My fourth Friday at Next New was probably my least exciting. The beginning of the day was spent checking the inbox of the Indy Mogul YouTube account. I went through and replied to a small handful of the hundreds that they have received over the last few months. Most of them are requests for certain costumes or special effects so a polite "Thanks for the suggestion! We'll consider it for the future!" is all that's required in a reply. I tried to make them a little more personal but it's hard when you know there's a slim to none chance their wishes will be granted. So is the business...
From 12:00 PM until 5:30 PM, I went into the "back room" of the website, so to speak, and watched video submissions for the One Minute Horror Short Contest and for Your FX. After the first couple hours it became monotonous work. There are only so many short action and horror videos made by 15-years-olds you can watch before they begin to blend together. I had to have watched around 75 to 100 videos, but the contest claimed only 12 of them (though a lot didn't upload properly so we couldn't watch them at all). One is leagues and bounds beyond the others in terms of quality but once again, so is the business...
(That said, some of these kids out there have a great grasp on such advanced programs as Adobe After Effects. It's a bit scary. May the inferiority complex begin...)
That was my day, though. Watching videos. Not exceptionally exciting but not boring either. Every day can't be action-packed. I was wondering how long it would take until those more intern-esque jobs came along.
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Statement of Mission
What makes communicating over the Internet different than through Television? Film? Radio? What makes it unique? Whatever it is, clearly it's working! Next New Networks is thriving off of the medium of five minutes or less Internet videos and I've been taken along for the ride. With the label of Production Intern, I plan on learning these things, in addition to learning about myself. How can I communicate better? What can this heavy exposure to the industry do for my final year of education at Hofstra U? Will I thrive or fail miserably in gaining a top-notch level of confidence and experience that will catapult me to the top of the my game the second I wrap my tired fingers around my diploma? Only time will tell...
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- 24. 5'9". 150. Done.