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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC going all long-form Thanksgiving night

« on: November 23, 2009, 06:45:06 AM »

Doug, I think you should get a cool partner, someone who is excited to chase storms and help get into the middle of the action. 

Gee, Ya think?  I wanted to go chasing with my chase partners but they made me chase with that dude.

I doubt there will be another season of the show.  I'm already working on a couple other projects and I have started up my own production gig doing wedding and event videos.

What bugged me about the series is that for 'historical purposes' or whatever excuse they gave, the producers put all kinds of stock footage from other events instead of utilizing more of the footage that was shot during the actual trips.

Well some of the stuff is from the day of and other stuff is archive footage.  What happened was we did not start shooting the show until the first week of June 2008.  Anyone that remembers the last 2 weeks of May 2008 remembers it was a tornado fest.   Any TV show that was filming tornadoes in May of 2008 had so much material  from the last two weeks that it was insane.

Here is a gem I shot in 2008  http://www.bnvn.com/videoplayer/detail.php?id=191

And other stuff that happened why they used the stock footage is rain wrapped tornadoes is about is interesting as watching fog or a blizzard.  You can't see anything.  I know it can be a pet peeve for some just like lightning with the crack of thunder even though the lightning is in the distance.  It is all editing for visual effects.

If you want to watch a bunch of the tornado along with a ton of the weather footage I have shot for TWC in the past, check out my site http://www.bnvn.com

I have a ton of video up there that my crew and I have shot over the years.

Doug

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC going all long-form Thanksgiving night

« on: November 23, 2009, 06:30:17 AM »

Were you the one who got the crappy partner? Nah we aren't hating on Tornado Road just TWC. I think you may have set a record for the number of times a person was beeped on TWC! haha This would have been a sweet show for NBC to show......much better than some of the crap they have.

Yes, that is me.  If I knew he was doing Fn Yoga on the first few days out and making me miss the storms by taking off late, I would have left his ass in KC vs waiting a month to drop him off in Rapid City.  Everyone else on the show was able to pick who they wanted to chase with but I got stuck with that dude.  When I said I woud do the show, I was going to be partnered up with someone that just got their masters degree in WX but they backed out at the last minute and the rest, well you can judge by the lack of swearing in the 6th show vs the first five. 

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC going all long-form Thanksgiving night

« on: November 21, 2009, 10:46:31 AM »

Excuse me, but I believe you quoted at the wrong person there. I'm pretty sure that's directed at me and not at mike.

So, talk to the site admin, the quote thing is screwed up.

That does not change the fact that I have to go to the relatives and deal with this crap all day long.

Also, the show was NOT made for TWC, it was produced for NBC.  NBC was suppose to put it on a reality TV night with several other shows but they pulled the plug on their reality TV night last fall and we ended up on TWC. 

The NBC site for the show is still up http://www.nbc.com/Primetime/Tornado_Road/

The plan was for NBC to try and get some of the reality TV ratings from cable TV but someone killed that plan after all the shows were produced.  http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=7993

So don't be hating on the show or the cast, we were never suppose to be on TWC.

Doug
http://www.bnvn.com
http://www.WeatherPaparazzi.com

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC going all long-form Thanksgiving night

« on: November 20, 2009, 12:51:12 PM »

I'd be annoyed if I watched Tornado Road 9 hours straight.

Try having to tune in and see yourself on TWC...

EDIT:  You can have fun with this show as a drinking game.  Everytime I get  bleeped, you can take shot or drink.  Just make sure you don't try and drive after the 6th show.
 
Doug
http://www.bnvn.com
http://www.WeatherPaparazzi.com