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Without the limelight, with the interest

By: Rosemary Boeglin <[email protected]>

FOOTBALL VIDEO MANAGER
Q. Describe what it is that you do as the video manager for football.
A. The role of the video managing crew is to film games and practices, capture them into our computers and enter them into our database. Being the senior in our film crew, I mostly oversee the other three guys that do it, but it’s a huge team effort . I’m mainly the computer and technical guy because I know how everything works, including the small details. Because I understand our equipment the most, I fix almost all of the problems that come up, decide which tools we need to add to our arsenal, and also find the most efficient ways to get everything done and put that efficiency into action. We do all of this so that the players and coaches can watch it and analyze plays, add stats and things like that. They also use it to credit players and as trade tapes, so teams can view other teams’ footage. The final part of our job is to make sure we get that same footage into a DVD or “SportsEdit” file that the coaches and players can use.

Q. What is the hardest part of your job?
A. When something doesn’t work, you have to spend hours fixing it because you have to make it work. You can’t just say, “oh well, that didn’t come on right” and move on, since this stuff is so critical.

Q. What are the advantages and disadvantages?
A. There are a lot of advantages like how I get to sit in the upper press box during games. I learn a lot of stuff, and I’m dealing with real life software that professionals use. I guess the disadvantage would be it takes about 18 to 20 hours a week minimum.

PINNACLE STAFF
Q. Describe what it is that you do on Pinnacle staff.
A. I’m a writer and I design a little bit too. I really do everything. I also have to take daily photos.

Q. What is the time commitment like for this job?
A. We have to stay after school for four hours every six weeks. On top of that you have to have time to interview and things like that outside of school. It’s a pretty big time commitment.

Q. How did you become involved in this?
A. I was on yearbook staff in middle school and then I decided to take introduction to yearbook or yearbook 1-2. I was on staff last year too; this is my second year.

Q. What is the hardest part of your job?
A. It would have to be time management because we have to get our spreads in on time. It’s not like on newspaper when you get things done for a deadline multiple times throughout the year. We have to get everything together for one yearbook. If one person is behind then all of us fall behind too.

Q. What are the advantages and downfalls of being on yearbook staff?
A. As far as advantages I feel like I know what is going on in the school, and I get to know a lot of different people from interviews. One of the disadvantages is that it can definitely be stressful at times.

TECHNICAL THEATRE CREW
Q. Describe what it is that you do in technical theatre.
A. I work on lights crew and occasionally am the light board operator for the shows.

Q. How did you become involved in this?
A. My brother was involved in it (Technical Theatre). So I decided to and began as a freshman.

Q. What is the time commitment for this activity?
A. I’m here every day after school. There’s not always specifically something to do, but I always find something.

Q. What is the hardest part of your job?
A. Definitely patience because not everything works out exactly what you need it to be, so (you’ve) just got to keep working at it until it does.

Q. What are the advantages and downfalls
A. Advantages would be that I get experience with working with technical aspects. If you can rig up a light, you can learn to use other tools. The biggest disadvantage I can think of would be time commitment.

Q. How do you receive credit for your work?
A. Typically it’s just a name in a program, maybe a head shot. Also, in International Thespian Society you can submit work and get feedback and points for it. It’s just like NHS for theatre. That also goes back to being an advantage for college.

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