Gear Check
Posted by robynh | Filed under Total Solar Eclipse: Live from China
We went over to XJTV to take a look at the gear. We brought 19 cases weighing 1163 pounds: telescopes, hi-brite monitors, tape decks, NTSC-to-PAL converters. Our lead video engineer, Larry Kenworthy, opened each case to make sure nothing got damaged in transit. It all looked good (whew!)
Next we went upstairs for another long meeting. Wendy Hsu (XJTV new anchor) agreed to do one short bit with us…in exchange she will be interviewing all the crew members on Tuesday morning to tape, and Rob & Paul live, twenty minutes after they are off-air with us.
We got to take a look at their one-minute ‘teaser’ (ad). I laughed watching clips from our broadcast of the 2006 eclipse mixed in with their commentary. We requested a copy to post on our Web site. You’ll have to check back for it….
Tags: pre-production, xjtv
Dance of the Production Crews
Posted by robynh | Filed under Total Solar Eclipse: Live from China, dispatch
