buhay broadcomm

What I love about working in television productions is that you can never produce a show alone. I still get anxious before all my productions, and the anxiety doubles when I crew for someone else(especially when it means sitting in front of any console, haha). It's not just because it's not my grade on the line, but more because they trust me to do my job. Because how each crew member handles his job would make or break the production. And it sucks when it could have been perfect if it weren't for that little screw up that just happened to be my fault.

Looking ahead, I may not end up working for the broadcast media industry. But taking up all these production classes aren't worthless in any way at all. Despite being a nervous wreck before(while desperately trying to complete all the necessary preparations -OBBs/CBBs, VTR inserts, set design and props, scripts!, music, chasing after interviewees/talents, rehearsals, etc etc etc), during(while being constantly bothered by the fact that something may go wrong, or that I may freeze in the middle of it all) and after each production(while waiting for the grade, and the nasty-haha-comments of the profs), I'd still say that production work is so worth it.

It's where no one can survive alone, and every single person's job is crucial to the output. It's where everyone learns (or is forced) to trust everyone else, because not to trust is the start of your downfall. It's where you learn to order everyone around with niceness - if you don't want everyone talking behind your back about how you were such an ass, or worse.

In every production, there is a potential for fights(cat fights, fist fights - which I have yet to see,haha), misunderstandings(this, I've seen a lot of), and blackmail(lol). But since my batch mates seem to all be peace loving (eh?), the whole ride has been fun and exciting.

One more year of college, and it's all over. By then I'll have to decide whether or not I'll be doing this production thing for the rest of my life. But before that time comes, I still have a year's worth of productions ahead of me. And a thesis and internships(both TV and radio) to boot.

I'm no psychic, but something is telling me that this year is gonna be exciting. =)

the nanny diaries

Category: books
Genre: literature and fiction
Authors: Emma Mclaughlin and Nicola Kraus

I used to be a "Baby Sitters' Club" addict. So when I spotted this book at the bookstore, I had to buy it. And I did. And I'm so glad I did.

So anyway.
The story is simple. A nanny, named, well, Nanny, works for a certain Mr. and Mrs. X (nice names?) They are a rich Manhattan couple, and Nanny is to watch over their darling 4-year old son, Grayer. Nanny does that, and more.
So basically, we see in the novel, how the upper class New York couples raise their children. They don't. I have no idea if these things happen in real life, but that's the least of my worries. This book is a funny, witty peek into the high-end, pretentious lives of New York's rich. A peek, through the eyes of an overworked, underpaid nanny who gets more than enough of her dose of lavender water, music and French and all possible after-school classes, philandering husbands, and outrageous Teletubbie costumes.
A laugh-out-loud read, and one that's so hard to put down ;)
Oh yeah, on the job, Nanny meets a hot Harvard boylet, so you definitely get a dose of kilig too =D
Light light read that's good for the summer.

And a movie version is coming soon, so read up!
Scarlett Johansson (i love!) is playing Grayer's nanny, so it should be good.
Can't wait.