Spreading Out

I went to the meeting between consultants, Columbia airport officials and residents tonight at the ARC. It was kind of a tough place to get good video, but I was able to go the airport beforehand to get some shots of airplanes and people in the terminal. Unfortunately, there weren't any planes taking off or landing when I was there. I then headed to the ARC and found a few people to talk with. They were both farmers who lived near the airport. The first person I talked with said he thought it could be a good thing for Columbia because it shows the airport is growing when many others are not. The other person I talked to said he would have a large chunk of his land bought from this airport if the proposal went through. I decided he would be a great CCC and built my story around him. I also worked in comments from the other farmer to give a different point of view and the airport manager, to get an "official" point of view. After all of these interviews, I went back to the airport to shoot a standup. I shot it along route H, which would be moved if the proposal went through. I wasn't able to use the stand-up though because I couldn't find the information I needed online to confirm what I said.

I got back to the station and was editing at 7:40. I thought the story turned out pretty well expect I realized it would have been really nice to go to this guy's farm after the meeting and get some shots there. My second shot in my package especially would have been perfect for a shot of the farm. I also would have liked to work in nats sound in the middle of my package (possibly some jet noise), but there wasn't enough from what I shot at the airport. I thought the package still turned out well with many points-of-view and an interesting CCC.