RVTV
Behind the scenes from working at Rogue Valley Television.
We made an ad to inform students that they could check out gear from the TV station.
This is allowed as long as everyone's clocked off and Jimmy doesn't have bear mace. That's what Jimmy said, at least.
Omnivision used a fake newsroom using an entirely greenscreened / postproduction set worked remarkably well & inspired our own attempt in The Better Half.
...which we later had to redeem in Rowanhood.
I forget the name of this show.
Initially, it seemed almost trivial aside from the miles of climbing, because there were still visible trails and we were dressed for the jaunt.
The trails were completely snowed over. The only direction was up. You just had to orient by where the horizon seemed higher, which wasn't always as obvious as it sounds, given the snow drift situation.
Why I did it
It's where the action's at. You'll see a lot of strange sights. Hear a lot of ideas. You can meet everyone. You can usually help them communicate. Unparalleled coworkers.
What I learned
Sometimes what your career is staked on as a creator is the ego trip / persona curation of your performer(s).
Choosing which shows you want to work on & having a regular time slot is pretty slick.
What went right
We had a solid crew. We could roll with the punches. We had great engineers who could fix what broke, on a budget, on the fly. Our manager was levelheaded, fair and committed to good work. Not a lot of power gaming. Not a lot of senseless rivalry. Mostly people just trying to keep things running.
What went wrong
A house representative showed up for a community news interview. I tried to fix his lavalier mic and he insisted it was fine where it was. I explained we were getting feedback in the studio. He said, "That adds a little texture to the production. Like sesame seeds on a salad."
Rich dudes come in to get interviewed and think they're the damn director. They think botching the format makes it "folksy" and "quaint". Meanwhile the rest of us are trying to produce television with high standards.
Aside from that, more often than things went "wrong", they just went...weird.
Keeps life interesting.
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