Week 35

This was probably one of the most exciting weeks yet in the Independent and Final Mentorship Program. We are getting down to the very end of planning and execution, since Final Presentation Night is on May 19th. This week I handed out invitations and made great progress on our story. We had an extra long mentor visit and the WFAA-TV (Channel 8) Headquarters, in which we wrote the entire script of the story based off of the two skeletons that Jason and I created. It took a long time to make everything sound just right and to find the perfect sound bites to fit each part of the story. Our final result is fantastic, however. The story is engaging and exciting, and all we need to do now is piece everything together and film the anchor intro and the tag.

After we finished writing the story, Byron Harris looked over it and gave us some tips on how to make it even more engaging. He also gave me tips on how to mark up the script to help me know which words to emphasize and where to leave dramatic pauses. I then recorded the voice over in the WFAA-TV recording studio. It was exciting to use the equipment from the station and feel like an actual reporter.

All we have to do now is film the opening and closing comments, edit the clips and piece everything together. I am so excited to see how the story turns out!