The Soul of Athens has given a subtle nod to the notorious wave of reality shows and “makings of,” by bringing you a provocative behind the scenes video blog all our own. Ready or not, the team is gearing up to search their souls and reveal the stories behind each successful venture, obstacle and disfigured nose.

For the production of the video blog, I teamed up with three multimedia students: the logical Lonnie, the bearded Manny and Josh, whom recently decided to sport a rat tail. The trio come from the somewhat eccentric lifestyles of cartoon-inspired tattoos and intergalactic skate-park traveling. I knew I was in for a fun adventure.

They set up their cameras in the humid, padded sound booth of the Scripps Multimedia Lab, as I got my journalist’s notepad ready. The room was the antithesis of Pandora’s Box — a confession room where thoughts pertaining to the project would pour into the room (and the camera), rather than out.

We started by bringing in the “Code Team” — the group of clean-cut techies working with ActionScript to make the content a reality. Stay tuned for the first installment of the Soul of Athens video blog and find out what these guys truly believe is the soul of Athens.

Eric Mayville, a senior in the School of Visual Communication and member of the Code Team, gets ready to spill his soul in the sound booth.