- 9:07 AM, Monday,
December 18th, 2006:
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foremost. STOP NOW if you haven't watched the
video. Please. These pictures will ruin every joke in
the episode.
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- OK. Welcome to
Week 3...
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- ...and
something strange is goin' on in Egoland.
I emailed the script to everyone and
Charlotte just said: "Rather ambitious
Adam..." I kinda pushed the limits a
bit on this one. Something strange about
deadlines... pushing limits is really
quite daunting. There's no wiggle room. No
re-shoots. No safety nets. When the script
is done, and it's committed to audio for
timing purposes... that's it. You gotta be
careful to not write outside the
boundaries of what's
possible...
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- ...which certainly
is the wonderful part about being the editor and the
effects guy. This just wouldn't be possible with the
timetable we have if the script had to go the normal
rounds. I got all 3 contestants at 2:30 PM on
Wednesday and was shooting at 7 AM the next morning.
It sounds stressful but I really seem to rise to those
occasions. It's so reminiscent of radio to me.
I mean this newsroom is NOT meant for multiple
angles and it is by all means a working newsroom.
However, as far as I'm concerned if I don't push every
possible limit I'll regret it in the end.
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- Anyway,
as you can see Gary has taken over
Cameron's position. As has been the case
in past "Trinitron" plots, arrogance
becomes the downfall of someone in the
band. Always a moral ya know. And Gary of
course is just a loveable foil for the
temptation of arrogance.
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- Longtime
Trinitron fans will remember that Cameron
is of course the brains behind 4tvs and is
always a step ahead - but it sure is cute
to watch the others try and out-think
him.
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- My mom
got to play the "Random CBS News Employee"
and had a ball with it. She found
everything pretty fascinating (and she got
to see "Ridge" from Bold and the
Beautiful while I was getting make-up).
She mentioned how "there sure is a lot of
sitting isn't there..." which is one of
those universal truths of all TV and
film work. You never realize it until
you're on a set, but it's hours of work
for seconds of film. Even funnier is this
shoot has to be the most frantic
and quick paced of any I've been involved
in. But even that's a whole lot more
tedius than most can imagine. Oh, and the
guy in orange playing the "Angry CBS News
Employee" is my camerman Hunter. He
really is quite a bit more pleasant and
fun than that pic would indicate.
:-)
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- Speaking
of fun...the green screen has quite a few
lovely little advantages over the "real
sets" and curtains of years past. Of
course if given the choice I would
obviously pick the real one, with a green
screen you can do fun stuff like running
around in the monitors. Something that
would've taken frame by frame-by-frame
roto work can be pulled off relatively
simple with a well-lit green screen. The
possibilities are endless.
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whole set-up is actually much more
condusive to creativity than the live show
ever was because... it's not live! Making
a 30 minute show confined to the TVs? It
was quite daunting man. The timing also
had to be ab-so-lute-ly perfect. Here?
sheee... uhm - Shoot. Nothing is confined
to monitors, and a fancy bit of editing
can fix anything. There's now the ability
to actually develop so many little things
and I'm excited each week to see where
I can take them next. Just so
exciting.
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- So as you can
imagine, Gary gets his in the end...
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off than when he started. Relegated to Spencer's room.
Poor Gary.
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- Next week will
finally be a finalists round and I'll be able what to
actually spotlight each act. As I mentioned previously
it's not my intention to ignore the contestants
I just have to be as fair as possible.
I think I'm gonna talk about each act from the
perspective of the Egos so as to not show any
favoritism. I must admit though, it's hard. Anyone who
knows these characters knows exactly what they
really think. Just once I would like to do a
real show and just let 'em go crazy. It's so
strange to have to supress every comedic instinct
I have for standards and practices. It's a good
skill to learn, but whew. Sometimes the jokes are just
sooooooo funny.
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- And with that
ringing endorsement - ENJOY THE EPISODE!!!
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- ;-) Just kidding,
it's pretty funny. Even with a G rating.
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