Hey there! I’m Lindsay Goldner, one of the interns at Howcast’s San Francisco office. Like our East Coast counterparts, we made our own video to be featured on Howcast.com. From our list of potential topics, we decided that “How To Play Twister” would be the most fun for us to film. The New York office sent us the script that we’d be using, and we got to work producing the storyboard that laid out each scene of our video.

After story-boarding, we got to work on filming the video itself. Tiffany acted as referee and main camera operator, while Nick, Sunil, and I played Twister. We filmed in the lounge of Sunil’s apartment complex in downtown Berkeley, and, just like any first-time filmmaking team, we ran into some obstacles along the way. The first was figuring out just how to get the right angles while using the camera’s small lens. Lighting was another challenge, since the lounge windows let in small, uneven squares of light, and it was too windy to shoot outside. Like Charlie (one of the NYC interns), I too had no clue how intricate filming a three-minute video could be!

Complications aside, we were ultimately able to set everything up to our liking and begin filming. I think we’d all forgotten just how much coordination and flexibility is involved in playing Twister, but we were reminded quickly enough! Despite whatever the final cut may show (and to the chagrin of Nick and Sunil), I wound up winning every round — although my sore muscles paid for it the next day!

While some of our friends spent their summer internships pouring coffee and sorting e-mails, we were lucky enough to have a hands-on role in producing content for our web site! I think all of us took away a new-found appreciation for everyone that produces videos, and the considerable effort involved in the process.

Look for the SF interns’ video, How to Play Twister, coming soon to a computer near you!