Published Mar. 10, 2022
BY SAFIA BOUHAJA
Every week, a group of Video Production students create an entertaining show that includes information from the bulletin, skits, issues on campus, as well as many other topics, which keeps the Carmel High community up to date on all exciting news and events.
It all began in 2015 with Brian Granbery, Carmel High’s Video Production teacher. Video 1 students were doing a video bulletin once a day on camera, and the teacher wanted his Video 2 students to have something more entertaining.
“We came up with this idea of a magazine show, where it has a variety of topics, from news packages and skits up to community and school issues,” Granbery explains.
There are a total of four groups from all three classes that rotate to do the Friday Show. Each class is assigned a certain week to begin the production process for the Friday Show, and classes that aren’t tasked with that work on assignments about the film industry.
Each group has an editor, anchor, producer and cinematographer.
“My role is very interchangeable,” senior Christopher Chase says. “I usually edit the whole Friday Show together. We have different segments, and so it depends if you’re doing a segment then you edit your own project, but I put them all together.”
Many students get to experience multiple different roles during the production process.
“I manage everyone else and make sure everything is being done on time,” junior Jerry Marnell says. “I manage every single aspect of the show and the segments because it alternates between every show. For the most part I am an editor, cinematographer or producer.”
Some students end up trying new things outside of their comfort zone and find the variety fun.
“I usually volunteer to edit and shoot the birthday and clubs segment,” senior Sydney Hill says. “One of the last Friday Shows my group had, I also anchored, which I would say I don’t normally do, but that ended up being pretty fun. I really love editing because even the shorter segments, like birthdays or news, I can come up with new ideas to incorporate into the segment.”
Video Production students use the studio space to produce another Friday Show. (photo by BRIAN GRANBERY)
The script is mostly taken from the school’s daily bulletin. Then, students put content all into a document, edit it and put their own twist to it, so whoever’s the anchor that week is in charge of the script. Then the script is projected onto a TV screen, so when students are looking at the camera they can also read the words going.
“I do a lot of anchoring,” CHS senior Ashley Davidson says. “We write a script and send it to the studio, and they put it on the teleprompters, which are connected to the camera. Everyone in the studio is controlling how fast it goes and the different camera shot angles.”
Senior Ruby Carr is typically a producer. However, every group switches off anchors or editors and everyone is in charge of creating their own segments to deliver for the Friday Show.
“I felt it was a positive creative outlet for me and especially the instructor, Mr. Granbery, really helps me,” Carr says. “I have this opportunity to create whatever I want using media and photography, as well as cinematography, and put it all together to create something really special.”
The students that arrange the Friday Show are still busy working and learning new things about the film industry. In Video 2 they are currently working on writing their own screenplays.
“I think it’s a nice mix because we get to do this show, but at the same time we also get to cover stuff about film, documentary films, coloring and masking,” Granbery says.
The Friday Show brings happiness, laughter and awareness to the CHS community.
