DAY 12 - What Now?

Aware I am that feelings are irrelevant in these entries.  The internship is almost halfway through and through the pages of typed entries I feel I have accomplished nothing in accordance with my Mission Statement.  Internally, I am debating how much further I should go into this problem but for the sake of not sounding like a whiner, I won't.  Onwards towards the usual.

Monday was a standard day at the office.  With the Mogulween contest over, my duties were no longer restricted to watching submission video after submission video, a much welcome change.  Spencer, the other intern on Mondays, came in asking a favor of me.  For his other job (or internship) he had to write a review on a band, The Yeasayers, that he saw over the weekend.  He recorded it on what I assume was the company camera and had no idea how to upload it.  Me, being the nice girl I am, tried to help him, but the camera historically is unrecognizable by any Mac editing software. Myself and a few other people ran around in circles until the consensus was to just capture from a deck, not the camera itself.  It's annoying how software/hardware often doesn't work.  You'd think the more advanced something would get, the easier it is to be backwards compatible with the past.  Why can't FCP, a top of the line editing software, recognize one 2006 or 2007 released Canon HV10?

Indy Mogul's YouTube inbox was exploding with messages.  Ryan wanted me to go through it and respond when I could and/or if necessary.  As may have been mentioned before, 90% of the time it's fans requesting certain builds or FX.  I noted down a few specific requests that have been mentioned multiple times.  Probably should have wrote down those who said them too...d'oh!  Young kids make up a bigger part of the message senders and often I feel bad when I open a new one up just for the sake of lessening the "Total Messages in Inbox" number.  These kids think they are talking to Erik, not some intern, yet here I am, ignoring them and their dreams of contact.  The Internet is funny like that but that could have happened in other mediums too.  Back in the day, it was letters to bigger companies requesting this, that and the other.  Now it's email and embedded comment boxes.  False hopes are engendered in both situations unless of course the person is adamant down the line.

Beyond The Trailer went well today, save for a major confusion on my part about which lavaliere was a receiver and which wasn't.  Little things like that I miss all the time.  Often I'm asking for help with things that have the most simple solutions.  A beneficial end result is knowing all the little solutions to the problems but I can't help but feel dumb and inexperienced along the way, especially when you are constantly beckoning on those who have ten times as much work as you do.  Moving on...

[I'm beginning to think I should start posting more of the videos I actually help on, like I did in the first entry.  I'll get those links up soon.]

Last thing worth noting was a little out of the ordinary and interesting.  Ryan Instant Messaged me asking for my assistance in researching for a new webcam for Indy Mogul.  The Reel Good Show uses one for their live episodes.  Seeing as I not too long ago scoured the Internet, comparing and contrasting consumer HD cameras for my own purchase, I knew all the necessary channels and places to look.  Turns out that for Macs, only one webcam really does the trick well.  Now that Macs have an iSight built into all their desktop and laptop computers, the need for a webcam is nearly nonexistent.  Despite this, a few brands still carry models that have UVC compatible ("plug in and go" concept), Logitech almost exclusively.  The work was tedious, but still a little fun.  My Geek status allows me to take small enjoyment in looking at technology products for an hour or two straight.

Here are the winners for that competition I worked so long and hard on: Mogulween Winners!

And here's the video with the trailer I helped cut together: BFX Pumpkin King (starts at 3:54)