CBC Tour
Today,
the second of August was my second day here at the Regent Park Youth
Focus Media Arts Centre. One word to sum the day up? Hmmm...
Unfortunately, one word will not do. After all, the day was an exciting
one - full of wonderful opportunities. I began the day with great excitement as I was to go on a tour of the CBC. The
group that went on this tour, was a fairly small but enthusiastic group
which consisted of Katherine, Pierce, Alice and myself along with our
wonderful supervisor Ehsan, without whom this trip would not have been
possible. We were a very enthusiastic group who got a tour of the CBC by
an editor of the CBC himself. He took us to various places inside the
building. It was an amazing experience as all of us got to learn a lot
from this trip. The trip began at around 12:00 and it lasted till around
2:00. When the tour was over, we headed back to Regent Park Youth Media
Arts Center. Other volunteers/ workers who were not with us on the CBC
tour were also at the studio which was great because we were all joined
by Erin.
Erin
had come earlier to the station as well to discuss about the Trayvon
Martin case and self defense. Today, we briefly talked about the case
and we discussed more on self-defense and what the law states about it.
It was a very educational session and everyone who was a part of the
discussion participated actively in the discussion. After the
discussion, we began the first episode for the show that Erin was
producing. Tresvonne, Katherine and Isaac appeared on the first episode
of the show, where Katherine and Isaac were the panel expressing their
opinions on this case. I played the role of a switcher and I learned the
importance of this job, which may seem really simple to someone
who just hears the word "switcher". But in reality, I learnt that it is a
really important job where you need to be attentive as you need to
listen carefully to the director and pay attention to what is going on
around you. Not only this, but I learnt the difference between preview
and program which really helped me do the job of the switcher as it is
essential to understand the importance of these two terms. Moreover, as I
was the switcher, I was watching the show while it was happening and I
believe that the show went really well. I think that it took a great
start and so I can't wait to work more on this show in the future.
All
in all, today was a very enjoyable and productive day. I found it
really amazing that I was able to learn and experience so much even on
the second day here. I can't wait to come back after the long weekend for
more exciting opportunities here at the Regent Park Focus
Youth Media Arts Centre.
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