IDTV Show#2 - On Air Soon

After two days of hard work, the post-production of IDTV Show#2 is now mostly done. Although some pieces need to fix a little bit, the overall quality of Show#2 is really awesome. We also have a volunteer working on audio sweetening of the show to make sure the sound quality is good.

Speaking of Show#2, we watched the entire show in class this morning, I can say the show that we made this time is the best so far. When it compares to Show#1, I see there are lots of improvements. The hosts were doing great, both Stephy's and Rudy's performance were really funny. I know it's not my first time saying this, Stephy is really cute! She looks cute and her voice is cute, coupled with her accented English, I think she is cutest person that I ever seen! "Liar, liar, pants on fire!" I'm going to make a ringtone for that! Also I should mention the funny performance of the hosts was scripted by our show producer. He really did a great job on the entire show, from pre-production to post-production, everything he did was awesome. The attitude of the entire crew is much better this time, much better than Show#1.

All right, when could you see Show#2 on air? Actually Show#2 will be on SF Cable Channel 75, Sunday May 8, at 3:00 p.m., after that, the show will be on air at these scheduled times:

Monday, May 9 at 9:00 p.m. on Cable Channel 27

Tuesday, May 10 at 11:00 p.m. on Cable Channel 27

Sunday, May 15 at 3:00 p.m. on Cable Channel 75

Monday, May 16 at 9:00 p.m. on Cable Channel 27

Tuesday, May 17 at 11:00 p.m. on Cable Channel 27

The show will be available on YT as well.

Everything is great, we should keep the great attitude to end of this semester!

IDTV 2011 Show#2 Behind The Scenes

IDTV Show #2 Production - First Day

Yeah! Here we are! We made it to show 2! On this first day of the IDTV Show 2 production, we have our awesome hosts Rudy and Stephy back to the studio; we also taped two interviews. The standup comedy of Paolo was really entertaining, I think I was watching Jerry Seinfeld or Dayo Wong. :D Stephy is so cute!!!

Overall, we did a very very awesome job today, let's keep that attitude for Friday's shoot!

We have photographed and filmed couple behind the scenes for today's production, and we'll upload them on YT and FB very soon.

My Digital Video Effects Showcase

Although they're not really stunning masterpieces, I still want to show some of my BCST 146 Digital Video Effects classwork. Some of them are for our IDTV show this season, some of them are my assigned projects for that class. If you're not in that class now, you should take it next year, it's definitely a great class. You'll learn a lot about creating digital effects and motion graphics, and more importantly you'll get the most of the After Effects concepts. I think it is really beneficial to take both advanced studio class along with the digital effects class.

Motion graphics design + video production + editing = really good combination of skills.

Our show#2 of this season's IDTV will be recorded on April 27 & 29, but many of our show pieces are now under productions... And, we're ready to roll!

My Digital Video Effects Experience and IDTV

I mainly focused on creating the IDTV show bumper these days besides my assignments for both my 146 and 148 classes. Some thoughts are popping out from my mind...

It's quite good experience to create some motion graphics and animations that could be shown on TV, but meanwhile it really took me a lot of time --- I spent almost one full day for making just one show bumper design. With my own perspective, creating motion graphics and editing videos are two different things. When editing video, you should keep an eye on certain things like eye trace and screen continuity; but when it comes to motion graphics design, the sky is the limit. You can have thousands and thousands different designs, the key is how it will look like on TV. Does it look good on TV with this design? If not, try with another design. That one doesn't work? Try another. Just keep trying different designs until you find one that really looks good. Experiment is very important when working on such video effects and motion graphics, and your designs could be ever-changing.

Speaking of IDTV, we are now heading to the preproduction for Show#2, but some of the pieces are already under productions. We'll also be creating a brand new show opener for this season, more than that, we'll have a segment talking about green sustainable business here in CCSF, sustainable food systems and much much more. Our entire show#2 will be rehearsed on April 27 and live-to-tape recording on April 29, with your hosts Steffanie Tjong and Rudy Solis. The show#2 should be on air first week of May, but the exact air date / time is still to be announced.

