Oh, Maxwell.

Hello!

Bay State was in true form once again last night. We invited half of the fifty (!!!) interested freshmen/sophomores to be PAs, and the set was positively buzzing with activity. So many hands, so many new faces, so much excitement!

We had two new sets this Tuesday. The first is the "President's Office," which is President Bennett's home away from home. Check it out, as Technical Assistant Megan hangs another light:

Don't be fooled by how empty the set looks--most of our crew was on dinner break, and those left know better than to walk around the set while Megan, Liz, and Jon (Team Sparkplug, I've heard?) are working.

When the crew returned, we had a little downtime before our first actors of the day arrived. Since there were so many freshmen, we used the time to familiarize them with the studio cameras. Step One: Zooming. Step Two: Lead Room/Head Room. Step Three: Panning.

We all know Step Zero: FOCUS. FOCUS. FOCUS.

Here's Maddie, showing them the ropes, as Liz puts up the final light:


After the training was complete, 1st AD Erin assigned everyone their cameras and booms, and split the rest of the PAs between camera-shadowing and the control room. Then, the moment everyone was waiting for arrived: Dean Elmore arrived!

This was the first day on set for both Dean Elmore ("President Bennett") and the new actor Gus ("Max"). Both delivered fantastic performances, and handled the pressures of set very well.

After running the scene enough times to get coverage, we moved on to our second set of the day (also new!), the Frat Common Room. For those who don't know, the remnants of the infamous AKA fraternity have revamped themselves into a new, seemingly-wholesome fraternity devoted to journalism, Sigma Delta Chi. In light of the destruction of their former frat house, the members of SDX have taken up a new residence inside one of the largest dorms BHC has to offer.


SDX is run by two of the slickest guys on campus, played to perfection for the fourth year in a row by James ("Sebastian") and Chris ("Davis").

In one of the scenes acted on last night, Davis and Sebastian begin recruiting freshmen pledges for the frat. Can you spot our new actors and our current crew members in this photo?

We've got big plans for the fraternity this year, along with big plans for every other organization on campus. The students at BHC have no idea what's coming...yet.

This week's TCB award goes to...Melissa!

One of our four stellar sophomore PAs, Melissa is being awarded for always being willing to help, and always keeping a smile on her face. Good work! :)


Check back for our next guest blog, and for a longer picture post!

Next Tuesday is the photo shoot, which is always a fun evening. We'll be shooting the updated intro, and taking so many pictures that this blog won't be able to hold half of them! Not to mention, the second half of our brigade of PAs is coming to set, so it's going to be a full house in Studio East.

For now, I'm off to have a hot date with a vile misogynist.
-Jenn