A city of News ...

A city of experiences. That is what I would call Chicago. This weekend I was in charge of the Westminster College Student Government (SGA) spring trip. The senate chose Chicago since we have been too NYC for the last few years. The one thing that seemed to be a theme on this trip was packages and reporting. Everywhere we went i felt like i could make a package out of. I saw a man on the street getting interviewed when we first entered the city and from there on everything i saw became a package. It is funny how you sit and think of camera angles and what would be the best kind and what people would give the best interviews. I never knew that i could automatically think like that but if you do it enough i guess that is what happens. Here are all the random scenarios that i encountered while Chicago that could have become packages.. well a few of them.
A package could have been made on the awful train system. It was confusing and half of it wasn't running. More then a few of us got on the wrong train but made it to where we needed to be ok. The construction wasn't marked very well at all and most Chicago natives didn't even know where it was.
There was a "homeless" guy as he called him self who needed money to sleep in a male homeless house. But he was clean cut and he had a briefcase and he held a poster with his resume on one side and his wanted picture on another. The resume itself was enough to be intrigued as a reporter. There was the speech he was giving to one train car to the next about the money and a place to stay.
The best part pf the trip was hard news that reporters would have just melted at. After hopping on train to go to the movies, a flow of people started coming from the train car in front of us. There was a fight between a 10 year old and a 40 year old. Apparently this 10 year just jumped on the guy and started talking "smack to him" as one man said. And then the punches started flowing. If only there had been a reporter there to capture the scene. not only was there a little kid but a security guard got beat up as well.
Jeremiah and myself thought it would be a great idea to make a short film/ reality show on our wanderings one night. We didn't quite know where we were going and there was nothing to do but walk around so that is what we did. But while wandering we made some friends and met some real characters.
there are so many other stories that we could have done. not that Chicago has anything to do with our audience but it would have provided entertainment and anymore if you can entertain then that is half the battle