The Lab With Leo Super Fantastic Summertime Ice Cream Bar and Television Concern, July Edition
Well, another shoot week is now in the can -- we tried a few different things this time around, and in the end I think it made for a much better show. First of all, Kate has started doing a Facebook app of the day segment, talking about way that users can add functionality to their Facebook page (either for good or for evil). And I've finally started up my gadget of the day segment, where I look at a cool toy for about 90 seconds to two minutes (depending on how much time there is in the show).
I was feeling pretty stressed out going into this last shoot week -- not only was I going to be doing 11 additional gadget segments that I hadn't handled before (not to mention coordination of all of those samples in the weeks leading up to the shows), but I ended up doing four full-length segments this week instead of the usual two. Half the week I felt like I was flying by the seat of my pants and like I was going to crash at any given point. I'm really not sure how I kept it all together, but not only did the week actually go fairly well, I think that I had better segments than usual. Maybe I really need to live on the edge to make it all come together? Running on adrenaline can be fun but I'm not sure I want to do it ALL the time.
One thing that didn't help us this past week was the heat. It was the hottest that it's been in Vancouver for a long time for the WHOLE WEEK. We usually have thousands of watts of lighting beating down on us while the cameras are rolling, and it's bad enough during regular days. But when you're also fighting a 35-degree day (that's Celsius, folks), it's just that much hotter inside. Yes, there's air conditioning in the office, but it just poops out when we're throwing that much heat at it. Consequently it felt like we were pulling through molasses the whole week, even when the content was going really well.
It makes me feel pretty happy that we're able to put together the show even with a number of stresses and unpredictable factors popping up...we're turning into a pretty efficient team!
I was feeling pretty stressed out going into this last shoot week -- not only was I going to be doing 11 additional gadget segments that I hadn't handled before (not to mention coordination of all of those samples in the weeks leading up to the shows), but I ended up doing four full-length segments this week instead of the usual two. Half the week I felt like I was flying by the seat of my pants and like I was going to crash at any given point. I'm really not sure how I kept it all together, but not only did the week actually go fairly well, I think that I had better segments than usual. Maybe I really need to live on the edge to make it all come together? Running on adrenaline can be fun but I'm not sure I want to do it ALL the time.
One thing that didn't help us this past week was the heat. It was the hottest that it's been in Vancouver for a long time for the WHOLE WEEK. We usually have thousands of watts of lighting beating down on us while the cameras are rolling, and it's bad enough during regular days. But when you're also fighting a 35-degree day (that's Celsius, folks), it's just that much hotter inside. Yes, there's air conditioning in the office, but it just poops out when we're throwing that much heat at it. Consequently it felt like we were pulling through molasses the whole week, even when the content was going really well.
It makes me feel pretty happy that we're able to put together the show even with a number of stresses and unpredictable factors popping up...we're turning into a pretty efficient team!
