A few weeks ago I blogged about the importance of teamwork, and this week I got a much better understanding of its powerful meaning.
It was 2:30 in the afternoon, 5 hours till showtime, and Nicky and I were working on scripts for The County Line. We didn't have a complete rundown yet, but we were able to work on intros and readers while we waited for a finished schedule of the show. However, as we were typing up our scripts we weren't sure of what all the package intros were, what readers we needed to use, and what segments of the show were changed or cut. After we got a rundown, we tried filling in the holes of what we didn't have and made a few phone calls to get anchor intros for packages. We did as much as we could, but we had to leave for Capstone class at 3:40.
I wasn't too worried about our scripts at the time, I just figured it would all come together like it usually does. After Weaver let us leave Capstone class early, Nicky and I headed back up to the newsroom to hurry up and finish our scripts. It was about 4:30, 3 hours till showtime, and we were still unsure of a few packages. We were able to finish up almost all of the script at 5:15 and decided to break and get ready for the show, and then meet back at 6:15 to finish a few details, and print out our scripts.
I still wasn't too worried about our scripts and I felt pretty confident in the rundown. After getting ready, I met Nicky in the newsroom to print out our scripts, but that's when things really went downhill. It seems like everytime another anchor and I are printing out our scripts, the printer has to give us problems. I still have no idea what was going on with the printer last night. All I know is that it was 6:30, an hour till showtime, and we had no scripts.
The next 45 minutes were a hectic mess as we scrambled to get the printer working and using what we had to try and put a script together. I was frustrated, not with anyone in the room, but just with the printer. There were scripts laying around everywhere. Luckily, we somehow managed to get all the scripts for the telemprompter and were able to fit a run-through in. However, the show didn't go quite as well as it should have. I felt like I was under a lot of pressure and I thought at any minute something else could go wrong.
After this experience, not only do I understand the importance of teamwork, but I also understand the most important element of teamwork - communication. If your team doesn't communicate with you, things are bound to go wrong. I don't feel that anyone in particular was to blame for the way the show went, I just feel like the team as a whole wasn't communicating enough. All I can say is we learn from our mistakes, and since I'm anchoring next week, I'm hoping the show runs much smoother. And as for the printer, well, I'm still mad at it.
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