We're in the midway of the IDTV 2011 season, and we are confident that we can do more great shows!

IDTV 2011 Show#1 Now Availble On Youtube!

If you haven't noticed yet, our first IDTV show of the 2011 season has been uploaded on our Youtube channel. You can watch it right away by loading the player above or visit our YT channel: www.youtube.com/ccsfbroadcast.

Enjoy and have a great spring break everyone!

Some Thoughts About IDTV

We have worked hard for the past few weeks in order to have our first IDTV show this season produced, thank god we did it and the show was on SF cable channel 75 this Thursday. Now the whole IDTV team is taking a precious Spring Break and the show#2 preproductions will be kicked-off right after the break. I believe some producers have already had some good ideas to pitch for show#2, and I'm looking forward to see them on the show. Show#2 is planned to record on April 20 and 22.

Just because of the Spring Break, I have time to watch some Youtube videos. I'm not really a Youtube fan, but since I joined the IDTV team last year, I have been using Youtube frequently, and many of you may know (or may not know) that I uploaded behind the scenes videos of IDTV productions. Why did I shoot those behind the scenes? The first reason is I want audience to see what we were doing in the studio and the control room, so we can get closer to the audience. The second reason is to show our real side, our real faces, and we're not acting at all. Those behind the scenes can also bring back some great memories, every time when I watch the IDTV 2010 behind the scenes, I'll remember my happiest days as an IDTV crew member. Let me tell you, I was also inspired by the IDTV 2008 crew to upload those behind the scenes videos. If you search something like "idtv ccsf" on Youtube, you'll find a few behind the scenes videos which were shot by someone of the IDTV 2008 crew, that's really fun. But the most wonderful thing is that I saw many familiar faces on those videos. How wonderful it is? Few weeks ago, we were auditioning the talents for our new season of IDTV show, at the time Steffanie Tjong (who is now the co-host of this season's IDTV) was standing at the stage, I kept on asking myself, "where did I see her before? She looks so familiar..." but I can't remember at that time. Recently I re-watched those behind the scenes videos of IDTV, my question got the answer - I saw her on Youtube, simple and clear.

Isn't it great to meet someone or even work with someone who was on those IDTV behind the scenes videos? However, what I feel sad is most people who were on last year's behind the scenes are not with us this year except for Fab and Jonathon.

Now let's take a look on all of those IDTV behind the scenes of the past, and see how many faces you recognize.

The First IDTV Show Production

After weeks of preparations and consistent efforts, we finished producing the very first show of IDTV 2011 season. It was such a challenging production that we have ever done, and I can say today's production made me feel tense, very tense... I believe everyone in the studio also felt like facing a formidable enemy today. Anyway, we have reached the milestone, and we should be proud of it.

I think it is the time to relax for at least a few days...

Our Production This Morning

It has been more than two weeks since PA Lil' V wrote on the IDTV blog! We missed you so much, but there was something that PA Lil' V can't control at some point. But anyway, we are back and to report what was going on during today's IDTV class...

Today most of (some were not here) the IDTV studio people arrived at the TV studio around 9:10 this morning, then we prepared to produce the "BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO" segment, with KayAnn as the host. We set everything up and getting ready for the production, then we started our first take at around 10:40. The first take was not that good because there were some miscommunications between the director and the TD, and there were still a few problems during the next couple takes. One of the issues was the timing, the script was too long, way longer than the expected run time 1 minute and 45 seconds, so we cut out some content from the script then tried to run it one more time. Although it was still longer than the run time, we finally made it during the last take... then we have done with today's production!

There were some issues during today's production, but PA Lil'V thinks everyone did a great job. Hopefully, we could do better with the timing during the next few productions, and we're sure that we'll have both better "BEST OF SAN FRANCISCO" segment as well as the IDTV shows.

We're now getting busier because we'll have our rehearsal for the IDTV first show on next Wednesday and actual production on next Friday, so keep up your great job folks!

By the way, there is something that PA Lil' V wanted to mention right here for a while. Is anyone interested in contributing the IDTV blog and help PA Lil' V to keep it up? If any of you is interested, you can contact PA Lil' V (lei_victor@sbcglobal.net) so he can add you to the contributor list. Together we should make our IDTV blog better.

