Before I started the internship i had no idea what would happen. I had a bit of an idea what I could do, but not necessarily the activities we were about to do. I did expect I would work with music a lot, but composing will have to be done as a hobby for now.
In the first week I got thrown into the unknown and found myself hooking up microphones to the snake and got to witness how a recording process goes of an orchestra.
I also didn't realize I would be working on music videos and what impact my 'knowledge' of videos would have on the company. I get called the video expert now and if there's a video project it gets brought to me now to edit and to upload onto our new youtube channels.
There's still a lot in store for me as to actually be in the process of a professional story like music video.
I'm the most excited for this activity as I will be involved in the concept, get to determine shots, going to locations, learn some camera tricks and editing the whole thing and probably advertising it as well.
So far there's a lot of focus on videos, but I'm learning new things like the green screen and dealing with camera'sand angles. I'll be moving onto the graphic aspect soon and also the audio like mixing and mastering.
What I have learned so far is hooking up cables, learning some technical names and learned keying out a green screen. Next to that I picked up some audio tips like having your volume down when recording otherwise you'll get extra noise and having vocals doubled to have one voice with effects and the other empty to balance it out.
As in working for clients. It was the first time I have done that. I had one client so far (Mike) and he was happy with the results of the music video.
Now the next step is the concept and I do have to figure out the concept for the newest musicvideo with him and the supervisor. Our job is to find a balance in my ideas and his ideas and how can we shape this the best. Then working with a client really applies.
What I still want to improve is my communication and writing. My communication with the supervisor is fine.
I let him know when I finished something and I ask what has to happen or what will happen. So far he is happy with what I do so that makes me happy too. I have to admit I worried before I started if I would be able to pick up the pace and can do all the projects.
But the first time I meet people I stay a bit on the background. When an artist drops by more often then it's fine as I know them some more, but the first impression has to be good. The other people take a little bit more initiative in a conversation than I do.
As for writing I get blank when I have to write about an event or an artist. I didn't really have the opportunity to work on it yet besides yesterday, but I noticed that it needs improvement. I only stared at the page and wrote one line which got deleted right after the supervisor read it.xD
Next to that my goal is to pick up composing again and practice mixing and mastering beforehand. Also I want to edit in after effects instead of Sony Vegas all the time.
In the first week I got thrown into the unknown and found myself hooking up microphones to the snake and got to witness how a recording process goes of an orchestra.
I also didn't realize I would be working on music videos and what impact my 'knowledge' of videos would have on the company. I get called the video expert now and if there's a video project it gets brought to me now to edit and to upload onto our new youtube channels.
There's still a lot in store for me as to actually be in the process of a professional story like music video.
I'm the most excited for this activity as I will be involved in the concept, get to determine shots, going to locations, learn some camera tricks and editing the whole thing and probably advertising it as well.
So far there's a lot of focus on videos, but I'm learning new things like the green screen and dealing with camera'sand angles. I'll be moving onto the graphic aspect soon and also the audio like mixing and mastering.
What I have learned so far is hooking up cables, learning some technical names and learned keying out a green screen. Next to that I picked up some audio tips like having your volume down when recording otherwise you'll get extra noise and having vocals doubled to have one voice with effects and the other empty to balance it out.
As in working for clients. It was the first time I have done that. I had one client so far (Mike) and he was happy with the results of the music video.
Now the next step is the concept and I do have to figure out the concept for the newest musicvideo with him and the supervisor. Our job is to find a balance in my ideas and his ideas and how can we shape this the best. Then working with a client really applies.
What I still want to improve is my communication and writing. My communication with the supervisor is fine.
I let him know when I finished something and I ask what has to happen or what will happen. So far he is happy with what I do so that makes me happy too. I have to admit I worried before I started if I would be able to pick up the pace and can do all the projects.
But the first time I meet people I stay a bit on the background. When an artist drops by more often then it's fine as I know them some more, but the first impression has to be good. The other people take a little bit more initiative in a conversation than I do.
As for writing I get blank when I have to write about an event or an artist. I didn't really have the opportunity to work on it yet besides yesterday, but I noticed that it needs improvement. I only stared at the page and wrote one line which got deleted right after the supervisor read it.xD
Next to that my goal is to pick up composing again and practice mixing and mastering beforehand. Also I want to edit in after effects instead of Sony Vegas all the time.
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