Backlot Pilot

Today, I had shot all of the studio footage for the very first episode of Backlot. Originally, the shoot was supposed to be all done live in the studio, but with all of the other things falling behind and getting in the way, we decided to edit it in post rather than switching it live. Overall the shoot went really well. Zach Gaus, the host of Backlot, did an excellent job for his first time, especially when not given the script ahead of time to look over.

There are some technical difficulties while trying to shoot the footage today. The first was the the teleprompter was faulty and would constantly shut off and not work properly, causing the shoot to last longer than expected. The other main situation was audio. No matter how hard I tried, Zach's levels in the audio meter seemed to be distorted. The reasoning was because of a frequency issue with the wireless lav, so we decided to use the other microphone that was wired rather than wireless. This gave us absolutely the best audio that we could get. I really enjoyed the shoot today. It wasn't too stressful and at the same time, was really easy to fix the minor mistakes. Tune in next week for the release of the first episode.