AliVega video editing internship

My internship at AliVega was an excellent learning experience. I got three months of training to sharpen my Final Cut Pro skills, not to mention the camera work, on-site video shooting, photo lighting setups, and - here's the fun part - data entry. Just kidding about that last part. But honestly, Alicia is a fabulous boss, and I got a lot of great instruction working for her.

Here's some of the stuff I did while interning at Alivega:

Toby Guilette (AKA Endurance Guy) is a steady customer of ours. He's a sponsored athlete, and Alicia has done several event coverage videos following races and marathons he's been in. I got to do a lot of the initial editing on this video, where he did not one, but two laps around the Grand Canyon. He's a bit monotone, but if you skip forward to 1:50-2:06, you get to hear him talk about how he puked. I did the initial edit - meaning lots of audio work, cutting out several minutes worth of "ums" and "ers." I also did the fun little bit of text that fades in during the intro.

I also worked on a series of videos for Ladies Who Launch - an organization that helps business women network, take classes, and build entrepreneurial skills.  I did most of the video and audio editing, as well as the graphic design for the lower thirds and the intro and outro pages. This is one of ________ that I worked on.

More here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mf-gKhBbwdE




By far the most intimidating day at my internship was my first day doing camera work. It wasn't the camera that was daunting, no, it was the setting. Alicia had me accompany her to a Christmas party for Ladies Who Launch, where we were supposed to be creating a series of brief videos on interpersonal networking and how it pertained to business owners. Gold walls and marble floors, fancy hors d'oeuvres, lots of middle-aged women in expensive clothes, and me - the intern with the wee video camera. It was unsettling at first, but after seeing how nervous these previously intimidating women were in front of the camera, acting the part of a businesswoman's assistant became much easier.

I was the camera operator on all ten videos, but these three are the ones that I also edited: