Today, a mini dream came true, a dreamlet if you will ;)....I met Peter Facinelli, aka Carlisle Cullen from TWILIGHT! I have always wanted to meet a member of the Twilight cast. I was able to meet him after his interview, when he was walking off set back to his dressing room. I asked to take a picture with him. He actually reached out to shake my hand and asked my name, following up saying "It's very nice to meet you, Bianca". I don't think I was breathing as we took our picture together! These details may seem superfluous, but I know my fellow Twilight fans can understand where I am coming from. ;) Also, last Friday I met Marilu Henner. She complimented me on my white wedge shoes and told me she had the same pair, something I was of course excited about!
Today I was given an important job to carry on the rest of the summer. Our Entertainment Booker, the one who decides what celebrity guests come on our show, constantly receives emails from publicists regarding upcoming movie screenings. Screenings, which take place before the movie hits theaters, can be for cast and crew or for critics. Our anchors need to know about these screenings so they can see movies of celebs they are interviewing in the near future, so they know some info about that new flick. Our booker decided to put me in charge of keeping track of all these movie screenings this summer. She'll be forwarding those emails to me, on my new KTLA email account, which I will use to create a detailed chart of the date, time, and location of each upcoming movie. I will mass email this updated chart to the entertainment producers and all the KTLA anchors twice weekly. I will even be able to attend the screenings as well! I was both honored and excited to be chosen to do this. I am a detail-oriented person, and I love being in charge of projects.
Yesterday, Sunday, my mom and I went to the private cast and crew screening of "Imagine That" at Paramount. This was such an experience. We were able to see this movie five days before it even hits theaters. Afterwards, I met Yara Shahidi, the little girl who stars opposite of Eddie Murphy in the film. I also saw Murphy's stunt double, who literally was a clone of the actor himself!
Maybe it's because of all the plays and musicals I have performed in since practically birth until high school, but I have such a respect for film and acting that seeing the behind-the-scenes absolutely thrills me. At Paramount, I saw numerous Stages on the lot. These Stages looked like big warehouses, yet inside them was nothing but space to build sets for different movies. What fascinated me the most was the "tank". I saw this extremely tall and wide sign (about 6 stories high maybe) that looked like a sky. On our tour of Paramount, I learned that the parking lot in front of this wall served a dual purpose. When taking a second look, you can see that the parking lot is indeed under ground, like an in-ground pool if you will, about 5 feet deep. This potentially fills up with water to shoot water scenes with the big sky wall as the background. Imagine a huge parking lot size pool full of water against an enormous backdrop! Light and colors are used to create night/lightning/etc. For example, Titanic (not a Paramount film, just an example) was filmed in a tank such as the one I saw.
What a time it's been so far! Everyday at KTLA is an adventure. I never know what to expect when I walk through those doors in the morning. With every day comes some newfound knowledge about the business or about myself, and I love that, for that is the purpose of this internship. I have met so many people of different professions in just the past few days-from director to producer to actor to anchor to editor-all of whom seem to love their lives, which is what matters most: happiness. Seeing all these successful people having the job type that I hope to have one day is encouraging, for I know they too started at the bottom. Hearing how they began as interns at one station or another hoping for that seemingly impossible position that I am hoping for goes to show that no dream or goal in life is ever too out of the ordinary. I mean, why shouldn't we dream big? At the end of the day, is it really fulfilling to settle for something mediocre, be it personally or professionally? Yes a fake success story can be told, and a fake smile can be worn, yet we're the only ones who know whether or not we did try our hardest. No dream is too far fetched, too idealistic, or too unrealistic. If the goal is too attainable, and you dont even have to jump to get it, was it even worth the grab? As Olympic rower Anita Defrantz said, "Your goal should be out of reach but not out of sight."
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