Endersession Day #16: June 10, 2011 Rey Roody

I didn’t have any class today and so I wanted to show my mentor some more ideas for movies, television series, short films, etc. So I began to write down ideas, and I was frustrated because recall the two different dreams I had that were really good concepts. And even as I think about them more, the more irritated I get because I get bits and pieces of them but piece part from dream 1 with dream 2 and pieces from dream 2 with dream 1. So from what I can remember from the first dream is that I think I got kidnapped or something and it was horrible because I knew I was dreaming but couldn’t get out the dream, like I couldn’t wake myself up. That’s all I could remember from the first dream, I think. But the second dream I believe was that I was playing the drums, and then all of a sudden I think I was in a room with a group of guys and we were planning to go do a drive by or go rob a place or something like that. So anyways, I wrote down as much memory as I could retain and keep them in a notebook to show my mentor and he critiques me on it, by telling me whether it’s a bit overwhelming to be a movie or if the concept I wrote down was more structured, it could be turn into a mini-series or even a television series. So basically today was just showing me how to start off a scriptwriting by having a concept—and everything that comes along with it—and one that makes sense that could also be interesting.

Endersession Day #15: June 9, 2011 Rey Roody

Today at my internship, I got a text message from my mentor saying to get ready because he was coming to pick me up. I didn’t know what he was coming for or why so early but I got up and he picked me up. He surprised me by saying that I was going to help him film some blood splatter for this new and upcoming television show. I’m not allowed nor given permission to tell or release any information about the television show. But I can tell you that I got the opportunity to make blood—by the way the blood tastes good. That may have sounded a little off or weird but it was fun to make and throw everywhere. I also got to put some input and give my opinions on some things that I thought would have a good affect. Of course, I was asked first, which was a great opportunity to have my voice heard for something so big in the media industry. Although I would love to spill it all out and tell you what else I did that day, I can’t because the director of the television show doesn’t want me to get into detail about it.

Endersession Day #14: June 8, 2011 Rey Roody

Today my mentor said that all I needed to do was to come up an idea for my music video. He also discussed the 60-second video that I have to do for Lia’s class. My mentor told me that He wouldn’t mind helping me out with the video which was greatly appreciated. We also started to discuss what was going to go down with the video. The artist that’s going to sing is recording if not today, tomorrow and that we will begin the editing process and stuff like that. Other than m\my mentor and I sitting down and discussing the music video, there wasn’t much that happened besides my college class, and me going to play the drums at my church while they practice the songs they were going to sing for Sunday.

Endersession Day #13:June 7, 2011 Rey Roody

Today I first woke up and contact my mentor to see what he wanted me to complete from home. We had discussed the plans for the day then I did my chores at home until it was time for my college class then go with my mentor and show him the result. So after talking to him on the phone and texting him, we decided that I should record myself playing on the drums of any song I wanted. I was too excited. So I quickly found a song and recorded myself and posted it on YouTube and my Facebook. After telling him about the recording I did he checked it out and told me that it was much better than he expected. So after my class, I went to my internship site and we talked with one of his colleagues about the stage play he recorded and the actors were practicing it for the live performance soon. He wanted me to make sure that if there needed to be a job done and nobody was doing it that I should go help with whatever it was that needed to be done. It was a great time at internship as everyday I go. Everyday at internship is an animated day, so far I haven’t had one boring experience while on the clock and off the clock at internship.

Endersession Day #12: June 6, 2011 Rey Roody

7. Do you have any regrets so far? What would you do differently if you could start internship over?
- One of the biggest regrets I have right now is not finding this internship earlier. If I were able to start this over, and knew about this opportunity, I would have got on it quickly. If I were to do one of a number of things differently, it would be to figure out what my project throughout internship would be. Even though ideas were flowing and proposals were written down, they weren’t ideas that could be done with some good quality in the amount of time. And because I waited for a significant amount of time, there were some ideas that couldn’t go through. Another huge regret I have is actually having regrets period. I feel like if I managed my time more sufficiently then I highly doubt I would have this many, if possible, no regrets. So if I could do something different I would manage my time better and take advantage of it.

Endersession Day #11: June 3, 2011 Rey Roody

3. You are half-way through your project. How is it going? What challenges have you faced? What have you learned? What are you doing to ensure a successful completion of your internship project.

- Being half-way through the project is a little comforting and stressful. A few challenged I have and are facing now, is college classes and other things that also have to be done along with the internship project. I’ve learned that if I were to learn from previous mistakes and not make them again, I wouldn’t have to worry about anything. But because I became a little nonchalant with some things, I’m stressing and almost struggling with making everyone that I am currently working on good quality. I have also learned that going with “as long as I turn something in then that’s better not turning anything at all” is always the best thing to go by. Because that can easily be taken out of context being misunderstood as “if I turn something in then I won’t get a 0”. That way of thinking isn’t the best way to think, especially for me. I’m going to have to get on top of things a lot harder than I am now. And even cancel some of the little extra-curricular activities I have going on. I can do it and I have to do it if I want a successful internship.

Endersession Day #10: June 2, 2011 Rey Roody

10. Describe one challenge that arose this week at your internship site (related to the work the company does). How did your mentor and their colleagues solve this problem?

- I think one of the problems they had was with the casting call. The problem was that they had plenty of people who said that they would be there to audition, but the people who said that they could be there didn’t come. And this was a challenge for them because they were expecting a lot of people to show up and audition. But I saw that my mentor and his colleagues took this well. Even though they were at the casting call waiting for people to come and audition from 8 AM to 6 PM, he and his colleagues did something else that was helpful until someone showed up. And what they did was they would tell me to get up on stage and they wanted me to do some improve, which was very exciting. So basically they solved this problem by showing me techniques of improve, the do’s and don’t for auditions, and giving me tips for monologue readings.