12 days and counting- "Hell Week: Day 1"

Day 1 of what we in the business like to call "Hell Week" (tech week) has started. I'm at my day job at the moment and completely ignoring all the work I have to do so I can be prepared for tonight.

We have 3 cameras, 4 or 5 tripods, hundreds of feet of cable (video and power), 5 monitors, a switchboard, a computer for footage/title cards (of which there are roughly 120 cuts) and a maze of headsets... Not to mention, an editor, three cameramen (rushing to do around what I'm guessing to be about 30 different set-ups EACH) and myself calling most of the show.

That's all just on the video end.

On top of this- we have a copious amount of lighting needed to be set in the next few days for every single angle we do- using a full separate crew all being coordinated by Mike James;

Scene changes, prop placement, etc all being coordinated by Kyle Hess;

Sound cues being coordinated by Jeremy Showgren, later to be called by Kyle Hess;

The scenery itself being coordinated by Jared Lewis;

Costumes and Make-up being put together by Anna-Marie Johnson, Mandy Lions and Bekah Wilbur;

And of course trying to keep the actors' performances fresh, honest, and keeping the story beats where they should be (and of course- overseeing the overall vision of the production) all being coordinated by Christopher Clark...

Did I miss anything?

You can see why we call this "Hell Week". To make matters more interesting, its more like- "Hell Three, Three Hour Days and One Full Day"... (yep, that's how much time we have to get coordinated into a well oiled organic-mechanism)

ALL of this and I still can't wait!