10TH WEEK
SATURDAY IS INTERNSHIP DAY
August 28, 2010.
Agenda: BLACK BOOK SHOOT AT MANILA HOTEL
But wait… there’s more, as I arrived at Lifestyle Network which is located at 8th floor of ELJ Bldg., I was asked to bring down thick styrofoams at the Dressing Room located at the 2nd floor of the bldg. And then I was asked to eat my lunch first… And then after that I was asked to buy 3 bottles of 2-liter COKE and a big sachet of coffee creamer. Imagine? I was holding a heavy plastic bag under the heat of the blazing sun rays and had to go back to the second floor to give it to the Personal Assistant of the shoot. Then after that, I was asked to go to Baluarte to get the receipt of the breakfast of the hosts and the crew of the morning shoot at the studio and tasked to do the accounting of all the expenses for the production.
I WAS AN ERRAND GIRL THAT DAY.
Around 3 PM, we left for Manila Hotel, went to Astoria Plaza to pick up the gown for the model and arrived at Manila Hotel around 5 PM. As we arrived there, I was told by the segment producer of the production to take pictures of the shoot for my internship’s documentation (ang bait nya, kei?).
I was really overwhelmed while we were there. So I took lotsa pictures before, during, and after the shoot. HAHAHA.
Around 6 PM, I was asked to pick up the food for dinner. (feel na feel ko naman daw dahil ako lang ang nasa van. :D)
The shoot ended at around 8 PM. I had fun on the shoot. I even had conversations with the segment producer, the personal assistant, and the cameramen. They’ve talked about their work, their experiences and life stories. So I really really had fun that day! :D
P.S
BALIK SA REALIDAD. As we were on our way to Astoria Plaza to return the gown of the model, I was asked by the PM to accompany the segment producer to return the gown. AND THIS IS THE THING. I couldn’t open the door of the van and the PM said “KAYA MO NA YAN” while looking at me without offering ANY HELP to open the door.HMMM.. MEAN.
Good thing that the SP helped me open the door. And as we arrived at ELJ building, I was holding three paperbags with perfumes, make-ups, external hardrive for around 30-45 minutes while waiting for the PM to end the call she’s made. And walaaahh! I had to go back to 8th floor to return those stuff in the cubicle. WHOO! WHAT A DAY!
SEPTEMBER 4, 2010
8:55 AM. I was there at LN waiting for the coordinator because she's set our meet at 9 AM. And guess what? NOBODY WAS THERE IN THE OFFICE. I just got text messages from the coordinator on what I was supposed to do--- find the laptop, find the EHD, connect it to the laptop, segment video clips of shoots, and convert them to MP3. Whoooohhh! Good thing that Kim and Icee arrived as well.
WE WERE CONVERTING AND SEGMENTING FILES FOR ALMOST A DAY.
And I was the last person from our department who went home because I was waiting for the files to be converted.
I WAS THERE FOR ALMOST 12 HOURS.
I’m really having fun on the production per se but what I find abusive is the fact that they give us work loads with DEADLINES (okay lang sana kung credited eh) to be transcribed and make shot lists of these video clips without crediting the hours spent doing that.
I find it UNFAIR on our part as interns because as much as we want to finish our internship as soon as possible, we can’t.
We’re not just interns spending this semester for internship.
We’re also students enrolled in other classes which have requirements to be submitted on time.
And the thing is I’ve learned that they get paid for these EXTRA WORK LOADS that they pass on to the interns..
GRRRR. :|
OH WELL, THAT’S LIFE. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.
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