Here comes In The Can & On The Lot -By Aaron
Hey Everyone,
It appears I haven't blogged in about 3 weeks. Has it been that long? It seems to be getting harder and harder to keep up with blogging for the site. I wish there was more time in the day to get things done. As I had a few minutes today to sit back and reflect over the past few weeks I have come to the realization that it is absolutely fricken amazing what the few of us are able to accomplish each week to get a show delivered. This coming Saturday marks the last episode of Another Crappy Canadian Late Night Talk Show for the season (but will return for season 2 in the fall) And in a way I am somewhat relieved that we are changing direction for the summer by producing a second season of "In The Can with JR DIGS" It will be a nice break from the extremely labour intensive schedule of Another Crappy. For more info about what "In The Can" is and when it airs check out the blurb about it on the upper right portion of the page.
What you may or may not realize is we have a budget of next to nothing and a very small crew to produce these shows. Lets just say there have been many sleepless nights for the past 8 months. Many people don't realize the amount of effort that is needed to create a show, especially when we don't have the multiple hundreds of people that work on a fully funded network show. Just from the editors perspective this is what my week consists of...
MONDAY -Edit and complete any segments that are to be included in next weeks episode including graphics and music
TUESDAY Morning-Finish any editing that didn't get done on Monday's schedule because we needed sleep
TUESDAY Afternoon-Set up set and prep for Tuesday night taping, including rehearsal, lighting cues, sound setup, cast organization.
TUESDAY Night- Taping of show. Get home and in bed usually around 2am.
WEDNESDAY - Usually back in the office editing by 8:30 am (Total sleep 4 hours) Show has to be assembled and first initial cut completed by the end of the day
THURSDAY-Straight day of editing with JR (Usually about 15-18 hours straight) 2nd and 3rd cut of show must be completed and needs to be cut to time
FRIDAY Morning- All music, sound-effects and final clean up edit to be completed.
FRIDAY afternoon - Final mix to prep for broadcast
FRIDAY Night - Deliver episode to air for following week.
SATURDAY- Start all over again on prepping for the next episode.
SUNDAY- Hopefully rest
Total week hours to get a show made and delivered to the Network? 60 - 70 hours. Aaron, JR and Steve losing all sanity in the process...Priceless
Why am I telling you all this? I have forgotten why...oh yes, I had to laugh while watching an episode of "On The Lot" last week. It's an interesting show, that can relate to In the Can. Has any body been watching On the Lot? One of the aspiring film makers who got booted from the show in the last episode was reduced to tears. I wasn't laughing because he was crying, I had to laugh because of what he began to say in his personal sign off at the end of the show. I believe his words were:
"This isn't fair! I've been up working for 50 hours straight, they gave me a crappy camera and I have no people or money to work with!"
No People or Money to work with?!? Ha Well welcome to the real world man. If you want to succeed in this industry, you have to be willing to work your arse off and work with what you got. If you have no money or crew, well tough you gotta do it anyways and hopefully make it good. Anybody can make anything with money. (I'm kinda sounding bitter now. I'm probably just hardened because of how consumed my life is in making low budget television) I by no means am calling myself a success in this industry. I haven't been in it long enough to even think about being a success. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but I still have much to learn.
In the advent of the upcoming 2nd season of IN THE CAN WITH JR DIGS, I would like to give some advice to all those young and aspiring film makers out there from one young person to another. Be prepared to work your ass off, whether you're a director, editor, producer, etc. If you went or are going to school for this and want a career in film and television be prepared to be at the bottom of the barrel for a few years, and a good chunk of what you learn in school will mean Jack all when you get out there trying to make a name for yourself. You will never know everything so keep learning. The industry changes everyday, I learned that lesson quick when I got out of post secondary.
Ok so looking at this post, it appears I have been long winded. Maybe you got somthing out of it, maybe not. If anyone is still reading at this point, thanks for reading and I will go back to posting videos on my next one.
So to all the aspiring film makers making shorts for the upcoming season of In The Can, or to any aspiring film makers out there, good luck, have funand just be entertaining!
