From anywhere between 2 and 8 hours, the people behind the Grizzly Buzz work to orchestrate the 5 minutes of film and news that is seen every Friday during homeroom. While the acting and filming takes only an hour or two, the editing process can be much more strenuous and lengthy. Editing is a key piece of the buzz due to the many transitions, effects and even change in topics. Although people may not pay attention to the buzz or believe it’s some ridiculous video, the work that comes along with it is a decent amount.
The Buzz is the outlet of news for the school that everyone sees because homeroom on Fridays are a required 15 minutes that every student must attend to. It talks about news from football to the guidance counseling offices ongoings and events. The Buzz covers topics that need to be advertised or put out to the public sphere of the school. Topics can also be submitted to the buzz and given to the editor Daniel Filer, a senior at Goffstown high school to approve. He claims “Anyone in the school is able to approach us with a topic they want covered…I try to be open minded to new ideas.”
The only issues that can be vetoed are ones that are political or too opinion based that there would be backlash to the students working towards the Buzz. The process starts with the templates and graphics being loaded on and moves into the basic events that are covered every week like sports highlights and counselor connection, then lastly are the new topics that are added for that week. Section by section the Buzz is edited and comes together. It really “ depends on the segment” Filer says but the editing process takes the longest. Filer does most of the work as Executive Producer, Editor and team leader but the work he says is “ dished out” among the other crew members.
The Buzz may be a repeated weekly watch but the effort behind closed doors should not go unnoticed. The people of the Buzz work towards the attention of others in the school.With phone ban Filer claims that has helped some because of the fact that attention cannot hinder elsewhere. “I find out about future events and it is a good source of information in the school.” Raegan McKee a Junior at Goffstown Highschool proclaims.
