already organised everything so I am prepared for shooting the footage. I tried making this entry in SBCS and it just wasn't updating. That was very frustrating. Navid was suppose to call to update me on what is going on for his project. All I know thus far is that he wants to record on 25th April in the studios of SBCS and might shoot on 26th April. That weekend I also have shoots and SBCS Port of Spain is having their "open day."
The Summit is on the weekend on the 17th April and I'm not sure how much I can get done on that weekend because I have to work.

Great Shoot

The shoot went well on the weekend of the 28th March. I got a good interview with a horse owner and trainer who grew up with animals. She is an animal lover and she has more pets than I thought. I literally lost count. She even started taking care of stray dogs because of her love for animals.
During the shoot I was getting a lot of wind on the shot gun and so I took the cylinder card board from the empty roll of paper towel from home as I planned for this. I was also equiped with scotch tape. It worked but not the way I hoped it would.
I started composing a song for the ending of the documentary and it is almost completed. I wanted just one or two instruments in this song but I'm not very good with playing instruments.
I just know a few basics on keyboard and recorder so I need to sit and work with a musician this weekend to work on it. I know in my head I clearly heard a guitar so that will definitely be one of the instruments if not the only one. I'm also working on a melody for the beginning of the documentary which I believe i have a good start on. It is a bit haunting and I love that. I am very self consciencious of my singing but I might have to put that aside if I want this done in time and the way I want it.
I booked equipment for last weekend but I didn't have an interview and Dr. Bridgelal was under the weather so I knew he would not be on call then I decided to leave the equipment for someone who may need it more than I would. I was just going to shoot some cut aways so I concentrated on the music instead.