Every week, B-CC TV releases a new episode to be viewed by B-CC staff, students, and community members. When students watch from their classes, they see the polished version made possible by hours of hard work. So, what are the steps that lead there? How do the people at B-CC TV choose what is kept in the episode, and what is left on the cutting room floor?
Before an episode can be filmed, the ideas for segments must be created first. “We storyboard together as a class, gather around a whiteboard, and throw out ideas,” Amerie Astrero said. Storyboarding is the process of drawing a rough sketch of what each shot of a filmed product or animation will look like. From there, they choose three ideas per episode, and assign people to film and edit them. Astrero said, “[the students who produce B-CC TV] kinda just yell out what we have.” She explained they are also encouraged to watch old B-CC TV episodes, redoing and building upon old segments. “[B-CC TV sponsor] Ms. Pagan has a sharp eye for the ideas as well, and definitely has a lot of veto power within the process,” senior Owen Delfin said. B-CC TV co-anchor Louise Brophy said, “After segment concepts have been selected for air, and team members have been assigned to film/anchor/edit certain segments, then we can formulate the script for the main timeline.”
Not every segment can make it into the final product, of course. Many ideas are left unfilmed, such as “Owen goes to McDonalds,” a proposed segment with a self-explanatory title. Also scrapped was a planned carpool karaoke segment, which was eventually reworked into “Finish the Lyric.”
After the planning stage is complete, the team moves on to filming. Delfin said, “The worst part of B-CC TV production has to be the filming itself; it often occurs at a time when a kid really just doesn’t wanna do it — I either have to throw away my delicious california tortilla lunch plans or as I did most recently, film on a Saturday.” After filming is done, the clips get sent to the editing team. Delfin said, “at the end of the day it is the editor who chooses how the segment ends up.”
But how do the B-CC TV crew feel about the show, personally? “It’s a class I really enjoy because we build a close community among classmates, gain experience meeting quick deadlines, and it is a place where we get to show our creative sides everyday in school,” said Brophy. Astrero said, “The atmosphere is exciting, especially among the students! It’s a lot of fun knowing that you get the opportunity to go into this class with creativity, and the structure is not that of a typical class. It’s awesome to collaborate with classmates and friends while creating a product.”
For those who wish to join B-CC TV for the 2025-2026 school year, auditions for all roles — editor, writer, anchor, or all three — will be held in the spring (date TBD).
