Pictures

FROM THE DOOR...


COOWORKER...(I´m sorry but I am really bad with remembering names)


ANOTHER INTERN... (In my old desk)


COOWORKER ¨WORKING¨...(I´m sorry but I am really bad with remembering names)


MY PC... (iMac)


MY MENTOR...(Rachel Salmon)


THE KITCHEN...


VIEW OF MANHATTAN...


ME WORKING... :P

Daily Posts March 31-April 3

03/31:
I kept on doing the Second Pass of my first tape (Roll 549)... It was a short day, (2Hrs) and then I went to the Lifeguard School in 59th Street, until 6... I was home at 7:50...

04/01:
Regular day today...(3hrs) I finished with the pre-show of the radio station I'm transcribing and I started to Second Pass the radio show...

04/02:
5 hour day...LLOONNGG DAY... I kept doing the second pass with the same tape... And I finished!!! like 20 minutes before I had to leave...so I just rechecked everything in those 20 minutes what I had done for the last few days... I left at 5:40 (I got there at 12:40) and I had lifeguard school at 6:30 until 9... so I was home at arround 10:30...

04/03:
I got there at 12:50. I took some pictures, and I started uploading the video to start doing the second pass of Roll 545...(I´m not going to explain what is in it...) And I started doing the second pass... so next week I have to do the second pass of the Roll 545 (Number of the tape)...

Weekly Vocabulary March 29

1. Word / Phrase: CIR

Meaning: Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Context: An approach to immigration reform which attempts to address at least two of the following immigration issues: undocumented immigrants, visa reform, family visa backlog, border security, future flows/guest workers. Generally our characters call a bill CIR if it deals with all of those issues.

2. Word / Phrase: Advos

Meaning: Advocacy groups working in favor of immigrant friendly CIR.

Context: These are some of the groups working in favor of the CIR:
- NIF, The National Immigration Forum.
- NCLR, National Council of La Raza.
- AILA, American Immigration Lawyers Association.
- EWIC, Essential Workers Immigration Coalition.
- USCCB, US Conference of Catholic Bishops.


3. Word / Phrase: Restrictionists

Meaning: Anti-immigrant groups or people.

Context: These are some of the Anti-Immigrant groups:
- FAIR, Federation for American Immigration Reform.
- NUMBERS USA
- PROJECT USA
- CIS, Center for Immigration Studies.

4. Word / Phrase: Cloture

Meaning: A motion to limit time/scope of debate.

Context: Senators have the right to unlimited debate and to speak about anything they wish on the Floor. For that reason, most bills aren't brought up for debate without a time agreement or a successful cloture motion. Cloture requires 60 votes to pass.

5. Word / Phrase: UC

Meaning: Unanimous Consent.

Context: Most business in the Senate in done by UC. For instance, they need UC to start proceedings in the morning or end them at night. Senate rules mandate that a bill is read aloud by the clerk three times before voting, but many bills are hundred of pages long. If UC to waive that rule isn't granted, chances of that bill ever seeing a vote are slim. Any Senator, as long as he is in the floor, can block UC. It must be truly unanimous.

Daily Posts March 24-27

03/24:
I worked for 2 hours today... I just kept transcribing, on this meeting where this men Eliseo Medina was giving a great speech to inspire people to go out and get signatures of people to win against the Proposition 200 in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004, I guess (I can't remember the exact date)...


03/25:
Today was a regular day of 3 hours... I did the same thing than yesterday... Read what I posted up there in the 24th and you'll know what I did...


03/26:
I did the same thing again I transcribed for the whole day (5hrs)... Except for the last 30 minutes that I have started learning how to do "Second Pass" when transcribing which is checking for spelling errors and adding information like TC, and putting all in the same font and in the right spacing...


03/27:
Today was my first day doing Second Pass and I liked it more because I have to watch the actual video, not listen to a tape... Watching for the video makes it easier to understand and see who is talking... I worked for 2 hours...

Weekly Vocabulary March 21

1. Word / Phrase: Transcribe

Meaning: to make a written copy, esp. a typewritten copy, of (dictated material, notes taken during a lecture, or other spoken material).

Context: My work is basically transcribing from a recorded tape of a radio station that I have to type in Spanish, (because the radio is in Spanish)

2. Word / Phrase: Inaudible

Meaning: not audible; incapable of being heard.

Context: When I transcribe sometimes there are words or phrases that can not be heard, do to background noise or bad pronunciation.

3. Word / Phrase: TC

Meaning: Timecode

Context: This is the time for the start of the clip I'm transcribing. I get it from the CatDV field called "In."

4. Word / Phrase: CatDV

Meaning: It is a major update to the media asset database and video logging tools.

Context: It is as a database for all the tapes and videos that are used for the making of the different episodes.

5. Word / Phrase: Macros

Meaning: Macros are combinations of keystrokes you can use to do anything in a document.

Context: My macros are mostly for character names, so I don't have to keep typing them out.

Third Week Assignment

Describe one significant activity or project that you have completed or are working on currently.

As I said in a post before I am currently working in the post-production on a
series they've been working on since the summer of 2001 examining how
democracy functions, using immigration policy as a case study. They're
looking at the policy-making side of democracy, not the electoral
side.
My work in this post-production of the series is Transcribing. It means I listen to a cassette recorded from a videotape and I type whatever people says. The tapes I'm working on right now are from some recordings made in a radio station in Phoenix, Arizona. The radio station is called "Campesina de Corazon Mexicano" which is a Mexican radio station, where they have a show in which Alfredo Gutierrez and Maria Barquin discuss about politics and the making of the Prop 200, and they only speak in Spanish. And thats where my work comes in, I type whatever people says and who says it, all in Spanish.
I've been working on this since my first week, so I've type more in the last few weeks than I've ever done in my life. My mentor has told me that I will actually move on to do something also, but i still don't know when. The whole point is that I like it and everyday I learn something new.

Second Week Assigment Part 2

What did you do during your second week?
The same thing than the first week...

How was it different than the first week?
I felt more confortable that before and...I dont know I think it was easier because I have done it before...

What is something that you really like about the internship?
mmm... and I am in the 11th floor, and I have a nice view...

What is something you dislike about the internship?
Nothing actually...I just would love it more if it was closer to the school and to my house.

Who else's blog have you read and commented on?
Kate, Katrina, Claudia, Juan, and Kelvin