In addition to my personal pollster-like life, this week our RedEye team has been busy doing various video projects. We found ourselves in need of some generic children’s pictures to cut into a spot. My first thought was why don’t we just Google some children’s photos or images, bam!, job done. Then, it was quickly […]
Chinese New Year’s feast and red packets in NoMa Housing Facility
The past weekend was the biggest festival for Chinese and Taiwanese, and it was my first time to celebrate this holiday without my family. The tradition in my family is that my brother, sister, and I would design a hide-and-seek game (usually looking for hidden red envelopes stuffed with lucky money) for the whole family […]
A step towards a Pollster? Well, sort of.
Me a Pollster? I got this feeling because I was assigned to contact video studios in D.C. and VA, and ask info for RedEye’s upcoming quarterly podcasts’ shoot. Basically, I have been a person more comfortable writing than speaking, either in Chinese or English, because I always feel writing gives me time for a second […]
A little Insight on Editing
A recent query put out on the TIVA listserv got me thinking. This is a subject that has come up here on an almost daily basis for the past year, and we decided this would be a good time to poll the professional community. The School of Communication trains students in both broadcast news […]
Here I am, Washington DC!!
Hi! For all readers of this blog, I am more than honored to say that I am RedEye’s intern for the 2013 Spring Semester. When I first received a list of internship sites catering to my interest from TWC, I Googled RedEye Post and other giant news agencies (e.g. CNN and Voice of America) and […]
Happy 10 Year Anniversary RedEye!
If you can believe it, this year marks RedEye’s 10th Anniversary! When we opened in 2002, in the middle of a recession, we had only one employee and an intern and we focused solely on editing and post-production – thus the name RedEye Professional Post. Today we are RedEye and have 3 full-time staff in […]
You Could Get With This or You Could Get With That: The Importance of High-Quality Advertisement
I recently read a piece by Michael R. Shannon, President of MANDATE: Message, Media & Public Relations, in which he advised political candidates to invest in a quality production team when creating their political spots. The article explained what we all understand, though maybe not explicitly: that a low-quality production may get in the way […]
RedEye Report: Spring/Summer 2012
April showers have come and gone. In fact the May flowers are now wilting as the Summer Solstice brings forth a heat wave. School is out, summertime is here and while we love to see the sun shining and the nice weather, things are bustling in the RedEye offices. We have many exciting projects this past spring […]
Labor (of Love)
The past two weeks have found me sifting through mountains of political ads and movie Western clips to try and find some semblance of a common thread. This week is the American Association of Political Consultants Pollie Awards fiesta. The Pollies award good campaigns and RedEye has been charged with showcasing the video spots in […]
Super Tuesday
Hello all! And to residents of Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia – happy Super Tuesday! Residents of those states can be sure to see plenty of ads today telling them why one candidate is better than another or why one candidate is just a downright threat to liberty […]
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