Behind The Scenes Photos - First Day Of Auditions

Take a look on these pictures. PA Lil' V really wanted to take more "behind the scenes" pictures for today's audition, but he was working busily in the control room. Sorry about that, we wanted to share more with you. On Friday, we are going to have 15 more people to come to the audition, we will post more pictures on Facebook as well as this blog. Don't miss it! PA Lil' V is going to ask Misha tomorrow to see if this is possible to post some clips of the auditions on Youtube this weekend or later.

TWO HOSTS Wanted For 30 min Local TV Show! (Originally posted on craigslist)

Greeting from Studio 1 at Ocean Campus at City College of SF,
We're looking for telegenic and charismatic people who are high-energy but relaxed in public speaking environments to be the face of our new, HD-based 30 minute Television program series called "IDTV".
If chosen, your work as the IDTV host will be to host IDTV as on-screen talent introducing the show itself, program segments and packages, interview guests and to work with producers and writers. IDTV shows are broadcast on local TV to 220,000 viewers in the Bay Area via Channel 27 & 75 (SF/Comcast cable) and also via a dedicated internet video channel. Next to working with upcoming video professionals from the show, you'll generate great materials for both a DVD and an online reel.

AUDITIONS:
On-camera auditions will be held ONLY on Wed. 23 and Fri 25th of February (10AM-12:30PM). Please let me know when you plan on coming:
Day: Wed, the 23rd OR Fri, the 25th
Time: Early 10-11 OR Middle 11-12 OR Later 12-12:30
Where: AUDITIONS will be TV Studio at City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus (ARTX 164 - close to the student health center).
Map link 1: http://goo.gl/ESbte
Map link 2: http://goo.gl/E3fLL

We hope to see you at the auditions!

PREPARATION
All attendees will be able to audition from a teleprompter script and with improvisational material for at least 10 min (more if time allows). We'll have as much of the daily schedule set as possible but allow for additional time (≈ 1hour) when you arrive. We'll provide a short, simple introduction script to the show as well as a short intro script to a guest interview - that you can read from a camera teleprompter - and we'll ask you to improvise for a few minutes also to get to know your style.
No specific attire is expected, but we suggest wearing clothes that you're comfortable in but that are appropriate to a host of a college TV magazine show.

IDTV SERIES INFO
IDTV is 3x 30min magazine-style TV shows produced by advanced broadcasting students in the Broadcast Department at Ocean Campus CCSF from March to May 2011. The 30 min. shows are made up of roughly 50-50% field packages (stories shot on location outside the studio) and studio segments (produced with the hosts in the studio). The first two will be broadcast on Channel 27 as "IDTV" after taping and the last show (#3) hits the air live.

Rehearsal and show dates - it's important that you can are available at these times:
Show #1: Rehearsal: Wed, Mar 16, 10AM-12:30PM
Show Record: Fri, Mar 18. 9:30AM-1PM

Show #2: Rehearsal: Wed, Apr 20, 10AM-12:30PM
Show Record: Fri, Apr 22, 9:30AM-1PM

Show #3: Rehearsal: Fri, May 13, 10AM-12:30PM
Show Record: Fri, May 18, 9:30AM-1PM
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MISSION STATEMENT: IDTV (Identity Television) is a series of 3 x 30min television episodes produced by advanced broadcast students at CCSF whose mission is to compellingly inform and entertain viewers on issues related to City College, San Francisco and its diverse students.

Host Auditions This Week!

Yes, we know. We have been talking about this for couple weeks, but we still want you to know that our auditions for hosts are scheduled on both this Wednesday the 23rd and Friday the 25th, from 10:00am - 12:30pm, you can come on either of these days, and we have divided into three time sections on each day. Early section: from 10-11, mid section: from 11-12, late section: from 12-12:30. You can choose one of the sections that is most convenient to you. We are expecting to audition one talent for about ten minutes, therefore, we could totally audition 30 people on both days. So far, we have 3 people confirmed to come on this Wednesday, 7 people confirmed to come this Friday, and 9 people have expressed their interests but haven't confirm their schedules yet. It looks like we are getting more great people to the auditions, and it's really exciting.

