I found this package sort of difficult at the start. I had no clue of whom to interview, or any contact information and information regarding the issue was somewhat scarce. I began researching about the dangers of cell phone towers and I also contacted the City of Tallahassee to gain more insight in the situation residents in the Buck Lake Community were facing.
I happened to get in contact and interview City of Tallahassee Assistant Manager Michelle Bono on the issue. I strongly believe this was the best person to interview on the situation. She was very knowledgeable on this situation and also provided me with other people to get in contact with regarding the situation. Not to mention she had documents prepared for me to look at other cell phone towers that created controversy that were camflouged in the Tallahassee area. Speaking with Mrs. Bono opened doors for my story and I began to develop.
I faced a lot of technical issues however that would l prevent me from editing and having the package done in a timely manner I had initially planned, but I guess that is life. One of the major issues I faced is my camera battery died in the middle of an interview! I had no clue of what to do, also knowing that the person I was interviewing was leaving to go out of town that weekend. Mrs. Katine was giving great sound about the issue, so when the battery died…. My heart dropped and a million and one questions ran through my head. Who else could I interview, that could give me great sound like this?! Mrs. Katine was the former Home Owners Association for the Enclave, and she was very concerned about the issue her community was faced with.
I later replaced the battery defective battery that died on me and shot some more B-Roll about the subject and began laying groundwork, with shot sequencing, and I began writing my script already having a clear idea of what Mrs. Katine would say about the issue just to save time. I was able to interview Mrs. Katine again on Sunday afternoon and because of proper planning I was able to go to the edit booth and lay the groundwork for package in a timely manner.
Looking back I am glad I experienced what could happen in the real world with my battery dying so in the future I will already know how to PRO-ceed and PRO-gress with the rest of my story.
