Our day at KQED
Our day to KQED started off slow, due to having to walk to the Bart station. But once at the Bart station it felt like we were moving pretty fast because we didn’t have to go on a bus that drives slow and has to go on the free way going through stops and traffic. After we got from the Bart we had to walk up like 200 million stair. Finally after making it up the stairs which took us 2 moons and a sun rise we made it to 16th street and Bryant. From there we walked up two blocks south to Mariposa. Where we stopped at Star bucks for some coffee to power up our batteries to be awake to learn as much as we could to see what it takes to not only work at KQED but to get employed.
Finally we made it to the main entrance where we were face to face with the front desk lady that helped us get started on our journey at KQED. At first it started off with a guy named Tony Roberts. He first showed us a wall with lots and lots of people’s names on it. I think this was called the wall of donations. Because KQED is a non profit company and it is also public. What this means is that it relies on donations and other types of ways to get money. He also told us that KQED started on 1950 but didn’t go on air till 1954. Another thing he mentioned was that KQED was not only a TV station but it is also a radio and news station as well.
After we talked about the wall of donations he walked us into a new world within KQED this world was called the world of imagination where all of your crazy dreams can come true. JK this world was the world of show making. Where they will make TV shows and many more things that is to top secret to be put on this paper. It seems like there are one million lights and like two hundred cameras. MR. Roberts told us that every light had a job and that every camera also had a job. So I thought to myself why so many lights and why so many cameras? As I was thinking this, he told us three words that answered all of my questions. These words were suspension of disbelief. This is a semi-conscious decision in which you put aside your disbelief and accept that premise as being real for the time you are into a movie or story you are reading. He also introduced us to some people that actually work in making shows and stuff. They said that it was hard to get a job in the TV career but if you try hard and are willing to fight for a spot someday you will get a call and be given a shot to show people what you are capable of. Sort of like a first impression on the director or the president to the company. But at the end of the day you can only hope to find a job.
After talking to them Robert took us into a little room full of TVs and digital clocks. In this room they put the TV shows into TV it looked really complicated till the guy that worked there explained it to us it was really simple. We then went down the hall and looked into another room filled with about five million TVs. It was quite amazing, I have never seen so many TVs in one room before. Ten minutes later we went up a little higher in the building where we got to talk to the radio man about his job. He went on the air while we were in the room that was awesome. I also learned that the people that work In KQED or in other similar companies have their days planned out ahead of time. It was also surprising to my that to work a KQED take lots of luck and hard work. Over all I think our day at KQED was fun and educational.
