There's a category of events that happen to/with/for the Teen Press that are part of the experience...but not news per se. So...BEHIND THE SCENES! Enjoy the reporter's perspective (and/or schenanigans) in these BTS clips from TEAM 53.
Team 53 Reporter MAYA collected and edited this story about her experiences during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival #40.
Well THAT'S never happened before. Veteran reporter and media personality JOHN PALMINTERI was also covering the SBIFF #40 festival press conference, and...well, was either impatient or maybe had a deadline. Teen Press reporters LAUREN & ETHAN patiently waited him out...
Happily, after cutting in, he shared some advice...and cut a deal.
This is Red Carpet wrangling and an impromptu exchange that's ALMOST an interview...between reporters TEYA & ETHAN and an avid proponent of films & filmmaking--HENRY ESHELMAN, the Managing Director of PMG--who was enthusiastically promoting the film "Fine Young Men".
So...there's a LOT of time on the Red Carpet spent...waiting. There's time to do extra research on the people who appear on the night's "face sheet" (printed pages provided by the festival with headshots and names of the luminaries who've RSVP'd to walk the carpet)...aaaannnnd time to explore some humor.
Tonight that means BONUS FEATURES! They are...(drum roll)...Fashion Analysis, and New Super Villain--brought to you by TEYA & ETHAN.
During an interview, if you stumble, you just carry on, hoping that whatever problems happened can be excised in the edit. If you're not in front of a guest, word problems can result in, well, cracking up and doing another "take"...or three. And apparently rain brings out the weirdness...brought to you by TEYA & ETHAN.
Interesting (?) stuff happens on the red carpet in-between official interviews that's part of a TEEN PRESS Reporter's experience...shared here for better or worse, are some experiences and reflections from LAUREN & MAYA:
00:00 - We Know Georgia!
00:19 - Cowboy Hats
00:50 - Mason’s History Class
01:03 - The Heavy Dress
01:19 - It’s A Wrap
MORE not-to-be-missed, very important, FASCINATING STUFF
("Your mileage may vary...")
from IRIS & WYNNE on the Red Carpet
for the VIRTUOSOS Awards:
00:00 - Intro to the Intro
00:15 - Checking the Stereo
00:25 - Very Important Water
00:44 - Grande Anticipation
01:18 - Which Is Witch?
01:31 - Preface to the Interview
01:45 - Familiar (?-sh) Faces
02:00 - Night to Remember
Despite high-level manifesting (like finger-crossing & visualization) by LAUREN & ELLA, various people of renown posed for still photos then just swooped by...Moderator JOSH BROLIN (swoop not filmed), Executive Director ROGER DURLING, and Arlington Artist of the Year TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET. Alas, the Fickle Finger of Fate STRIKES AGAIN!