GMA NMI 1st Week

First day at GMA NMI and my first ever Live Chat experience.

Prior to this day, I was already advised by my co-interns that there would be a Live Chat on June 26. So I reported at 1:00 pm. I figured we have to start early for the Live-Chat program. Since it was a live production, I was tasked to assist our production managers. They asked me to fetch the celebrities’ already prepared food. The celebrity guests for the day were Barbie Forteza and Joshua Dionisio of Pilyang Kerubin aired on GMA’s Telebabad. I also got to hand in floor questions coming from the filter room to the studio which then were used by the celebrities as guide questions. These questions came from their fans who were chatting with them in real time.

During the Live-chat, I got to see how production really works in the real business. Though it was just a small production, I can see the staff and aspects of production that were taught to us in our class. There was the floor director, taking directions from the director who was inside the control booth, the cameraman, directed also by the director as to whom the camera should be focused. Even though the production was not as formal as compared to other shows, I can see how smoothly it was planned.

After the Live-chat, my boss, Ms. Lorreta Ramirez asked me to have a picture with the two child stars though I really did not want to. :P But the two kids were polite and bubbly enough to acknowledge my boss’s request. I wasn't able to bring my camera, so the copy of the picture's with my boss. I'll try to get it next time. :)

After the production, my boss, asked me to clip the videos that were to be uploaded on the igma.tv. I viewed all the Telebabad shows that were aired the night before and chose their highlights. The format went this way.


Ex. Kerubin_062310_001

02:03-4:35

Short Title: Kerubin: Mga Problema

Description: Tuluyan nang nabulag ang isang mata ng ina ni Charity at dumating na sa bahay nina Jacob si Aaron.

Keywords: kerubin, barbiefortaleza, joshuadionisio, elmomagalona

Screenshot: 04:15

Proposed File Name: kerubin_062310_001_mgaproblema.flv

The next day, I was assigned to clip Variety and Telebabad shows again and transcribe an interview with Carl Guevarra of The Last Prince.


Technically, the task was easy. The only thing that made it a little difficult was the record of the interview itself. It turned out that the interview was held in an open area where there are lots of noises and the voices of both the interviewer and the interviewee were competing with the background noise. Because of this, I realized how important a setting for an interview is. I remembered the importance of ambient sound that was taught to us in our classes. I really strained my ears just to make sense of some of the questions being asked, Nevertheless, I was able to complete it.


Over all, my first week as an intern at GMA NMI was a bit tiring but also fun and memorable. The people in GMA were friendly and accommodating which made my first week less tensed. I hope improvements on my work and more experiences will follow for the next days to come.:)