Kapamilya Intern

I started my internship last May 12 in ABS-CBN Corporation. I was part of Project 222 where media students have been gathered to experience the best training program the company has to offer. I think that program was the best way for me to experience what it’s like to be a media practitioner in the real world. We are given the opportunity to explore different fields such as TV Production, Creative Writing and Digital Media Development (DMD).

Director's Room "System"

 The first part of the program is our immersion for TV Productions. I was deployed at the popular before noon drama Be Careful with My Heart starring Jodi St Maria and Richard Yap. In the 6-day immersion, I get to experience shooting a “sitummercial” or widely known as situation commercial wherein some of the characters in the said drama are featured in a product’s commercial. I get to experience the actual shooting from 4:00 am to 2:00 am. I also handled the CF cards, artist’s attendance, script reading, and I assisted Ate Panying, assistant director of Be Careful with My Heart. One of the coolest thing was I was one of the lucky [two] interns to enter the director’s room called the system. Sam [my co-intern] and I get to watch the whole process of shooting inside the system. I was really thankful to be an intern of this show because everything that I learned from my TV Productions class, I experienced it all in this show. I experienced all pre-production, the production itself and post-production. It was really cool! Plus, other production staffs are really friendly and nice so we are able to cope up with them easily. Be Careful with My Heart is my favorite Kapamilya drama. I just have to say that the immersion was really tiring to the point that my nose already bled but I will NEVER forget that experience. It was a learning process for me to adjust step-by-step into the media world.

Second part of our training is most likely one of the things that interests me the most; that is creative writing! We first had a seminar with the writing legend Mr. Ricky Lee [yeah, it was such an honor meeting him.] Later, he told us to come up with a concept that is most likely to be produced by ABS-CBN. Luckily, he liked the concept that we created and we just have to develop the plot of the story. The week long, we wrote the story line, established characters and of course we have to come up with a good ending. We pitched our concept idea to our mentors and they liked it.

The last part of the training is the Digital Media Development (DMD). Due to the rise of modern technology in our generation, we are asked to come up with a new app invention that can be part of the ABS-CBN mobile. Again, we pitched our ideas to our mentors but I think they didn’t like our ideas that much. I think I spent my whole energy, dedication and passion in the immersion and creative writing part. Haha!

Project 222 Graduation Rites (June 4, 2014)

If ever there’s an opportunity for me to return back in ABS-CBN, I’ll surely grab it! Because being a Kapamilya intern is the best way to experience the world of media. They made sure that we are firmly trained to be the best media practitioners in the future. I’ll forever thank the company for such a wonderful opportunity to work with the people I have encountered. ABS-CBN really did put so much effort in organizing our internship. At the end of Project 222, we are provided with a mini “graduation” ceremony. We are given certificates and awards for participating in the program. I am thankful to have met my co-interns who helped me get through this intensive internship program. I'm also honored to have met Direk Lauren Dyogi and Tita Cory Vidanes during our graduation ceremony. Project 222 became my training ground in the media industry and I’m really blessed to be a part of it.

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