Episode 2: Beer

Caldera Interview Part 1 from The VP Club on Vimeo.

We took a couple huge steps forward with this new show. It went a lot smoother, I think we had better content, and it took us less time to set up everything. We definitely spent more time on pre-produced videos. The Standing Stone brewery talk-through turned out really good, and for not having a voice over, the Caldera walk-through turned out really good with that music. We also did interviews in the SU like usual, and we interviewed drunkards at Omars the night before. All of these videos were filmed and edited the week of, meaning we could theoretically do a pro weekly show. This is of course if none of us had other obligations like school and work. Other things that went better, we had better food for everyone like veggies, hummus, and chips.

Some issues that we still need to work on 1. We still needed an audio guy, we were one crew member short unfortunately so we had a few moments of panic / yelling during the transitions. 2. Some other sources of yelling, which is really something we need for the next show, is communication between me(the director) and Jon (the host) Since the format of the show is a little up in the air, there is a lot of last minute changes. The way we had it set up when it really didnt work was that I told the technical director, who told the floor director, who told the host. This was literally like playing a game of telephone where the host got something completely different from what I had intended. I think we can work around this by giving the host his own headset to wear during the videos, so we can all be on the same line. 3. I think we all realized that filming stuff the night before is not the best way to do things. We really should have everything done and ready the day before, that way we can write up a rundown / script that we can go off of, and so everyone really can be on the same page. 3. Something that we did not get to change form the first show that I would of liked to was adding bumpers to take us out to video and bring us back to live. Although we are getting better at the transisitons, I think it would help everybody.

That being said, the chaos and changing plans as we go is part of what makes it so much fun. It also allows for on the spot creativity, sporadic interviews, and random on stage sword fights. Having a plethora of commercials, PSAs, student videos, as well as the on topic videos really helps by giving us time to get everything together for when we come back to live. I honestly think we could do this show live by next term.

Hours wise, I am probably spending a couple hours on this during the off week and upwards of 20 hours on the week of the show working on it. Another goal of mine is to spread out the work and also assign some parts to other club members. We are getting lots of new members and having a weekly meeting really has helped with getting everyone involved. In case anyone out there doesnt know, we meet every Wednesday at 7:30 pm at RVTV. We use these meetings mostly to either pitch ideas or organize what we have and make a schedule for the show.

Our next episode will be about food, and its open submission as always. Pictures and sculptures, as well as videos are welcome, and are due by Wednesday, the 23rd at 7:00 pm. Please email souvp@yahoo.com or bring it in person to RVTV. The filming will be Thursday the 24th at 8:00 so come on by if you want to check out the action live!

Cheers!

Standing Stone Brewing Company: How We Make Beer from The VP Club on Vimeo.