There are still a few spots (11 if we count those unconfirmed people) available for you to come, if you are interested to be our new IDTV host, please contact Misha, mishavideo@gmail.com and ask him for more details. We also posted an updated craigslist ad, unfortunately the ad was removed by craigslist last night and we have some troubles to re-post it. We are going to re-post that craigslist ad on this blog later today, and if you still have any question or concern regarding our auditions, send an email to the address that I mentioned above.

Have a great Presidents' Day holiday everyone and we're looking forward to see you on the auditions!

Ready For The Auditions & The Debut Show

The date is getting closer and closer, we'll have the host auditions one week from today. PA Lil' V is very happy to hear that eight people have confirmed coming to the auditions, we certainly want to see more people to come. Again, if you or your friends are interested to be our IDTV hosts, please don't hesitate, send an email to lei_victor@sbcglobal.net or mishavideo@gmail.com. We still have spots for you to come, but time is going fast, so you should decide ASAP. Speaking of the first show, we will have our first show on air roughly one month from today, everything should get started, and that's why we are hitting the preproduction stage for show. Looking at the rough rundown for the show 1, we should have four to five studio segments, four to five field packages as well as a couple PSAs. PA Lil' V will be one of the producers for show 1, and it should be a good one! You're not going miss it! :D

Now take a look on what we were doing in the studio today. We won't have a class meeting on this Friday because of a holiday.

Update On The Upcoming Auditions

Hi, folks, hope you all had a great weekend.

As you have probably known, our IDTV show's audition for hosts is only about one week from today. PA Lil' V has posted a craigslist ad over the weekend, he received a number of responses since then. PA Lil' V also asked Misha this morning about the update of the searching for hosts, and it seems we should have a number of potential people coming to the auditions on either next Wednesday or Friday. We have also sent an email to those who expressed their interest in the host positions, telling them some basic info of the IDTV show, asking them what time / date they would come to the auditions, etc. And more importantly, we're warmly welcome them to the auditions as well.

Way to go! PA Lil' V is confident that we should have two awesome and talented hosts for the show! We are still looking forward to have more people coming to the auditions. Our team will meet in class tomorrow morning and we will post any update right here tomorrow night. :-)

UPDATED LISTING - Two Talents Wanted For IDTV Show!!!

 This posting and / or the flyers will be distributed in various departments across CCSF, as well as here at "PA Notebook" and our own FB page.


Greeting from Studio 1 at Ocean Campus,

IDTV, the CCSF 30-min TV show produced by advanced broadcasting students, is looking for 2 for awesome show personalities for our TV shows going into production this semester, SP 2011.
AUDITIONS will be held on Feb. 23th & 25th from 10AM-12:30PM in the TV Studio at Ocean Campus (ARTX 164).

Help us out by letting your classmates, friends, family, enemies (talented ones) and EVERYBODY know that we are looking for talented individuals to act as TV Hosts. This means they'll be introducing topics and presenting stories as well as interviewing guests.
PLEASE HELP US BY DISTRIBUTING & POSTING THE ATTACHED FLYER!! The selected SHOW HOSTS' presentations will be cable-cast - as part of the 30 min. IDTV magazine-style TV show - to 220,000 potential viewers via Channel 27 (SF/Comcast cable) and via a dedicated internet video channel so they should really be loving the opportunity if showbiz is their interest.

IDTV
3x 30min magazine-style TV shows produced by advanced broadcasting students in the Broadcast Department at Ocean Campus CCSF from March to May 2011. All shows and stories are created, produced and shots by advanced video production students at City College. The final 30 min. shows are made up of roughly 50-50% field packages (stories shot on location outside the studio) and studio segments (produced with the hosts in the studio). The first two will be broadcast on Channel 27 as "IDTV" after taping and the last show (#3) hits the air live.

