Brand New Day

Man it feels good to sit down for a second. The past week was telethon central here and it finally cooled down right now. I feel relieved but I know that won't last too long because another Waterfront Weekly is coming up. A lot of the viz is shot and in the can, ready to go. I can't help but wonder how much time I've spent here...I guess I should ask them if I should be paying rent...or maybe my tuition covers that. I think they should have rooms here with beds so that hard working people like me can sleep when we aren't flustered with work.

As I sit here and reflect on the past week, I realize how much work went into it. How people changed their plans just to help out, and I'm glad to see that kind of dedication. It's kind of rare sometimes to see it but I'm really happy I did. Some of the first years are truly stepping up to the plate, I won't name names, but there are some up and comers. I think next year will have a lot more TV students then this year. 

It's funny I didn't really realize how much I love this profession until a first year asked me if I miss being in Radio. Let me tell you I LOVED RADIO in first year. I was truly considering taking it as a profession FOR SURE. One day in TV we were given an assignment to make a music video based on a movie, and we'll you know my love for movies. So I worked on it for at least 12 hours, making a video based on 2008's best film "The Dark Knight." Here's the link to the video. Anyways I had so much fun doing it that I changed majors. So back to the moment that the first year asked me about if I missed Radio. I thought about it....sat there and thought about it and I looked at him in the eyes and said....No, not at all. I couldn't believe what I said but I'm glad I did. I am working my butt off and I'm loving every second of it.

Friday I'm heading down to New Minas to shoot a soundscape on the Olympic Torch run. Should be fun but until then, I bid you all adieu!

Joel D....Signing off

TELETHON

This week is filled with Telethon goodness, I am producing the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children for Eastlink TV. We had our first pre-tape on Tuesday which went really well besides a couple of minor difficulties, even difficulties that don't involve the pre-tape.

A 14 year old break dancer needed air so I brought him outside, so he cooled down and we began to walk inside when I hear a looming voice at the top of the stairs. It was the NSCC security guard and he says to me, "If I ever catch you smoking outside one more time, you won't be allowed on theses premises ever again!" I was thinking to myself, WHAT IS THIS GUYS PROBLEM. I'm with a kid, if I wanted to smoke (which I don't fyi) I would get the hell away from the school. So I said to him, "He's 14, I go to school here...I don't smoke." He came close to me to attempt at smelling the "smoke" on me but to no evail, he was wrong. I walked back to the studio in awe of what just happened.

Back to current news, I am producing again tonight more pre-tapes, which i'm really excited about. We will have rappers, a dance group, and a singer. It should be fun as always.

Melissa Munroe is actually producing the CTV Christmas Daddies, which will be exciting, and I get to direct!!! Yippie....I mean YAY! I'm really excited to direct, I love it so. If directing was a profession I would....wait a minute.

So I got an internship at CTV maritimes, and it should go along great. I wonder what they will get me to do there. I also have plans coming up for my next internship. Might be getting away from this city and into another one!! Hopefully interning into film but who knows.

Well I'm off to work, got a lot to do before pre-tape!!

Joel D.

Another Week....again

It's been another week, this week tho is kind of special, I am producer of the Nova Scotia Home for Color Children Telethon here at the Waterfront Campus. I'm really excited, I mean I am providing EVERYTHING for this telethon, plus Waterfront Weekly. Man I won't have a life during this entire month. I think my life will be filled with work.

This is gonna take over my life, I see it already. I will be stressed no doubt, but that comes along with any work right? I just sat down and watched our recent episode of Waterfront Weekly. Julie didn't seem to care for the show, even tho she directed it. I know how she feels, I mean, my first Waterfront Weekly went terrible. I was glad to have friends there telling me that I did good.

I did a film review for Waterfront Weekly this week. I think the first ever film review..I will have to check my sources. But it was amazing, so much fun, I don't think I've had so much fun editing anything...besides my movie/music video last year in tv.

Well I don't think there's much more I can say besides I wish the best of luck with this next production and I think it'll rock because I love doing what I'm doing!!!!

Joel D.