I heard about that years ago when powder came out, but I only heard "that the director was an ex-con". One of the reasons why powder bombed if I recall correctly (that and it sucked being the other reason). Is it actually true? I sure don't hold the guy up in any regard...again, I'm not sure how this guy keeps finding work!

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--Life is full of tasks to be completed, but right now I am so far behind I will never die

From where I'm standing, it's just SSDD.

"Here comes 2!"

Not that moral fortitude was ever one of the primary criteria people working in Hollywood were judged by...but yeah, Powder's sucking probably had a lot to do with it bombing, too. http://www.ve3d.com:81/wink.gif

George, I'm going to start planning something on the DVD tip at the beginning of next month, so we'll be talking about it soon enough. I'm thinking of a "documentary" approach, sort of...but with lots of game footage too. I just want it to BE something - to stand on its own rather than being a collection of game footage. If I can get Jason to help out, I'm thinking of outfitting all of us (except Thomas, cause he's actually working) with DV Cameras to shoot as much footage as humanly possible. Every major event, etc... I really want to COVER the show and create something memorable.

Rumpy: This is the only place on the VE Forum I post (and pretty much the only forum I post on, at all). I just have a lot to say, I guess http://www.ve3d.com:81/wink.gif

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Kevin, the erstwhile "Hi-Fi"
www.videowrestling.com

As I'm currently working on a pilot episode of a games show for a nationwide channel here in Finland I can attest to how difficult it is to get a show on air and make it atleast a bit like you had envisioned it. There's so many people you need to please with a show, not to mention making it commercially viable.

Having worked on cable tv where money was non-existant it's quite a shock to work in a more "pro" enviroment which just seems to mean you have to pay a lot more people a lot more money to do stuff.

It's pretty much impossible to do a show without some sort of sponsorship since ad revenue is very limited. In our case, Sony is going to be backing up the show which automatically means we'll cover PS2 the most but of course for the integrity of the show we will be covering the Gamecube and Xbox as well. We are actually going to be doing a casting call in a few weeks and try to find a girl who looks good, is natural in front of the camera AND knows about games...that's gonan be pretty damn difficult.

I think I'm gonna give Kevin a call from the office so we can talk what we need to do regarding E3, the show's gonna come up fast so we better be ready as early as possible.
I really want to somehow sort out this PAL/NTSC problem..would be so good if we could share footage somehow. I can definitely get the betacams that shouldnt be a problem, I doubt there's more than a handful of games we might want to film a bit as we wont have b-roll footage on them.

(I'm actually starting a diary of sorts now and keeping track of all the stuff that we are planning for E3, it will be interesting to read after the show)

Getting as much footage as humanly possible gives Kevin plenty more options in the editing phase and it helps to have lots of background footage for future use as well.


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Side note: Just found out Anthony is leaving/left IGN...where's his next stop? Apparently Dave Z is going to Visual Concepts.

Well, if the cat's already out of the bag, then Anthony's probably already left IGN and is now heading up the new in-house PR department at Visual Concepts...that's what he said the plan was, last I talked to him (about a month ago). Sounded like it was going to be a really good situation for him. I imagine Dave Z's heading over there is a direct result of Anthony being hired. I got a message on my phone from Chau about a week ago, asking about some old column I'd written about reviews and their purpose - I called his cellphone and only got the machine, so I didn't get to talk to him and see what's new. I'm sure he'll get in touch eventually.

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Kevin, the erstwhile "Hi-Fi"
www.videowrestling.com

By the way, Thomas, don't bother calling over the next few days - I don't have a voice to speak to you with. This cold flu is almost gone, but I've been coughing up phlegm like crazy and the side effect of that is, my vocal chords aren't working. All I can do is whisper right now. http://www.ve3d.com:81/wink.gif We'll start talking about E3 soon, though...definitely.

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Kevin, the erstwhile "Hi-Fi"
www.videowrestling.com

The E3 sounds pretty sweet. George was telling me that you guys may be doing some taping down there. Well, maybe we can work something out and I can fly down there and shoot the **** for you. There's a chance I'll be moving down to Santa Monica sometime this spring as well.

Sweet dude, I might have to take you up on that. Jason only wants to be involved if he gets to be in front of the camera, but I nipped that idea in the bud. What kind of equipment have you got at your disposal, if anything? I was planning on going with Mini-DV for George and I, just shooting show b-roll and events; but if you have Betacam-SP, it'd sure lend itself to shooting interviews and stuff...gives us a couple different looks.

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Kevin, the erstwhile "Hi-Fi"
www.videowrestling.com

I don't have a Betacam, but an XL-1 which has a decent image for being 4:1:1 and not broadcast quality. I have seen quite a few shows on TV shot with the XL-1 and they are not bad. So, I figure, grab a wireless and some extra batteries and we can shoot a decent video of you guys. You guys can hash it out, and if you want, we can discuss the idea in depth.

I think Twitch killed Kev on wanting to be on camera again!