ACC Football Impact Shoot

        Note to self: do not ever skip eye makeup.  I didn't wear mascara to work yesterday and both Courtney and my Aunt Ann asked me if I was ok...yikes.  Tuesday night we went to the shoot for ACC Football Impact Shoot.  It is crazy how much stuff goes into shooting a 30 minute show.  Moving lighting centimeter by centimeter, wardrobe changes, anchor placement, etc.  Danielle Trotta, who is the field reporter for Nascar is the host of the show, and was SO sweet.  Sarah has actually had lunch with her because she's essentially doing Sarah's dream job.  It's funny because I went into Clemson thinking that I'd want to get into broadcast, but realized quickly that I don't have the look or the talent for that.  On top of that, I realized the other night that the broadcast thing is not for me.  Watching Danielle do her job really stressed me out.  First of all, production shoots 4 shows in one night, so she has to remember her lines for the segments, times 4.  Interesting fact: the last segment of the show is the highly entertaining ACC Roadtrip Footage.  Because they shoot the shows for the month before the games happen, Danielle has to pretend like she's seen what's been shot when it really hasn't happened.  Furthermore, the script has to be specific enough to introduce footage, but vague enough to allow for changes in the Roadtrip shoot.

ACC Football Impact Shoot

Daniel Trotta getting ready to shoot

        I don't understand how you remember all that material, and make it sound like it's second nature to you.  While it wasn't what I'd want to do with my career, necessarily, every aspect was pretty interesting..  For instance, the camera stand called a Jimmy Jib (ha...i liked the name), is set to move in the opposite direction of where you move your hands.  I likened it to steering with a rudder, but no one understood my sailing reference in the room.  Oh well.  I thought Dad would appreciate that.