Favorite Parts Of Being A Story Associate Producer At Pilgrim Media Group
Dannia, a Story Associate Producer, finds the most rewarding aspect of her role is "seeing everything come together in the end," particularly the premiere of a new season after months of work, highlighting the collaborative nature of a "huge production with a crap ton of people." The humor found in unaired footage also adds to the enjoyment of the job.
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Dannia Alfonso
Story Associate Producer
Pilgrim Media Group
NYU - Tisch School of the Arts
UCLA Anderson - MBA
Film, Media Arts, Visual Arts
Arts, Entertainment & Media
Communication and Marketing
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, LGBTQ, First Generation College Student
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1. Seeing the final product after a long production process and feeling proud of the collaborative effort.
2. The emotional impact of watching the premiere of a new season after months of work.
3. Finding humor in the outtakes and unaired footage.
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being a story AP?
It's awesome watching everything come together in the end. I've been working on the show for a very long time, and I still get a little emotional every time we premiere the first episode of a new season.
From what you see in the raw footage, which is completely untouched, to the finished piece, it's amazing. You get really proud because it had been a really long time.
I'd been working on that episode for about four months, and I hadn't seen it or heard about it for another three on top of that. Now here it is, and it looks so good.
It makes you really proud of the collaborative work you did, because it wasn't just me alone. It was 50 other people, and that's a conservative number. This is a huge production with a ton of people.
So it feels good to be part of something that was so big. That's the best part of seeing it at the end.
Also, sometimes watching some of the stuff that happens that we don't get to air is really funny. There's an internal bin that we keep of all the best stuff that can't be aired because it happens. That's fun.
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