Remote Audio Video teamed up with At Will Productions to shoot a satellite media tour to promote Paula Dean's new nut line. "I've gone NUTS y'all!" Dean exclaimed. Chris Simmons, owner of RAV, brought on Joe Schmitt to light the set and operate a Sony D-50. If you're not familiar, a Satellite Media Tour (SMT) is a series of 3-5 minute live hits with tv and radio stations across the country. In order to cover the morning shows in all time zones, a tough schedule is set with the first hit around 6:00 am, and finishing at around noon or 1:00 pm. Breaks are short, not to mention few and far between. As expected, Ms. Paula was a true pro. She put the same energy in the last hit as she did the first, and didn't miss a single interviewers name.
So how do you light a kitchen that America is used to seeing on tv without a grip truck? Schmitt used his Kino Flo package consisting of: 1 Parabeam 400 as a key, 1 Diva 400 for fill, 1 Barfly 200 as a back light, and another Barfly 200 to accent the brick oven. A silk was also used on the Parabeam to soften metalic reflections on the set. Two Sony D-50 ENG cameras were used and Schmitt was in charge of shooting a series of tight pans and tilts of the food and product.
Ms. Paula is a busy lil' lady. The day before the shoot, the SMT crew was setting up while another crew finished striking a still shoot for Dean's furniture line. While the SMT crew was striking, a third crew from Florida was prepping for her next shoot. Ms. Paula turned on her southern charm and was very sweet to everyone, not to mention extremely funny. Even at 5:00am. This gal's a hoot y'all!
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