First- I arrived early, around 4pm, to "shadow" Sammi Jo as she edited sports clips for all of the nightly news broadcasts. Little did I know-- I would get to learn how to edit! Who knew that N, I O and X had alternate personalitites :). I found that WBTV stores all of the footage ever shot and is able to borrow footage from other Raycom affiliates. To get the footage- you search one of two different programs, as if you were doing a google search... via keywords and imagination! After you find the footage, you send it to the editing bay computers and start cuting out what you want. In some cases, you stretch or slow film, and in other cases you only keep a quick airing of your highlight. I was able to help edit Tiger Woods amazing three birdie streak, a little NASCAR coverage of the NAPA driver and two different UNC Charlotte (MY ALMUNI) clips- basketball and football. SPECIAL NOTE: UNC Charlotte football team marked a one year count down to their kickoff August 31, 2013 to Campbell.
Secondly- Sammi Jo and I grabbed a camera and headed off in the WBTV car to cover the Boiling Springs at York game. WHAT AN AMAZING STADIUM. York received funding years ago from the Carolina Panthers to build their stadium, and it surely showed! Covering the game went the same- Sammi Jo filmed and I followed her around... which I love doing because she teaches me how to shoot certain aspects of the game according to how WBTV wants it done. While I follow- I write down the plays and different comments about the game to help prep Sammi in writing her script for her OnAir clip. Again, on the way home Sammi talked through her script and I wrote it down for her so she could easily go back to the station and start recording the voice part. For the record: York won 34-16.
Then- Back at the station, running later than normal, I quickly jumped on the computer to record scores into the broadcast system. Also, into the online site for highschool scores- football.tvstats.com.. check it out! I WAS THRILLED: come 11:36 (one minute after airing for FFN started) I had ALL THE SCORES and ALL THE SCORES IN THE SYSTEM!! Yay-- I jumped for joy and then went and watched the airing of the show live! How satisfying and relaxing!
P.S. Did I mention last week that I got an official WBTV FFN teeshirt? See below... worn as I practice being anchor-- a girl can dream :)
LAST- After the airing, Sammi Jo took me into the control room (awesome environment!) and showed me how to take incoming calls (potential LIVE calls) for the Sunday "Point After" show that WBTV puts on. [The show is a way for fans of any sport to call in and comment on the weekly sports]. Guess what... next Sunday I will get to help with this too! Sammi will be out of town, so I will fill in and screen calls... hopefully no drunks or sailors call ;).
Winning Teams: AL Brown, Albermarle, Davie County, East Lincoln, Bunker Hill, Hickory Ridge, Charlotte Country Day, Chase, Spring Valley, Concord, Rock Hill, Pinecrest, Draughn, Dutch Fork, Freedom, East Rutherford, Fred T Foard, Hiberten, Hickory, Village Christian, Hunter Huss, Lake Norman Charter, Forestview, Nation Ford, Marvin Ridge, Chesterfield, Mooresville, Mount Pleasant, North Rowan, North Stokes, Northwest Cabarrus, Parkwood, South Caldwell, Piedmont, Porter Ridge, Richmond Senior, Ridge View, Crest, Northwestern, South Point, South Pointe, Newton-Conover, Statesville, Sun Valley, Watauga, Weddington, South Iredell, West Rowan, York, Cannon School, Liberty Christian, Charlotte Latin, Providence Day, North Raleigh Christian, High Point Christian, SouthLake Christian.
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