I'm SUCH a keener.

I'm half way done my first news story for the TV workshop. Real TV. Well, okay, the first episode is going up on Youtube, but still.

I covered Nocturne, an art festival held at night in Halifax. It was really cool to see. When it's up on the web, I'll post a link here.

And so far, I got some really awesome visuals. People in costumes wandering around, people displaying handmade clothes in windows, and story telling with pictures. It was pretty cool. It proposed an extra challenge because

1) It was at night. So I had to white-balance the hell out of the camera, and have the grain set to high. Those zebra lines were scary. But fortunately, they don't ACTUALLY show up on your tape. Just on your view screen.

2) I was by myself. I was expecting some help but everyone else at my class went to the Joseph Howe Symposium. Which I was supposed to be at, the young "keen" potential journalist that I am, but instead I was leading thirsty Keith's beer drinkers back in time.

I was really nervous this morning because I didn't know if the video would turn out because it was so dark. But it actually turned out really good. Except that I kinda cut off the top of one of my interviewees heads. Oopsies. Well, not bad for being my own camera person.

On the to-do list for tomorrow: dump my tapes into the mac to edit. My favourite part! Except that I hate macs. Grr. And I'm writing this on a Mac. Okay, I don't hate Macs, I'm just not used to them. Like, this Safari window won't let me use tabs. And I live for tabbed browsing. Twenty windows at once is a norm for me.

I've been in this room for like six hours straight. I need a beer.