12-11-2020, 01:25 PM
Well, damn. That was intense.
There was a hospitality ZOOM room, where we all had to wait until we were shuffled over to the interviews. There were about 20+ reporters at any given time. Most had professional gear. Several had full backdrops. There were some big names like ET and major networks, complete with dolled up interviewers, some beautiful spokeswomen all made up and in hostess gowns, a lot of dudes in baseball caps with major headphone and mike rigs (radio) and a few odd reporters like me, clearly in their home. Glad I put on a decent shirt.
It was a lot of waiting. I got in the hospitality room at 9:30 and was there until just before noon. All for 3 4min interviews. That was enough time for about 2 questions each. There was a timer.
There was some reporter banter. I've been in the room for those a few times before at in-person screeners. I know a few of the local SF reporters and we'd chat before the screeners. But this was levelled up. Several of the reporters were doing multiple junkets today. "Is anyone else doing Wonder Woman later today?" "Oh, that goes on all week." Yeah, I'd like to do Wonder Woman. There's got to be some Amazonian martial arts, right?
I enjoyed talking to Ralph and William. William seems particularly cool. I only missed one key question (about Okinawa) because Ralph went on way too long. Mary was exactly how I expected. Peyton was cool - I would've liked to talk to her more. I barely got my questions off for Xolo and Jacob. Xolo was somewhat standoffish but Jacob was engaging. I think they shorted me because I only got a 2 min warning and not a 1 min one.
I do have enough for the proposed articles without their pull quotes but the quotes sell it better.
There was a hospitality ZOOM room, where we all had to wait until we were shuffled over to the interviews. There were about 20+ reporters at any given time. Most had professional gear. Several had full backdrops. There were some big names like ET and major networks, complete with dolled up interviewers, some beautiful spokeswomen all made up and in hostess gowns, a lot of dudes in baseball caps with major headphone and mike rigs (radio) and a few odd reporters like me, clearly in their home. Glad I put on a decent shirt.
It was a lot of waiting. I got in the hospitality room at 9:30 and was there until just before noon. All for 3 4min interviews. That was enough time for about 2 questions each. There was a timer.
There was some reporter banter. I've been in the room for those a few times before at in-person screeners. I know a few of the local SF reporters and we'd chat before the screeners. But this was levelled up. Several of the reporters were doing multiple junkets today. "Is anyone else doing Wonder Woman later today?" "Oh, that goes on all week." Yeah, I'd like to do Wonder Woman. There's got to be some Amazonian martial arts, right?
I enjoyed talking to Ralph and William. William seems particularly cool. I only missed one key question (about Okinawa) because Ralph went on way too long. Mary was exactly how I expected. Peyton was cool - I would've liked to talk to her more. I barely got my questions off for Xolo and Jacob. Xolo was somewhat standoffish but Jacob was engaging. I think they shorted me because I only got a 2 min warning and not a 1 min one.
I do have enough for the proposed articles without their pull quotes but the quotes sell it better.
Shadow boxing the apocalypse