Work Experience at Channel SevenDay Three: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Day three was very impromptu and very exciting. I arrived at work at 6:50 and sat in the studio for fifteen or so minutes before Adam suggested I sit in the control room and watch how Sunrise works from that angle. I sat in there and watched as seven/eight people worked together to ensure the show ran smoothly. At 8:15 I went back out into the corridor to see Adam and he then took me up to the newsroom and introduced me to… someone whose name currently escapes me… who then introduced me to Damien Smith. Damien Smith is a news reporter for Channel Seven, Sydney.
Damien was rushing out of the office to go out on location to shoot for a package and kindly invited me to go along with him. I quickly ran downstairs to grab my handbag and then met up with Damien again and followed him to greet the crew – Dan and Stu – and make our way to the car. We were off to Luna Park and my first time driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge! There was a function that was taking place with Take 5 magazine to award six brave kids with their trophies after winning a competition. These kids had amazing stories. One story was of Ella, a young girl who received a pulmonary artery valve transplant at the tender age of eight days old from an eighteen-month old boy who drowned. Ella went on to place fourth in a triathlon after the parents of the donor wished for her to learn to swim as soon as she was old enough.
Damien did a live cross after the event for the 11:30 morning news, interviewing Ella and her mother. We then stuck around, making our way around all of the competition winners and filming short interviews and then filming their joys on the Luna Park Ferris Wheel. The expression on their faces was truly priceless.
After the event we made our way to Government House where there was another award ceremony taking place. But the media contact was unorganised and we were unable to film during the ceremony so we left before the proceedings began.
Once we arrived back at Channel Seven I observed as Damien got straight to work and began producing and putting the package together. Next was to go downstairs for Damien to record his voiceovers and then edit the final package. I found it extremely interesting to see how a package is formed from beginning to end. Before this week I had assumed that the reporters just shot the footage and sent it back to the office for the producers and editors to do the rest of the work but I have been proven otherwise. It definitely made me appreciate all of the reporters a lot more.
By the time the package was fully completed it was 4:30pm. I made my way upstairs to see Karen as I hadn’t seen her all day and I was worried she might think I just didn’t show up all day. Luckily though, Eddy had told her that I was out with Damien for the day. I asked her if there was anything she would like me to do and she told me that it could all wait for tomorrow as I had already had a long day. So with that, I made my way back to my apartment, made some two-minute noodles and passed out at 5:30pm.I woke up at 10pm with missed calls and text messages from my family worried that I was lost somewhere in Sydney without my phone. After calming everyone down I checked my twitter and found I had received a direct message from Eddy! She said that she’s going to the fire in the morning and if I’m at work by 5:15am tomorrow morning I can go with her! Woohoo, bring it on!
And there we have it. Day three: complete.
Day three was very impromptu and very exciting. I arrived at work at 6:50 and sat in the studio for fifteen or so minutes before Adam suggested I sit in the control room and watch how Sunrise works from that angle. I sat in there and watched as seven/eight people worked together to ensure the show ran smoothly. At 8:15 I went back out into the corridor to see Adam and he then took me up to the newsroom and introduced me to… someone whose name currently escapes me… who then introduced me to Damien Smith. Damien Smith is a news reporter for Channel Seven, Sydney.
Damien was rushing out of the office to go out on location to shoot for a package and kindly invited me to go along with him. I quickly ran downstairs to grab my handbag and then met up with Damien again and followed him to greet the crew – Dan and Stu – and make our way to the car. We were off to Luna Park and my first time driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge! There was a function that was taking place with Take 5 magazine to award six brave kids with their trophies after winning a competition. These kids had amazing stories. One story was of Ella, a young girl who received a pulmonary artery valve transplant at the tender age of eight days old from an eighteen-month old boy who drowned. Ella went on to place fourth in a triathlon after the parents of the donor wished for her to learn to swim as soon as she was old enough.
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| Brave Kids + Celebrities at the Take 5 Brave Kids Award Ceremony |
Damien did a live cross after the event for the 11:30 morning news, interviewing Ella and her mother. We then stuck around, making our way around all of the competition winners and filming short interviews and then filming their joys on the Luna Park Ferris Wheel. The expression on their faces was truly priceless.
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| Damien Smith interviewing Ella and her mother for the 11:30 morning news |
After the event we made our way to Government House where there was another award ceremony taking place. But the media contact was unorganised and we were unable to film during the ceremony so we left before the proceedings began.
Once we arrived back at Channel Seven I observed as Damien got straight to work and began producing and putting the package together. Next was to go downstairs for Damien to record his voiceovers and then edit the final package. I found it extremely interesting to see how a package is formed from beginning to end. Before this week I had assumed that the reporters just shot the footage and sent it back to the office for the producers and editors to do the rest of the work but I have been proven otherwise. It definitely made me appreciate all of the reporters a lot more.
By the time the package was fully completed it was 4:30pm. I made my way upstairs to see Karen as I hadn’t seen her all day and I was worried she might think I just didn’t show up all day. Luckily though, Eddy had told her that I was out with Damien for the day. I asked her if there was anything she would like me to do and she told me that it could all wait for tomorrow as I had already had a long day. So with that, I made my way back to my apartment, made some two-minute noodles and passed out at 5:30pm.I woke up at 10pm with missed calls and text messages from my family worried that I was lost somewhere in Sydney without my phone. After calming everyone down I checked my twitter and found I had received a direct message from Eddy! She said that she’s going to the fire in the morning and if I’m at work by 5:15am tomorrow morning I can go with her! Woohoo, bring it on!
And there we have it. Day three: complete.
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