Class Stuff...

Nothing too exciting so far this week. It's going to be a busy week of just getting work done. Did a bunch of interviews yesterday and today. It's pretty interesting working with translators and getting a chance to talk to people. One thing that is a little frustrating is that often times the translators do a lot of paraphrasing, which is understandable, but we really need good details for our stories. We just do what we can I guess. After classes we met up with Matteo to go to his fashion academy for the fashion story (duh) and I started shooting some B roll there. Probably was a smart idea to run back and grab a video camera. Got some decent footage. We have final photos due on Wednesday so I went out shooting last night for the transportation piece. It was kind of cool, but I didn't get many good pictures because it was getting a little too dark and there wasn't anyone around because of the USA v. Italia soccer game. Needless to say, I gave up on the pictures and headed to Seven's to watch the game. I think it goes unsaid that Italy won. It was hilarious because when the Americans scored we were kind of like, "yay!" but when the Italians scored, they were like, "ASKDPGAWPEGAPAJGPAWEPAFPDKGARGAIEWAPPAE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Good times. The bar kind of turned into a random party after the game ended. Some of the kids from our program made a CD of american music (because they always end up playing the same CD every night) and we ended up going crazy dancing to it. Fun times! This morning Cassidy and I went shooting again and I ended up getting some good pictures. This one is my favorite: I spend the rest of the day editing photos and doing some interviews--finally got all the interviews for my story! I also spent my evening working on my article. I need to turn in a final draft to Judy tomorrow, so after I turn both the photos and the draft in, that's a lot of weight off of my shoulders. Video shooting should be pretty much done tomorrow, WOOT! Then just final article editing, video editing, and web production to do!