Season One Wrap Up: Highlights & Bloopers

Steve (L) and Ed (R) discuss the episode prior to filming.

Today we had an opportunity to film our Season One Wrap Up: Highlights & Bloopers and discuss our plans for 2015. We take a look back over the 27 videos that cover the matches, places, gear, people, and shooting adventures we had over the past seven months during season one.

Our most hilarious outtake ever: Steve illustrates the Ninja tripod collapse technique

We also discuss some of the things you can look forward to in season two. We’ve searched the cutting room floor to bring you a small collection of the out-takes and bloopers that make creating our YouTube videos so much fun.This will mark our 28th episode since we released our first video in July of 2014. We’re having fun and we’re into this for the long run, but most important we’re learning a lot as we share our journey and interact with our audience.

Steve (L) and Ed (R) share some unconventional match preparation tips

Like many ventures, we started from and are still working from a kitchen table. However, we have taken steps to up our game and this includes new video, lighting and sound equipment as well as coordinated studio wear. The support and positive reaction from our audience makes these investments worth while.

While we have an outline for each video, we want to maintain spontaneity and a conversational style so we try to avoid over scripting. Of course the first thing we noticed is all the “ums” “ahs” and “you knows” but we’ll work on that and get better as time goes on. Oh, and if you want to motivate yourself to lose weight, just take a video of yourself.

Steve with our new video setup

For those of you who enjoy video equipment as much as you do shooting equipment, here are the specs for our main camera:

• Nikon D750 Body (FX full frame sensor, 1080P @60FPS Video)
• Nikkor 24-120mm, F4.0, AFS, VR II, ED Lens
• 15mm x 12In Carbon Fiber Video Rig
• Manfrotto MVH502AH Fluid Video Head
• Giottos MH321 Release Adapters (x2)
• SmallRig Camera Mounting Plates (x2)
• PNC VF04 LCD View Finder
• Fotasy FF4B 15mm Rod Rig Follow Focus
• Shure VP83 LenseHopper Shotgun Mic
• Skier O-Ring Handle Support 15mm Rod Support Rail System
• Polaroid Video Chest Stabilizer 15mm Rod Support System

The guy with OCD gets to steam out the wrinkles from the green screen

Hopefully you’ve enjoyed this brief behind the scenes look. Thank you for your support and interest during our first season, and we look forward to our journey with you in the second season and beyond.