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First Pass Edit: MR204 - Jason Learns Fire Eating
🕑 Added 2019-08-04 19:17:10 +0000 UTCThis FPE has a runtime of 1:37:26, only 30% of our footage was used in the episode.
- FPE: youtu.be/g4TsrRRm9aQ
- Edited Episode: youtu.be/hBFidI5Jv7g
- First Pass Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJp0X6DVFEcil7oLxZ67SsMp5rGkGb8fn
The finale to our fire eating series! Back in the new warehouse, and this time with a crowd. It was a hot Texas summer evening, so that combined with all the fire and the pools of sweat should come as no surprise.
We didn't originally intend for Jason's performance to be part of this episode, but after recording the teaching portion, we figured Jason's performance would be hard to justify existing in its own isolated video, so we pivoted and appended it. There's a more clearly transparent production style in the performance half, since I really wanted to show off the crowd dynamic and it's tough to do that without revealing the whole scene.
I really liked the idea that Brian's showcase video was devoid of a crowd, despite his professional career and years of experience being built on crowd performance, while Jason who's never done this act before in his life was dropped headlong into just that. It was a fun twist on their strengths, and I'm a firm believer in utilizing resources available to you, and the crowd was just there. Put them to work!
There's also some fun bonus interviews with the crew thrown in here just at the end of the episode recording.
Brandt H. -- editor, camera operator
