At Stony Brook, we visited the news room and control center to practice speaking behind the camera and the effort behind the camera to produce a proper news broadcast.
I was the first person to go up as a weather reporter. Veteran producer Dini Diskin-Zimmerman kept reassuring me and telling me how I was gonna be great on camera. The makeup and hairstylist added powder onto my face to avoid looking oily on camera and brushed the hair out of my face to be able to read the teleprompter efficiently. It was a little difficult to adjust to the movements necessary on the green screen. For example: Learning how to point towards the weather forecast and read from the teleprompter. During the final recording, I was kind of done dirty since there was a delay on the weather display and a blurry camera. But, nonetheless, I’m still grateful for the experience since I had a great time even if the video was rough.
Afterwards, I helped with the graphics in the control room and witnessed the production. I was able to acknowledge the amount of care necessary and even test out some of the functions myself. One member of the crew asked the Greene Team what our favorite part of the experience was: being on camera or behind. In my personal experience, it was beautiful with both sides and educational.
-Kayci Guardado, Central Islip High School