Aaron - Video Editor/Composer
It appears I haven't blogged in about 3 weeks. Has it been that long? It seems to be getting harder and harder to keep up with blogging for the site. I wish there was more time in the day to get things done. As I had a few minutes today to sit back and reflect over the past few weeks I have come to the realization that it is absolutely fricken amazing what the few of us are able to accomplish each week to get a show delivered. This coming Saturday marks the last episode of Another Crappy Canadian Late Night Talk Show for the season (but will return for season 2 in the fall) And in a way I am somewhat relieved that we are changing direction for the summer by producing a second season of "In The Can with JR DIGS" It will be a nice break from the extremely labour intensive schedule of Another Crappy. For more info about what "In The Can" is and when it airs check out the blurb about it on the upper right portion of the page.
What you may or may not realize is we have a budget of next to nothing and a very small crew to produce these shows. Lets just say there have been many sleepless nights for the past 8 months. Many people don't realize the amount of effort that is needed to create a show, especially when we don't have the multiple hundreds of people that work on a fully funded network show. Just from the editors perspective this is what my week consists of...
MONDAY -Edit and complete any segments that are to be included in next weeks episode including graphics and music
TUESDAY Morning-Finish any editing that didn't get done on Monday's schedule because we needed sleep
TUESDAY Afternoon-Set up set and prep for Tuesday night taping, including rehearsal, lighting cues, sound setup, cast organization.
TUESDAY Night- Taping of show. Get home and in bed usually around 2am.
WEDNESDAY - Usually back in the office editing by 8:30 am (Total sleep 4 hours) Show has to be assembled and first initial cut completed by the end of the day
THURSDAY-Straight day of editing with JR (Usually about 15-18 hours straight) 2nd and 3rd cut of show must be completed and needs to be cut to time
FRIDAY Morning- All music, sound-effects and final clean up edit to be completed.
FRIDAY afternoon - Final mix to prep for broadcast
FRIDAY Night - Deliver episode to air for following week.
SATURDAY- Start all over again on prepping for the next episode.
SUNDAY- Hopefully rest
Total week hours to get a show made and delivered to the Network? 60 - 70 hours. Aaron, JR and Steve losing all sanity in the process...Priceless
Why am I telling you all this? I have forgotten why...oh yes, I had to laugh while watching an episode of "On The Lot" last week. It's an interesting show, that can relate to In the Can. Has any body been watching On the Lot? One of the aspiring film makers who got booted from the show in the last episode was reduced to tears. I wasn't laughing because he was crying, I had to laugh because of what he began to say in his personal sign off at the end of the show. I believe his words were:
"This isn't fair! I've been up working for 50 hours straight, they gave me a crappy camera and I have no people or money to work with!"
No People or Money to work with?!? Ha Well welcome to the real world man. If you want to succeed in this industry, you have to be willing to work your arse off and work with what you got. If you have no money or crew, well tough you gotta do it anyways and hopefully make it good. Anybody can make anything with money. (I'm kinda sounding bitter now. I'm probably just hardened because of how consumed my life is in making low budget television) I by no means am calling myself a success in this industry. I haven't been in it long enough to even think about being a success. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but I still have much to learn.
In the advent of the upcoming 2nd season of IN THE CAN WITH JR DIGS, I would like to give some advice to all those young and aspiring film makers out there from one young person to another. Be prepared to work your ass off, whether you're a director, editor, producer, etc. If you went or are going to school for this and want a career in film and television be prepared to be at the bottom of the barrel for a few years, and a good chunk of what you learn in school will mean Jack all when you get out there trying to make a name for yourself. You will never know everything so keep learning. The industry changes everyday, I learned that lesson quick when I got out of post secondary.
Ok so looking at this post, it appears I have been long winded. Maybe you got somthing out of it, maybe not. If anyone is still reading at this point, thanks for reading and I will go back to posting videos on my next one.
So to all the aspiring film makers making shorts for the upcoming season of In The Can, or to any aspiring film makers out there, good luck, have funand just be entertaining!
Aaron - Video Editor/Composer
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