We're looking for telegenic people who are high-energy but relaxed in public speaking environments and we're hosting on-camera auditions on Feb. 24th & 26th from 10AM-12:30PM.

Don't hesitate to shoot back any other questions.

Here are the record dates for the shows so you can check if this is an option for you (show record dates are fixed and mandatory for hosts, rehearsals possibly negotiable):

Show #1: Rehearsal:       Wed, Mar 9, 10AM-12:30PM
          Show Record:   Fri,   Mar 11. 9:30AM-1PM

Show #2: Rehearsal:       Wed, Apr 20, 10AM-12:30PM
          Show Record:   Fri,   Apr 22, 9:30AM-1PM

Show #3: Rehearsal:       Fri, May 13, 10AM-12:30PM
          Show Record:   Fri, May 18, 9:30AM-1PM

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IDTV SYNOPSIS: IDTV is a series of 3 x 30-min magazine-style TV programs produced by advanced video production students at CCSF in the spring of 2011 to be cablecast on Comcast cable services on Channel 27 (EATV) as well as on various outlets on the Internet (YT, FB, etc.)
MISSION STATEMENT: IDTV (Identity Television) is a series of 3 x 30min television episodes produced by advanced broadcast students at CCSF whose mission is to compellingly inform and entertain viewers on issues related to City College of San Francisco and its diverse students thereby reflecting their unique perspectives.
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IDTV Behind The Scenes - February 11 - Working On The First Interview As...

All right, PA Lil' V just wants to share a short "behind the scenes" video of our first interview last Friday. We promise we will post more great "behind the scenes" videos as the show progresses. Another thing is PA Lil' V has talked to Misha - the teacher and exec prod of IDTV show - regarding the searching of new hosts, so far PA Lil' V has posted a craigslist ad last night and Misha has created a listing / poster that have been sent out to various departments of CCSF, Cinema Department, Graphic Communications Department, Theatre Department, just to name a few. We also have the NEW flyer with updated design, (don't worry, PA Lil' V will post it right here shortly) and PA Lil' V will make another posting on the BAVC website... Yeah, we just want to make sure everyone will know about our upcoming auditions, and encourage them and their friends to come. Of course, PA Lil' V will work closely with Misha as the craigslist ad replies come in.

Wish you have a great weekend, folks!

HOSTS Wanted For 30 min Local TV Show (ingleside / SFSU / CCSF)

 Folks, below is the craigslist ad we posted about an hour ago. Take a look and be sure to tell your friends about this important audition!


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Please see below for more information.
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HOSTS Wanted For 30 min Local TV Show

Date: 2011-02-12, 10:09PM
"IDTV", a half-hour CCSF TV series, is searching for 2 talented hosts to personify its programming this semester!
"IDTV" (Identity Television) is a magazine series (3x30min episodes) produced by advanced students at CCSF. IDTV broadcasts locally on Channel 27 & 75 (Comcast Cable).
AUDITIONS: February 23 and 25, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Art Extension 164 (Studio A), CCSF OCEAN CAMPUS, 50 Phelan Avenue
We'll provide a short, simple introduction script to the show as well as a short intro script to a guest interview - that you can read from a camera teleprompter - but we'd love to have you improvise for a few short minutes as well to get to know your style.
No specific attire is expected, but we suggest wearing clothes that you're comfortable in but that are appropriate to a host of a college TV magazine show.
Further questions: contact mishavideo@gmail.com
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Greeting from the entire IDTV production crew,
IDTV, the CCSF 30-min TV show produced by advanced broadcasting students from City College of San Francisco, is looking for 2 for awesome show personalities for our TV shows going into production this semester, Spring 2011.
AUDITIONS will be held on both February 23 and February 25 from 10 am - 12:30 pm in "Studio A" at the CCSF Ocean Campus. (Art Extension Room 164)
City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus is at 50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112.
IDTV
3x 30min magazine-style TV shows produced by advanced broadcasting students in the Broadcast Department at Mission Campus CCSF from March to May. All shows and stories are created, produced and shots by advanced video production students at City. The finalized 30 min. shows are made up of roughly 50-50% field packages (stories shot on location outside the studio) and studio segments (produced with the hosts in the studio). The first two shows will be broadcast on Channel 27 and 75 as "IDTV" after taping, however the last show (#3) hits the air live.
We're looking for telegenic people who are high-energy but relaxed in public speaking environments to be our hosts for this season's IDTV show.
Don't hesitate to shoot back any other questions.
Here are the record dates for the shows so you can check if this is an option for you (shows are mandatory for hosts, rehearsals possibly negotiable):
Show #1: Rehearsal: Wednesday, March 9, 10 am - 1 pm
Show Record: Friday, March 11, 10 am - 1 pm
Show #2: Rehearsal: Wednesday, April 13, 10 am - 1 pm
Show Record: Friday, April 15, 10 am - 1 pm
Show #3: Rehearsal: Wednesday, May 16, 10 am - 1 pm
Show LIVE TO AIR: Friday, May 18, 10 am - 1 pm
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IDTV SYNOPSIS: IDTV is a series of 3 x 30-min magazine-style TV program produced by advanced broadcast production students at CCSF in spring of 2011 and cablecast to the San Francisco area on Comcast cable channel 27 and 75 (EATV).
MISSION STATEMENT: IDTV (Identity Television) is a series of 3 x 30min television episodes produced by advanced broadcast students at CCSF, whose mission is to compellingly inform and entertain viewers on issues related to City College of San Francisco from the unique perspectives of its diverse students.

