05.10.07
Personal Profiles: A TV Show by Students for the Community
Lori was the host of the episode of Personal Profiles in which I was interviewed.
On Friday, May 4, 2007 I walked into Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring. Lori, who is a student there, had called and invited me to be interviewed for a school project called Personal Profiles. She got my number from her mother, who got it from me when I gave her one of my business cards one Sunday at church.
Originally, I was unclear about what this interview was about. Was it an audio or video recording? Would it be shared with her class or just her teacher? Imagine my surprise when Lori took me to a fully functioning studio with three cameras and an editing room!
Behind all of the equipment were other students in her class, operating it. The dozen or so students who were not running cameras, signalling cues or working the editing board, served as the studio audience. Moreover, the video would be played on a local Montgomery County, Maryland cable access station.
Quiet on the set!
One of the students showed me how to put the mike on, and another, from behind the glass of the editing room started the countdown on his fingers. My brow was starting to sweat. Was I nervous, or was it just the hot lights bearing down on us? Read the rest of this entry »