Interns Gain Valuable Experience

Outpost had lots of help this summer with four interns, each from a different school or university. Justine Liese, University of Kansas; Jaycie Wiechman, Washburn University; Cooper Lightle, Johnson County Community College; and Clarissa Shields, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, spent 2-3 days each week learning various productions skills including camera operation, grip and lighting, editing, producing and other basic skills such as CD and DVD duplication, labeling and dubbing tapes.

“There is so much experience I have gained just from being at a place where I can witness things being done rather than reading about them in a book,” said Jaycie Wiechman, senior at Washburn University. “Everyone lets me actually ‘get my hands dirty’ and participate in the production process, rather than just making me watch and bring everyone coffee.”

Sinking their teeth into a current hot topic, the interns primarily assisted in the development of WorldGoinGreen.com. Each intern researched and wrote stories for the website and also assisted on various “green” shoots. When they weren’t going green, the interns spent a lot of time in the edit suite observing the edit of “Last Ounce of Courage,” a feature film shot earlier this year.

“Two of my favorite learning experiences at Outpost include shooting ‘Eco Elvis,’ a green story I discovered for the WorldGoinGreen website and getting to sit and watch the director and editor work on the movie,” said Justine Liese, a junior at the University of Kansas.

A handful of other interns from the Kansas City and Topeka area helped out on various shoots this summer including a music video for Kansas City band, the Architects. The video was shot at the old Meningers Hospital in Topeka, KS.

While their presence will be missed this fall, Outpost wishes each of our interns the best of luck in school and hopes to continue working with them in the future.