Internship Start-toh!

Had experienced the first two days of internship! I'm attached to DP Productions run by my supervisor cum boss cum director/ producer, Daniel Phoon. There's two of us (me and Daniel) on the Technical side and Annie (in charge of admin stuff), Juliet (aspiring journalist) and Hong Lin (Mass Comm. intern from Ngee Ann Poly) on the Admin. + Events organising side. The place is a 3 in 1, whereby it's not only a production company but also a RedBox Event (organising events) and Club 20 (sth...) (match-making). Cool, isn't it?

For now, things are running slow but projects will soon be coming up like the Compass Awards. I'm told that I'm gonna be able to go there and see how live-coverage is done. Speaking of live-coverage, did I mention that that is NOT taught in Poly?! I'm gonna start from scratch but I'm sure it's a good experience. Ahh ... and Mac Finalcut Pro. I'm gonna learn how to really hands-on edit video.

As for how's my first day was like, it basically went like this:
Reported to work > Met the boss, Daniel > Shown and was impressed by video work done by DP Productions > Learnt that my first 2 days will be slow paced but projects will soon be coming > Learnt how the production system worked > Met 3 other colleagues > Learnt how to use the office phone (which I'm still blur at) > Learn how to open the door and the security system > Lunch together > Had free time, chatted with the admin. side people > Got to know more about some of their plans > Know more about the match-making system > Shared ghost stories > Home

I think some people will o.O at my first day's schedule, esp. Kai An. I read from his blog that his first day was all the way pia ...

I've also learnt that my work is from 9.30am to 6.30pm. There's no work on Saturday & Sundays unless there's projects. The place is in a shophouse. It's cosy compared to what I expected. I had imagined that the place is dim and haunted =.='' There's two floors with a mini staircase running up to the upper floor. The upper floor houses the Admin. + Events organising department and the lower floor (where I am at) houses the Production Co.

As for my 2nd day (today), this was how it went:
Report to work > First to arrive > Had difficulty figuring how to unlock the door > Didn't manage to key security code to disarm alarm within the limited time > TRIGGERED the alarm (!!) > Took out notebook to find out the code > Finally, disarm it but realised that the alarm maybe linked to the boss's hp > Waited for others to come > Read Mac Finalcut Pro Manual for a while > Hong Lin arrives > Found out that the boss did find out about the alarm thing > Found out later that there's only two of us there for the day > Did my own things > Lunch > Did own things some more > Daniel arrived > Helped him with the things needed for Compass Awards > More resizing and extracting using Photoshop > Managed to finish before 6.30pm > Home

The best thing is that I felt that the day went quite well. Somehow, I didn't feel tired doing the work. Maybe it's been a while doing work? It seems that my nervousness before internship started is gone. I was calm on my first day (or maybe I mistook it as numb?). I was able to settle in well and feel more comfortable. And, now, I look forward to the next day of work and the many things I've haven't learn, seen and experienced =D