Last Day

So today was my last day at the internship. Kind of sad, I wish I could have stayed a little while longer. It's unfortunate that I have to leave just as I'm beginning to really get into the groove of things here. I've learned a lot, though, and even managed to help out some, so I think it's been well worth it. Today was a good day to end on, doing some tough editing to wrap up my time here. We brought in the footage that we shot yesterday and managed to throw together a rough cut of the whole 30-second spot. It was tricky, because the vision for the commercial hadn't quite been refined enough to provide a solid shooting plan, so we were flying by the seat of our pants to some extent when we shot everything. But, we moved some stuff around, made some plans to cheat the audio a bit, and generally managed to get something worthwhile thrown together. I felt pretty good about it.

I got a DVD with all of the projects on it that I was a part of while I was here, including the two commercials that I edited almost entirely alone. That'll be a fun thing to include in my demo reel as I work on that this next year. I also got a really neat card singing goodbye card signed by all the people at the office. And a cool BBM Studios shirt, so I can show off the company a little. :-) I'll definitely miss the people here, especially the guys in the video department. Hopefully someday I'll be back to visit Rapid City and be able to drop by and say hi to them.

All in all, it's been a good time over here. I am excited to get back though. Not too excited about the 15+ hour trip ahead of me tomorrow morning, but it'll be worth it to get back to friends and family in Arkansas.