Day 16- 01/21/2020

Even though today was our last day of meeting connections and learning more about the industry, I personally loved what we got to do today! For our morning we headed to the set of NCIS and boy was I excited. I love watching crime shows and to be on a set of one was an absolute dream! I would like to thank Scott Williams who took quite a bit of time out of his day to give us a tour of the set, and for lunch and even giving us scripts from the show! As someone who is into interior design, I found it interesting that each room had its own uniqueness and feel to it as though you were in different places when in reality you were on the same lot, and walking from set to set, one example of this is of the character Gibbs. Gibbs' office setting versus his basement setting has two separate looks! His office looks very clean and precisely organized, whereas his basement is quite messy and looks like an older man's basement full of tools, wood and even has a water heater! The lighting is also different wherein the office the lighting is very good, but then once you are in the basement it is very dark and dimmed down. The technique of finding the perfect lighting and design of each individual set is very fascinating and I think that this is something that interests me and would love to do in the future! This will play a roll in the broadcasting television major because it helps to show that the smallest detail can be shown in something so if one thing is off, it could mess up the whole production!

 

Lastly, we went to Encore courtesy of Asa Fox, a former student of Tompkins Cortland, and now colorist! We learned quite a bit of information at Encore and got to meet a few different people that each has different jobs. Josh is an Avid Editor which means he works on the Avid software program whereas Jason who is a Flame editor which does about the same things but through the Flame program. These editors use the programs to match timeline references, make sure that that there is nothing in the shot that shouldn't be there like boom mics, body parts, etc.. They also do stuff with green screens and some special effects! Then after we got done with the editing we went to Asa's colorist room. He taught us quite a bit about becoming a colorist, for instance how to work with your clients and realizing you work with what your clients want. Asa also shared some information about how in this industry you're not really going to make it on the first try of getting what you want, and possibly starting small or maybe even go back a step to help develop skills and that will eventually help to push you that one step further than where you were at before and he stated, "What happens is what you make happen." This relates to this major because it's real and shows that this industry is tough and if you want to succeed you might have to take that step back to realize you will better yourself by taking the time to go up the stairs and learn a lot more rather than trying to wait for an elevator to take you to the top when the elevator could potentially get stuck.