In the end...

  From the beginning to end, the course of this entire internship has been one big ride of awesome.  Having the chance to learn and adapt at such a professional workplace gave me an opportunity to not only learn more about myself in my field of work, but gave me a chance to make myself better.  Something like is needed to really show you what its like to actually do the work you went to school for, to give you the chance to really understand what it is like to do the work you went to school for.  The things I have learned are things I will carry with me as I move forward in my career.

     While working at Chesterman Coca-Cola, the work I did for the company helped define some key areas I realized that were important for the work I do.  Working with my supervisor helped me elaborate on the importance of communication as a means to an end.  From the start of any project to the end, communication is necessary throughout the entire process.  As I did work for the company, it was important that I presented my work so that I may be able to receive feedback on what my employer wanted from me.  Whether the feedback was good or bad, it was needed so that I could provide exactly what the company wanted while following the guidelines that had set in place.  Communication was needed to set and make deadlines, to make last minute changes, and whatever was needed to make the project a success.Without this, I don't think I could have done as well as I did on my project if I never communicated to my employer throughout the entire design process.

    As I come to the end of my internship, I know I was able to help my skills grow and my knowledge of the work place become stronger.  With each challenge I was given from making safety banners and labels all the way to a full video editing project, I was able to grow and adapt as a designer in hopes of making myself better.  I truly enjoyed my time with Chesterman Coca-Cola, and hope that have enjoyed the work I was able to give them,  this internship will help set me in the right direction as I continue my career.

After Effects and You...

This week of internship has been a big chunk of work, in a good way.   For the most part my busy time has revolved around my main project of the tour video.  With tons of communication between me and my supervisor about the video, I was able to create the video around what they wanted as well with the ideas I had of my own.  Already having my video planned out ahead of time, I knew what I needed and it was time to start collecting my own stock footage for the video.  Aside just basic filler footage, I also acquired footage for specific themes for the video. These included things as rules and safety regulations, history footage of the company, and other miscellaneous things.

  After collecting footage, I started arranging the footage for my video while creating some custom animation within the video.  I tried to apply the original Coca-Cola feel to the animation while adding a little bit more to separate Chesterman's from Coca-Cola National.

Overall the video editing process is going well.  All that's is left for me to do to finish up my project is add in some narrative voice overs as well as some minor touch ups.  With that said, I only hope everything goes by smooth and easy.

Keep on Keeping On

For the most part, this week was just a typical easy week.  With my main project already assigned and started on, I did a few side jobs at my internship aside from working on my tour video.  One of the more interesting things that happened this week was with the share a coke custom job I did.  So many people through out the plant took a liking to the work I did with the custom labels, that I was asked to create more labels for specific names other people wanted in the company.

I honestly could not believe how much it blew up and how many more labels I had to make.  I do enjoy the fact the others enjoyed the work I was able to make and I was happy to be able to supply named bottles for ones that were not in the current circulation.  The high demand for the bottles really helped me experience the idea of being able to really work under pressure, something that I myself seem to enjoy.
   
Aside from that madness at the early part of the week, my supervisor just let me continue my work on my tour video.  Understanding it is not something that can be completed over night, I've been given plenty of time to finish my work and make the best I can.  With that in mind, I only hope to deliver the best and give the company exactly what they've been asking for.

Share a Coke...

Comming up this summer, Coca-Cola will soon be releasing their "Share a Coke" program which will change their original labels on their products to say "Share a Coke with... (random name)." With that being said, the program will only include 250 names currently popular in the United States. Because of this, Chesterman's has asked me to make some extra labels of different names that they could use to distribute to specific individuals through out the Siouxland area. The whole process has not been too bad except for the fact that the actual font is unattainable and forced me to take extreme measures. With the help of Photoshop, I've been able to recreate the labels with additional names.

Using a font printout I was able to cut out the letters individually, then move them around to make the names. A long process, but it all worked out alright in the end.

Other than creating the labels, I spent the remainder of my week focusing on my video. I developed a storyboard that laid out my plans for the video, which I also presented to my supervisor. From there it's just a matter of creating and putting it all together.

Things are better with a Coke.

To start, this week has been full of ups and downs. For the most part of my internship this week, I spent most of my time collecting information for the tour video while organizing what already had and what I was planning on using. Needless to say, some of the information gathered will be a great asset to the video while some information the company wants might be a problem. For example, the video the company would like included is good in length but severely lacking in quality.

I would assume the video itself was made in the early 90's, the video compared to the technology today looks like it was recorded with a toaster. I will do the best I can however to include this as the company has asked and make do with what I got.

Aside from the video work, I've spent the rest of the week preparing to design an ad for the company that will be posted in a local hockey team's catalog. It was asked to include something along the lines of "Coca-Cola tasting amazing over ice," I feel this in itself should not be too hard to accomplish. After dodging tornadoes and working around conflicting time schedules, this week has proven to be a fairly busy week and hasn't given me as much time as I hoped to move forward on my projects. However with the company being very understanding, I will now have as much time as I need to continue on and perfect my work.

Chesterman Coca-Cola Internship

Hello, I am Casey Colvert and I am starting a design internship at Chesterman Coca-Cola in Sioux City, IA. As the name says, this company is a family owned franchise of Coca-Cola and they have allowed me to work as an intern doing all sorts of design and video editing.

My supervisor gave me a list of all the projects I will be working, some being smalls things here and there while also having a project that would be worked on throughout my entire internship. For my internship long project, I will be designing and editing a tour video that talks about the company and what it does. I am to include elements of graphic design, video capturing, video editing, and as well as voice recording.

Before even touching a computer, my supervisor had me start off simple for the week by contributing a banner for the company's annual safety banner contest. The idea was to get me in the right mindset for designing their video as safety is a major concern for the company. For this, I decided to do something that was current that most of the people in the company could relate to. I settled with the "Duck Dynasty" show and incorporated the owners of the company, being father and sons, as a safety dynasty in my banner.