As far as a good day goes, today was eventful. We began our day, meeting Jon at 11:00 outside our hotel. From here we travelled using the Metro (which did I mention is across the road from our hotel!?) to Escola Digital where we got to meet Paulo, the gentleman who coordinated our Work Experience. He briefly explained the outline of the project we will be working on until we were soon joined by Christina, the director. When she arrived we were given a more detailed description of what will be needed and where we will be filming as well as what will be expected of us throughout our time here.
After meeting her we moved on to 'Flag' a media organisation which is allowing us to edit the footage that we catch on their equipment. After a guided tour by a friendly woman around the facilities, we were then given promotional items, such as; a notebook, a pen and a coincarrier. Our stomachs notified us at this point that it was time for lunch and so we went to a food court on the lower floors of a shopping district. IT WAS DELICIOUS!
Paulo, who is a lecturer in a Film College in Amadora decided to show us around his work area which is located on the suburbs outside of Lisbon. Even the views from the train were incredible. Here we were shown the amazing compilation of media and theatre equipment. They even had a room consisting of film reels which dated back to 1971 as well as an amazing film set including a camera crane and amazing dolly. We relaxed out in the scorching heat (26 degrees Celsius is actually so hot) on a balcony before continuing our tour of the College. We begin shooting for the documentary tomorrow at 5pm! We all think this is going to be an exciting time and we intend on gaining as much experience and insight into the media world as possible from it, as well as passing on what knowledge we have ourselves to others.
At this point in time we are thinking of returning to Bairro Alto for some cooling refreshments and friendly encounters. Until tomorrow, the Media brats in Portugal.