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Thanks Yo Gabba Gabba!

Bryce Randle — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:55:27 +0000

Today is my last full day on Yo Gabba Gabba! We are going on hiatus and I have just had the best time editing. I worked with a wonderful crew and met some great people. I learned a lot and look forward to sharing stories and things I have learned as I get back into the blogging world here at PostFifthPictures.com. I’ve never worked on a show that my kids have been so happy to hear about and get to be involved with.

So, even though Brobee was a little too picky in the edit bay, thanks to all who invited me to participate in the most awesome season of Yo Gabba Gabba!

“I haven’t seen that shot yet” and other problems with a bad assistant editor

Bryce Randle — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:23:08 +0000

A little while ago, I was going through some footage of a really cool scene with some guest stars and a really cool set. I cut the scene together and something felt kind of lop-sided. The director came in and took a look at the footage and right away noticed that only one angle of the scene was being used in the edit.

On this show, it was not uncommon for the crew to shoot some takes with both angles and only camera on others, so at first it didn’t alarm me. However, if I had looked at the lined script more closely, I would have noticed right away that the footage was missing it’s equal pair.

We checked the on site and off site backups. It was gone.

What? How could that have happened?

Easy. The assistant was sloppy and she had backed up the same piece of footage twice. D’oh.

I don’t blame myself for the mishap, but I do wish I would have caught on to what was going on sooner. The lesson for me in this cause is check your lined script as you are first going through your scenes, not when you are just looking for your desired shot.

Make sure your assistants are qualified. Train them. Talk to them. Don’t do their job for them, but mentor them. Luckily, this isn’t one of those shows where someone had to be fired because of it (in fact, it was a stand in substitute that just won’t get hired back again). We got along without it, but every time the director watched the episode he expressed his wish that he could just have that footage back again.

“Ditch the Ice”

Bryce Randle — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:25:02 +0000

I think my favorite line is “you can tell that to corporate.” What do you think? Which of these spots was your favorite?

“Doorbell Ditch” Spot

Bryce Randle — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:26:41 +0000

The last of the AFCU ads I edited. Which was your favorite?

“Don’t Delete” Spot

Bryce Randle — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:23:45 +0000

Novell spot. Gotta love those VPs.

“Fridge Delivery” Spot

Bryce Randle — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:26:41 +0000

“Forget The Flash Drives” Spot

Bryce Randle — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:21:49 +0000

Another short piece edited for Novell along with BluFire Studios and directed by Scott Dastrup.

“Dressing Room” Spot

Bryce Randle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:26:39 +0000

Orphan Files

Bryce Randle — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:35:19 +0000

Here is another spot I edited recently. I think this one was really fun to do. Turned out to be very funny.

Robbers Spot

Bryce Randle — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:25:57 +0000

Here is a spot I just cut for a group in Salt Lake City. It was a fun piece to edit. There were 4 spots total. Nate Hoffman did the sound work on it. I think it turned out well.