 Hello and welcome to yet another episode of the ACMI show the show that explores the involvement of ACMI members volunteers and youth members as well today Not today. We've been filming multiple episodes in a single day. Actually for this episode. I have masin a book off. Hello You might you might have heard of masin before he's kind of everywhere. He's behind the cameras. He's on the microphone Either as a host or at the gas on the podcast series or he's making a short film as in I Said a lot that what you do, but I don't think it's almost It doesn't really show how much you've actually been doing ACMI Do you want to talk about what you've been up to since you first started your freshman year of high school? Probably before you were in the arts and girls way before. Oh, you're right Let's do a little biography that sure. Let's talk about how you first started being involved in media So my first involvement was a with ACMI was all the way back in sixth grade six grade the first year of Gibbs were the first class there and Yeah, we were the trailblazers which everyone hated but Whatever Our wrong time the fact I'm sorry. I'm still learning. I'm still learning the board. So yeah, so the first involvement was Our drama club was having a cabaret. It was like a drama performance and I I was in the drama club. I did behind-the-scenes stuff mostly But one of the things I volunteered to do was to create a PSA for them So create a short video that they could display on on television for ACMI and around the school for the drama club just so that they could Get more people and they'd know what we do so yeah, I asked miss Sarah Feeney who was my art and drama teacher and Yeah, I haven't delivered it. Oh, which is embarrassing. I'm sorry miss Sarah Feeney if you're watching But I still have it right six great and you're not between your you're now in between 10th grade 10th grade All right, and I walked into ACMI and there was like some there was some Program that you could learn editing so I took that class and they gave me a giant handbook called 101 editing 101 from your editing and I'm familiar with what you're talking about. I never use it but I know I know what it is. I still have it as memorabilia and Yeah, so I I Took that class and then I got involved in editing and I edited that cabaret video that took me months And I just never delivered it. Oh, well, hopefully she's still not waiting for it I still have it. So maybe I'll send it. I don't know. It's really bad It's still summer period. You still have a lot of time. Am I right? You should reach out. We should reach out to her. I should yeah, and that was that's my bad So that was sixth grade and then ever since then you've been involved with ACMI. I have how so? So what have you been doing? Why have you been doing a seventh and eighth grade before you entered? High school Well, I seventh grade. I don't okay. Yeah, I do remember seventh grade eighth grade not so much I didn't really do much because it was all remote Yeah, but a seventh grade I Let's see I was involved in the omg the odyssey media group where we created Little projects. We made some animations. We did I think stop motion one stuff like that and Yeah, we published it on I think it was on the ACMI YouTube channel, but it was a very long time ago and I did some teens cook episodes and that was like a thing and And yeah, so I was involved with that. I I filmed a couple of those episodes and Yeah, that's where I met a couple people that I'm still in contact with and doing intern stuff with today So doing interest of today you became an ACMI intern this summer the summer of 2022 And you know just to really encapsulate of how easy it is to be involved with ACMI whether you're volunteering or being an intern It's just a matter of Simply say asking. Yeah, we just give it to you. You have to be an intern. All right. You're an intern now and then we say you You want to learn how to edit? All right. We'll teach you how to editing edit on the spot using Adobe Premiere Yeah, that's exactly how I did it. I asked ACMI staff member when I was learning some stuff and and Yeah, and then he said maybe and then he brought it up with some other people and then he said sure so yeah why not and everything Well, I was gonna go off topic but just to show how easy it is to be an intern ACMI is also very easy to fill out your community service hours, which I know every all into high school student needs to graduate You've finished your community service out of requirements already, right? Half a year half a year All right Half a school year half a school year like four months. Yeah. Yeah, so plenty of opportunities Yeah, not that I'm using community service hours as the only excuse to be involved But because it's generally is genuinely a lot of fun Yep, it is I did a lot of sports. I did I know seven seven months of doing sports on and off and I did fall sports. I did Let's see. I really enjoyed doing football and that was definitely my favorite. I Volunteered almost at every opportunity. I think and I probably will again for the next fall season It's funny how sometimes you're throwing a different position and we just throw you live like we teach you live on air Yeah, like that one time you're a game camera operator. They aren't right on the headset. All right, Mads This is how you become a game cam operator. I remember that. Yep. Good times Yeah, what was your favorite memory or what is currently your favorite memory? of Across all the different productions you've done That's interesting. I would say I Mean I enjoy editing the most probably I wouldn't say there's a specific memory of editing because it's all like pretty much the same But so far that's your favorite aspect of being involved with ACMI is just being able to sit behind a computer and make visual art I like editing. I like technical directing. That's another thing I enjoy doing. I've been doing the ACMI news I've been TDing that for a couple weeks That's that's been fun. I like to argue that sometimes a very intimidating Position for many people but there's a lot simpler than many people think how would you describe? The TD experience or what the position really is taking directions and pushing buttons pushing buttons. Yeah Have you ever had any very intense TD experiences like a 10-camera shoot with graphics and playback in a lot? Hmm No, not not ten cameras But I I had a few times where it's hard to explain but when you're at that desk You usually have three fingers here. That's how you initially learn you have three fingers on this one finger on that But then when you have more cameras, you can't do that So you have to like be ready to push any buttons. It's just so much harder But I I do remember a few sports Having a lot of cameras, especially the graduation the HS graduation. That was an experience. Yeah, that was a fun one That was not fun. I Had to go in front of everybody that was sitting in the audience and just like man the camera for for a while and that was Awkward very important work. Yeah, 1,000 people. I was watching you knew exactly what you're doing And they definitely appreciate the work because yeah, how all sort of people gonna watch their respective respective Family member graduating from a life time school. Yeah, but yeah, no that was a six-camera shoot Very unique experience using many different Software is that you personally have never used before and you're just learning on the fly But that's a beauty of broadcast production to you didn't know where it takes you It took you to Reading, Massachusetts YMCA. It took you in front of the entire graduation ceremony Now you know what it's like to be on the field that the graduation ceremony four years in advance. Yeah But now you're using your software you've accomplished a lot. You've done a lot. What would you say to an incoming freshman to reel them in I Would say that even if you're not sure you'd be interested in this and like a career or anything It's still it's still good to learn It's still fun. Even if it's not something you want to do professionally. It's still a good hobby past That's loud. Yep Farmers market everyone we are at the farmers market and there's a cement truck adjacent to us and they got the green light All right, nice. So yeah, I'd say that even if you don't want to do professionally you don't want to do Go to college for it. Whatever. I'd say it's still a good opportunity Still good to put on your resume and still the good to get that experience Just in case you ever want to do it and who knows if you try it Maybe you'll like it and want to continue and yeah, you get to meet people and collaborate on Tons and tons of projects and Yeah, it's um, it's been great actual facts facts facts and facts. All right, Mazin Thank you for your time for being a host. I'm sorry. You're not the host Yeah, you are for many episodes. Thank you for being the guest in this episode. This has been the ACMI show And we'll see you next time