New girl at RedEye

Hello! To all my readers. It’s been a week since my arrival to Washington DC and even though it has been exhausting to settle down and get familiar with the crazy metro system I have to admit that I had an amazing time exploring the city and making new friends. However, I don’t know if […]

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My Internship with RedEye Post

This is my final week at RedEye Post, and boy, have I learned and experienced a lot while working with such a talented group of women. For an end-of-the-summer project, I decided to document some on-the-job experiences and other experiences of leisure as I had time to explore Old Town. I compiled said experiences in […]

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Cutting Room Floors & Photogs

Here at RedEye Post, we work with the segment Lift Every Voice, which is a Gospel segment hosted by Fonzworth Bentley on Black Entertainment Television, or BET. I’ve watched the segment a few times on Sunday mornings (if I found myself not in a church service). A new project that has blossomed from our partnership […]

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New Kid On the Block

D.C. (Alexandria) is hands down the most humid part of the U.S. I’ve ever had the pleasure of living/working in. I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to that 15 minute walk from the Metro station, but as i’ve been told more than once, it’s just June…the heat and humidity will only get worse. […]

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Finished shooting? It's time to Digitize

Previously I was sent out to film the RedEye team filming multiple interviews for one of the many extra special clients.  Now it is my turn to take the footage I collected form behind the scenes and turn it into something fun and exciting to share with you so you can see a little of […]

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"What, its my third day and you need me to…"

On my third day at work with RedEye, Laura says we are going to shoot interviews which will be used in a special tribute for Friends of Cancer Research founder Ellen Sigal.  This is a very good opportunity for me to see what is going on in the real world.  In addition I have been […]

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Apps 2: RoadMovies

Imagine, you are traveling to such nice places, surrounded by elegant antique buildings, with family or your close friends and the weather is awesome. What are you going to do? I’m sure you’ll want to treasure these beautiful moments. For this, I have a surprisingly awesome application to recommend to all of you. Let’s say […]

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Apps: Vine & 8mm

Have you been hearing about short little 6 second videos? Have you noticed videos of your friends that look like they came out of a time machine from another era? There are two apps that are currently all the rage to those who like to use social media and make videos. They are Vine and […]

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A Layperson’s Lesson Four: First Try on Photoshop

For a long time, I’ve heard of the many fantastic functions that Adobe Photoshop provides, it was not until last week that I got my hands on it and began to really learn how to use it for myself. I was assigned to make a series of slates that would be put into a video several times. […]

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A Layperson’s Lesson Three: How to be BOTH the editor and audience

I’ve been watching BET’s Lift Every Voice Episodes for the past few weeks while I am cutting down the shows for the dot com website. Yet at first, I didn’t really have a sense for what subtle things needed to be removed from the segments except for the obvious parts.  Therefore, most of the time, […]

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