1D, 2D, 3D, 4 ... This Weekend Definitely Was No Bore

My second gig this weekend was one that some of you may have heard of. It was called the "One Decision." I was one of the cameramen for Friday and Sunday. Friday was quite eventful. Melissa and I left the office around 1230 and began pepping. This pep would prove to be invaluable when we would soon discover that, through gameplanning, we realized that we were not as prepared as we should be and had plenty of time to go back to Fig to pick up what we needed...apparantly for a cameraman to be successful during this weekend, we would have needed the cameras. Go figure. With cameras packed, we
were on our around the city...the Wright, Circuit City, and back to the Wright for lunch before evenutally ending up back at the athletics club. But becuase Melissa and I planned out our setup step by step, once we got there we had video up and running within 15 minutes. Giving me plenty of time to collect my thoughts and help out where needed before a very long shift on camera (very long = the whole night, since I was the only cameraman there on Friday). We had a few hiccups that night, one of which was the loss of video feed to the green room, but I, as well as Bob, was very impressed with the way
that it was handled so efficiently and quickly. Great job guys!

Sunday was a little different. I had the pleasure of working with a full crew that day and was also given the chance to sit in the director's chair under Melissa's instruction. A seat occoupied by Billy, Owen, and I as we rotated from cam 2 to cam 1 and then to assistant director. My first shift on cam 1 that day was very frustrating. Just like the last One Decision weekend, my first shift on camera was during the "most important part of the training and had to be perfect"... no pressure. Also, I had two different directions coming to me during the segment so it quickly became a very frustrating shift on the camera. But after pepping with Tobey (thanks Tobey!) and sitting down for a bit and talking it out with Melissa, I found the reason for the confusion and felt better going into my next shift.

Unlike the first One Decision I attended, I tried to pay more attention to the material that I was covering and even participated in some of the excercises, despite feeling a little skeptical at first and thought that I would have nothing to gain from it. But alas, I was wrong. the little material that I did get to absorb proved to be very helpful. Hearing what Judith and Bob had to say and performing some of these excercises with my great co-workers, I really began to understand some of the feedback that I've heard the last couple of weeks. I feel that I am developing a new outlook on my life and am on the verge of beginning to take back control. I can't put into words how much it means to me to be working with so many allies that care about me and only want the most for me. I've never been surrounded by so many people that believe in me as much as you guys do. I thank God for putting every one of you in my life. Thank you for such a rewarding and gratifying weekend. I will never forget it.

Stephen Fabro - Cameraman