Awesome Night :-)

So tonight was a great night. Only one small downside to the evening...it seems that the job that said "you're hired" to me seems to be hiding some details. I have my doubts that it will work out now, unfortunatley. This just means I have to pump up the other jobs and move forward with them.

But ANYWAYS! The part that made this night so great was my TV Production class. It is AMAZING!!! I knew there was good reason to look forward to this class....it's because this will be a very hard class to beat.

First, and foremost, our instructor is a dynamic teacher. He welcomes us to make mistakes and he wants us to learn with as much hands on time as physically possible...which is great!

The outline for the class is spectacular. Each week we are filming a different sort of TV show....talk show, game show, cooking show, etc etc....until the end of class...which is VERY cool.

The students in the class (there are a whopping 10 people in the class) are awesome and extremley down to earth. This is a major plus...especially considering my really sucky classmates last quarter. There's a few students in the class that I am already getting along with quite well that I have found I have alot in common with, which is exciting.

Tonight we were recording a TV Talk Show. For the first run (we did about 7-8 runs), I was the director. As the director, it is my job to call the shots (literally), tell the graphics people what to do, instruct camera operators, cue hosts, etc...etc...etc.... After the talk show (which ran about 10 minutes) was complete, we all huddled up to hear feedback from the instructor. He said...

"You didn't do good. You did GREAT. I have NEVER seen it run so smoothly on a first try and I have NEVER seen such clear and articulate directing on the first run."

He could not stop praising us, and the feeling was sensational.

After a few runs, it was my turn to be the host of the talk show. It was decided I was going to be Donald Trump and the guest was going to be Trump's son. The show went extremley well, and we had the entire crew (and instructor) laughing the entire time. They let the show go an extra 10 minutes just to see what else we would improv on the spot. It was great. I even through some tricky challenges at the camera guys by standing up super fast without warning, and the operators caught every moment on tape without a hitch.

I realize that alot of this seems like a forgein language...and the fact that I am uber excited about a class is confusing...AND the fact that I really enjoyed directing and hosting a show seems odd...but trust me, it was definatley a great time and a class that I am REALLY looking forward to attending next week. :)