Life here in the production office is good and good.  We the producers of the segments are in fine form--other than the fact that we are all sick.  We are like one entity, when one of us gets sick then the rest of us go down.  So we are fighting through this stuff.  But we are doing our best to keep segments coming in the door.  That reminds me: we are always looking for more segments from VJs.  So get out there with a camera and shoot some interesting stories.

What we have coming up?  Well on Project: Green Generation we learn about how to power your phone with a solar backpack.  On Go For Gold TV we hang with some flipping freestyle skiers.  On VJIAM.tv season 2 we go surfing in Tofino.

Talk next time!

It is 6:30 pm in the production office and we are just about locked on the segments for the first episode of the second season.  Exciting stuff.  It is a mad rush to get everything sorted and settled for the show team.  It is amazing how many files that need to be converted, burnt, send to editors, writers, directors, and the milkman...hmmm why would he need the script for our first episode?  Ah well.

There is also the added excitement (read - stress) of getting the other two shows, Go For Gold TV and Project Green Generation, up and running.  Well not really, our job is to get the segments done.  The segments are full of athletes shooting .22 caiber rifles and doing insane flips. Oh yeah, there are also some green ideas that are a little off kilter.

The production team is gelling together.  Our two new additions are Carly and Annelies.  Carly, the associate segment producer, has been chatting and chatting and chatting to the VJs and collaborating on some eye-opening segments. Annelies, the segment coordinator, has been laying down the law and making things click click click like an oncoming train.

So the segments for the last episode of the season are locked!  Our whole team feels great to have completed the first season.  Thanks to all the VJs who got involved and really put some great work on TV.  The VJs are a massive part of the show and are a big reason why the creativity of the segments is constantly improving.  Great work.

So instead of talking about GGTV and GFGTV, we are now producing content for them.  Any of you VJs who are reading this...send us a segment pitch and we can get your content on air.  Remember this is for segments about the environment or Olympic sports.

Tune in for episode 125 as we will cruise the Florida everglades with VJ Alex Pena and see if he can track the Skunk Ape down.  Also we'll go to a recording studio and check out how you can walk into a studio with a bit of talent and lay down a track ready for the airwaves.  We'll also do some graf art with VJ Alycia Powers in Sand Diego.

We are coming to the close of the first season.  Wow.  It has gone so fast.  We are ramping up production for the next season.  And don't forget we have the first season of GoForGold.tv and GreenGeneration.tv to get ready for.

Some episodes coming up:

We go to Florida to search for the Skunk Ape.  Also we check out some youth showing us their world via photography.  Then we deal with some graffiti artists in San Diego.

Until next time...

We are beefing up the Production Handbook so that VJs editing in Adobe Premier, Premier Pro, Avid, and iMovie will have more direction. We are looking for more VJs.

We are trying to figure out how to get the word out regarding VJIAM.tv and the two new shows, Green Generation.tv and Go For Gold.tv. Craig’s List ads will be coming soon.

Some highlights of some of the next episodes:

• We go to San Francisco for a flash mob silent rave.
• Nikki Garcia takes to the streets to watch some adults get on plastic tricycles and zooming down some steep hills.
• You ever wonder how a fashion line gets launched? Well you’ll find out with VJ Marcy Guevara as she goes behind the scene.