Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1
by Rob Ikenberry
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Nov 1, 2007 at 4:07:25 am
A one hour HD show will have its world premier on National Geographic Channel tomorrow, Thursday Nov 1. Sam Burbank of Inverse Square Films and I documented a dramatic (de)construction project in the San Francisco Bay Area as a completely self-funded, independent production. For me, this was my first video project as co-producer/director/writer/camera and the advice I received from all the experts at the Cow (including lots learned lurking) was invaluable. Our documentary was tweaked a bit by Nat Geo to more fit their format, but essentially all the footage and storyline is ours. I'm thrilled to have my first show air tomorrow:
Break It Down: "Bridge" on National Geographic Channel at 9et/pt
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Shane Ross on Nov 1, 2007 at 5:39:34 am
COOL! I'm gonna have to watch this. I am a fan of Nat Geo, and have edited shows that aired on it. Love to see what you have done.
I have done finishing edits on shows that were bought by networks. I like to try to stay true to the original vision....I hope it wasn't hacked too much.
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Rob Ikenberry on Nov 1, 2007 at 11:32:39 am
Shane:
It's been very interesting to see how the show changed during the final client edit. We wanted a documentary where the participants told most of the story in their own words and highlighted the historical aspects of our project, wanting to avoid the "extreme engineering" type of show, which we thought was a bit formulaic and had a "voice of god" kind of narration.
When it was done, the final show eliminated most of our interviews and participant VO (wanted to avoid "talking heads") in favor of narration and cut much of the historical to focus on the core story of the demolition and it's risks.
It's now an engineering show, but I think, a good one. They stayed true to our storyline and all the footage is ours (except for a small amount of historical or stock stuff) so, while it isn't the show we sent them, it's what they wsnted/needed, and after all they did buy it!
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Rob Ikenberry on Nov 5, 2007 at 1:35:14 am
Matt:
Most of what aired was actually shot with the Varicam, but I'd be happy to give you more info on our experience with the HVX (all positive). Send me an email at rikenberry at cecmain.com and we can corespond directly.
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Rob Ikenberry on Nov 5, 2007 at 5:02:31 am
Thanks for your interest, Shane. I would appreciate your comments if you can catch the show. Next airing is Thursday 11/8/07 5pm - I think that's likely eastern time, so it may be TIVO is needed for those of us on the left coast.
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Ron Lindeboom on Nov 7, 2007 at 2:16:29 pm
Yes Rob, I agree with John (ChicagoShootr), we would love to hear your stories in the Business & Marketing forum. If you have some time and wish to share some of your experience, I am sure that your input would make for some very interesting discussion.
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Rob Ikenberry on Nov 9, 2007 at 12:06:03 am
Thanks Ron & John (ChicagoShootr). I'll be happy to post a bit about our show at Business & Marketing. For those who are interested, please look there...
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Tim Wilson on Nov 9, 2007 at 3:48:11 pm
BTW, I recorded this on the HD DVR, and just got to catch up with it. An AMAZING story. Great footage, too.
The reason why it took so long for us to watch it is that we kept trying to watch in the background while we were working. (One of THOSE weeks.) Not happening -- we couldn't take our eyes off it. So we saved it until we could give it our full attention, which we did. More than once. :-)
Re: Thanks to the Cow! Our show airs tomorrow 11/1 by Tim Wilson on Nov 9, 2007 at 3:44:26 pm
[Rob Ikenberry]"I'd be happy to give you more info on our experience with the HVX (all positive). Send me an email at rikenberry at cecmain.com and we can corespond directly."
No way, man. This is something for the whole class to hear.
