i am excited to start shooting the pieces and see how they start looking...i think we all have some good ideas

we finally start shooting

Well, this week, we finally start shooting some B-roll for our MOM DVD. I'll actually be at work while the footage is being shot. Only Andrew and Zach are going. And, when it comes to getting b-roll, two people are all that are really needed. Next Monday, we'll be shooting interviews at MOM. That should be fun. I haven't shot an interview in a while, so it'll be fun to have a little bit of a change of pace.

This semester is just flying by. The cut-to-time is due in about a month now. Jeez. Where does the time go? I'm gonna be an old man before I know it. And look at me!! I'm rambling like an old man already!!! I'm getting out of here.

another day another dollar

This week we tighten up what each group needed to do before the next two lab weeks. Our group needs to meet with mary more and see what she wants for us to focus on. Zach and I are shooting on Wednesday for b-roll and other ideas that we may not have thought of yet. it will also give us the the opportunity to see most of a day in the life of the workers and everyone else involved with MOM. Next week we plan on shooting two days. we are also using blackboard to come up with interview questions.

Ok this week I am waiting on the schedule to come from the ladies at MOM so I can set up the shooting schedule. Once they do that, Ill need to grab a couple of people from the audio class to work in the field with me. Hopefully we will be able to finish shooting this week, and have plenty of extra time to edit.


-Jesse

The Look

It's been a busy week. I'm anxious to see what 'The Look' will be during discussions today. Our team is trying to keep the current color scheme and font style that MOM currently uses. I hope by next Monday our team should have some interviews shot. The hardest thing so far has been coordinating schedules, so we'll see how this week goes.

Working Progress

Hope I got this in on time. I hope to be shooting MOM this week, We will be doing the success stories pretty much all at MOM, according to Mary's wishes. I hope that she has chosen different types of races for us to interview, as to catch all the different types of races. Should turn out really well.

I am excited to get started into the thick of this project.  My group members are very enthused to do the same. At least that is the way it seems to me.  Interviews with moms' employees, are going real well.

Week 5 Update - Group 2

We had a few good meetings with Mary this last week, and although the group is still a little tought to get all in one place, I have a lot of confidence that by the end of this week, we will be in good shape for shooting. Hopefully we will have scripts and storyboards ready for Mary to approve so we can start setting shoot dates for next week. With luck, we'll be done with shooting by 22nd, and still have a week for post before turning our videos in by March.

It's going to be nice working with the audio crew, since they all seem very willing to keep up communication. We'll see how helpful they are in the field. Hopefully Sally and I will be able to meet up with Chris Knight this week to learn how to set up and operate Pollard's jib.

Oh, and if the group leaders for the other groups have some time, I'd like to discuss the layout for their major projects. I think it would be beneficial for us all to stay in contact so that it has a consistent theme throughout all aspects of the project. This will definitely go a long way when Oprah's in-house professional production crew views and reviews our submission.

I guess thats all for now.

Wheels In Motion

I feel the wheels are finally in motion on this project. We are writing treatments for our segments and will hopefully have those done by the middle of the week. Things are going to be moving quick and stress is going to be high until Spring Break, but hopefully it will all be worth it. Right now it seems a little daunting, but it will get better and seem a little less so when everybody gets on the same page, and we get a rhythm going for workflow and meeting. Here's hoping we have alot footage at my time of writing next week.

-Jim Black

oooh! presentations! ;)

tomorrow each group is presenting their ideas and any footage they have come up to the class. Finally, we get to see what other people are thinking and have in mind so that we can try to work off each other and flow. I'm stoked to see what everyone has come up so far, but still jealous of the group that gets to do the 'train the tutors' video. But at the same time, I'm really excited to work on 'success stories' and get inspired. Tomorrow's gonna be interesting!

Week 5

Another week is done. We haven't filmed anything yet cause we had scheduling conflicts this past week. I think we are going to be ok though cause we should be getting stuff this week. I think we got it narrowed down to about four people we will be doing the success stories on. I'm interested in meeting these people and finding out how MOM helped them. I hope everything works out this week and now we have the audio teams so now we need to meet with them as well.

Meeting with Jill and Mary

This week our group met with Jill and Mary to talk about what will be included in the Train the Tutors section of the dvd. They have a lot of great ideas and even told us that MOM will be coming up with the script for the video, which was good news to us. They will be getting back to us on Monday about a shooting schedule. I am ready to get started.