Shooting GeekBeat.TV
When we shoot the show, we use the big Canon XF300, with a full-sized teleprompter. Dave records the show directly onto the Camcorder’s Compact Flash card which he then imports into Final Cut Pro.
Shooting WebBeat.TV
There are a couple places where the production of Pelpina’s show differs from GeekBeat. WebBeat is still using a green screen, and Norm uses the TriCaster to add lower thirds and do cuts while shooting, so there’s less editing to do afterward.
Click It or Ticket
It can be pretty wild out there on the roads, and even if you’re a safe driver, we know there are lots of other people around who aren’t! So play it safe, and always make sure you have your seatbelt on.
TriCaster and Nelsonville
Our control booth area is named Nelsonville for Philip Nelson, our friend from NewTek, the makers of the Tricaster. This is where all the directorial action takes place during our live shows.
Our Production Workflow
From writing the show to shooting it, and finally editing and sending off to our distributors so you all can enjoy it, production of a show takes about 6 hours.
If you want to see the full list of all our equipment, check out GeekBeat.tv/gear!
Wait what? Pelpina is pregnant!?! Congratulations Pelpina!
Hay Cali, I really enjoyed the tour. Being a super geek, gadget designer/builder as I’ve been for the past “X” amount of years, I l-o-v-e- to know how things work, it’s just so cool how a brand such as yours goes from the mind, to the printed page, to the final polished and finished product. I forget if you mentioned this before, but do you hand write your scripts, or write on a Mac, and do you archive your script material for any future reference? Also, do you add stage direction/crib notes for the editing? “B”
What Julian said! Aww… soon they’ll have a Mini-Pina running amok. Congratulations Pelpina!