• it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
  
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Original URL: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/tlg/2211894652.html

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Our Interview Assignment Today

Today our IDTV team had the first production since we moved into the new HD studio, this production was a brief interview about the operation of the jib. So we have our IDTV team member Peter Carmada as the host / interviewer, and John Jordan (J.J.) as the interviewee. We supposed to have the production "live to tape" at 11:30 this morning, however, many foreseen and unforeseen issues were popping up before and during the production. For example, some of the roles were not designated properly, some people were still unsure on what they will be doing, and we were not quite comfortable with the new equipment, and so on... So many "hiccups" today... Anyway, this was our first time, our first production of this season, PA Lil' V believes that we could do much better next time! He is still keeping his optimism about this year's IDTV show, and yes, we can do it!

There are some "behind the scenes" pictures of the production that PA Lil' V wants to share with you today, take a look. PA Lil' V will have a lot of work to do over this weekend - post craigslist ad for the auditions, search more potential talents from different websites. Okay, see you next week!

Our New HD Studio at Ocean Campus

PA Lil' V knows many of you are interested about our new HD video production studio at the CCSF Ocean Campus, so here is a little info about our new studio. The production studio is located inside the Art Extension Building of the CCSF Ocean Campus, and it has become the home of IDTV since January of this year. Our new studio is equipped with all new technologies, including three new HD studio cameras, three new and powerful computers for HD video editing and effects, new Chyron Character Generator, new server as well as new "Ross" HD switcher.

Now take another look on our beautiful HD studio, the pictures in the left are the same studio right before the remodeling, taken in December 2009. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Reeves)

Remember, the auditions for new hosts will be on February 23 & 25!

Getting Ready For Our First Interview Assignment

Everything is getting closer and closer, this Friday will be our production date of our first interview assignment. PA Lil' V and everyone in the IDTV team were working hard to get ready, setting up the cameras, and more importantly, figuring out how to use the switcher and how to export video to the server. This will be our first working project since we moved into the new HD studio, and it should be our good opportunity to practice before the auditions. It's now only two weeks until auditions, we have to get the overall ideas on those new equipment, and working together with better understanding. Lots of things working on, but PA Lil'V believe that we could have the best IDTV show this year! PA Lil' V and the entire IDTV team did it last year, so will be this year! Come on!

All right, PA Lil' V will have some behind the scenes videos for the interview assignment this Friday. Meanwhile, we give you a few nice pictures and videos of our preparation today. If you or your friends are interested to be on camera, be sure to come to our auditions for host on February 23 and 25, the poster / flyer has been posted on this blog and available around the campus, you can grab one for more details. You can always send an email to mishavideo@gmail.com for any question you may have.