Meet Mikaela: Theatre Alumna & CineCares Electric Trainee Video Description Text

1. 00:00:00:00 – 00:00:01:00
   A wide shot of Toronto’s CineSpace Studios appears. A red-outlined square spins and expands, gradually filling the screen. It then exits the frame, revealing the start of the video.

2. 00:00:01:00 – 00:00:03:00
   Inside the CineSpace lobby. The front desk is visible, surrounded by green plants, paintings, and office decor. A sign behind the desk reads, “The next stage is here.”

3. 00:00:03:00 – 00:00:11:00
   Profile shot of Mikaela Cordero, the YorkU alumna being interviewed. She stands in the middle of the CineSpace lobby, speaking as people walk behind her. Office plants and stylish decorations surround her.

4. 00:00:11:00 – 00:00:15:00
   Close-up of a woman professor teaching students inside the Cinema and Media Arts building. She gestures as she speaks.

5. 00:00:15:00 – 00:00:20:00
   A student and professor in blue hard hats operate the Fly House rigging system inside the York University Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre. The professor walks toward the camera, supervising the safe rigging of props, lights, and set pieces.

6. 00:00:20:00 – 00:00:23:00
   Profile shot of Mikaela Cordero continues. She speaks in the lobby of CineSpace Studios as people move about in the background.

7. 00:00:23:00 – 00:00:26:00
   Close-up of a filming session at CineSpace Studios. A director watches a monitor as actors perform in front of a green screen. Crew members, including a boom operator and assistant directors, are visible.

8. 00:00:26:00 – 00:00:31:00
   A gaffer operates a film camera inside a dimly lit studio set. He walks slowly toward a central object, filming it in focus.

9. 00:00:31:00 – 00:00:37:00
   Profile shot of Mikaela Cordero resumes. She continues speaking in the CineSpace lobby, with office decor and light background activity behind her.

10. 00:00:37:00 – 00:00:42:00
    Inside York University’s theatre carpentry shop, a professor instructs students on building stagecraft elements for theatre productions.

11. 00:00:42:00 – 00:00:45:00
    Close-up of the Fly House system in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre. Red levers grip the rigging ropes, highlighting the size and frame of the system.

12. 00:00:45:00 – 00:00:50:00
    In the audience seating of the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, a professor and a student wearing hard hats stand around a table. Blueprints are spread across the white table as they review lighting design plans.

13. 00:00:50:00 – 00:00:52:00
    Back in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre - Fly House, a professor demonstrates how to secure lighting to a batten (rigging pipe). A student observes the proper rigging technique.

14. 00:00:52:00 – 00:00:59:00
    A student wearing a green sweater tightens a C-clamp with a wrench, securing a theatre light to the Fly House batten (pipe) in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre.

15. 00:00:59:00 – 00:01:01:00
    Profile shot of Mikaela Cordero returns. She speaks confidently in the middle of the CineSpace lobby, surrounded by gentle background office activity.

16. 00:01:01:00 – 00:01:04:00
    In the metal shop at York’s Fine Arts building, a student wearing safety goggles and earplugs operates machinery. She drills a hole into a steel pipe.

17. 00:01:04:00 – 00:01:09:00
    Onstage in the Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre, a student with long brown hair dances in slow motion. The stage is filled with projected coloured circles (green, yellow, red, and blue) against a magenta-coloured screen.

18. 00:01:09:00 – 00:01:13:00

Pan shot of another filming session at CineSpace Studios. A director watches actors perform in front of a green screen. Boom operators, gaffers, and assistant directors move around the set.

19. 00:01:13:00 – 00:01:19:00
    Profile shot of Mikaela Cordero, continuing her interview in the bustling CineSpace lobby.

20. 00:01:19:00 – 00:01:21:00
    Wide pan shot of Toronto’s cityscape. Film lots and parking areas are visible below, as cars drive along nearby highways.

21. 00:01:21:00 – 00:01:26:00
    York University’s animated outro begins. A red square outline transforms into the York U logo. The screen transitions to the message: “School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, York U.”