10-07-2018, 10:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 10-07-2018, 10:21 AM by Drunk Monk.)
Well thanks for that ED. FYI both Ilya and Rebel are Forged by Fire champs. You can find the exact episodes if you just search them on wikipedia.
I'm in 5 episodes in Season 1 and 4 in this Season. My IMDB is all messed up because it credits me separately for the Independent Lens documentary I worked on back in 2003. I was credited as a producer and a consultant and there are two disconnected credits for me on IMDB, and those aren't connected to my Man at Arms work. I don't know how to fix that and I'm not bothering to invest in IMDB Pro.
As for the copy, no one writes it. If we were scripted, we'd have to abide by union rules. That's the loophole with reality TV - why it's cheaper and therefore more abundant (and running our government now, but that's another tale). Of course, we know what the weapons will be months in advance - except for Danny (actually I'm not sure if Marko and Crystal know either) so we can research them. The makers make them weeks before I arrive on set, so they know. And Da'Mon and I are involved in some of the history process. The showrunners have a research team, and we are very much a part of that, especially with finding resources within our martial communities. For example, Kevin, the Naginata champ, was actually from SJSU Dojo. I didn't know him, but I lead the team to his present sensei through references from my old SJSU senseis. It was really delightful to meet him because he caught me up on many of our old dojomates (I dropped out of that scene after grad school) and I regaled him of tales of sparring (really just getting my arse kicked) by SJSU's head sensei, who no longer sparred by the time he joined.
But back to the show, sometimes they'll give us a talking point or two to make, but it's not a full line, it's just a prompt like 'say something about the Samurai'. The timing is all ours, neatened up by some judicious editing. As for the movie references, they always ask for a few movies, classic and contemporary. If we mention the movies in a reference sort of way, they can legally use footage from it, and that adds content. I actually did a sound byte for top 5 fight scenes - we all did - some sort of promo insert like the stuff they are putting out with Danny right now. It was just like the hosting soundbyte for 36 Chambers I did last year (that was never shown - RZA is the current host and I can't out rap him). 20/20 hindsight - I should've just done the top 5 Shaw Brothers films or I should've referenced Rashomon. I can't really remember what I said now - I think I referenced Dirty Ho because I love that title and the wine cup fight in it.
And of course, there's do-overs. There was one line in the Japanese episode - I'll have to see it again to remember assuming it made it from the rough cut to the final - Marko had to do it like a dozen times because his accent kept making it sound off. But it was his line. It's all our lines. It's a genuine conversation we have, although edited down from something that's much longer. Our War Room chats usually take a good 2+ hours to shoot, half of which might be breaks from the directors and such, but the rest is authentic dialog.
So I asked Asia from VRV more about Season 2. Here's what she (he?) replied:
I think I'm talkin to a bot.
I'm in 5 episodes in Season 1 and 4 in this Season. My IMDB is all messed up because it credits me separately for the Independent Lens documentary I worked on back in 2003. I was credited as a producer and a consultant and there are two disconnected credits for me on IMDB, and those aren't connected to my Man at Arms work. I don't know how to fix that and I'm not bothering to invest in IMDB Pro.
As for the copy, no one writes it. If we were scripted, we'd have to abide by union rules. That's the loophole with reality TV - why it's cheaper and therefore more abundant (and running our government now, but that's another tale). Of course, we know what the weapons will be months in advance - except for Danny (actually I'm not sure if Marko and Crystal know either) so we can research them. The makers make them weeks before I arrive on set, so they know. And Da'Mon and I are involved in some of the history process. The showrunners have a research team, and we are very much a part of that, especially with finding resources within our martial communities. For example, Kevin, the Naginata champ, was actually from SJSU Dojo. I didn't know him, but I lead the team to his present sensei through references from my old SJSU senseis. It was really delightful to meet him because he caught me up on many of our old dojomates (I dropped out of that scene after grad school) and I regaled him of tales of sparring (really just getting my arse kicked) by SJSU's head sensei, who no longer sparred by the time he joined.
But back to the show, sometimes they'll give us a talking point or two to make, but it's not a full line, it's just a prompt like 'say something about the Samurai'. The timing is all ours, neatened up by some judicious editing. As for the movie references, they always ask for a few movies, classic and contemporary. If we mention the movies in a reference sort of way, they can legally use footage from it, and that adds content. I actually did a sound byte for top 5 fight scenes - we all did - some sort of promo insert like the stuff they are putting out with Danny right now. It was just like the hosting soundbyte for 36 Chambers I did last year (that was never shown - RZA is the current host and I can't out rap him). 20/20 hindsight - I should've just done the top 5 Shaw Brothers films or I should've referenced Rashomon. I can't really remember what I said now - I think I referenced Dirty Ho because I love that title and the wine cup fight in it.
And of course, there's do-overs. There was one line in the Japanese episode - I'll have to see it again to remember assuming it made it from the rough cut to the final - Marko had to do it like a dozen times because his accent kept making it sound off. But it was his line. It's all our lines. It's a genuine conversation we have, although edited down from something that's much longer. Our War Room chats usually take a good 2+ hours to shoot, half of which might be breaks from the directors and such, but the rest is authentic dialog.
So I asked Asia from VRV more about Season 2. Here's what she (he?) replied:
Quote:Hey!
Thanks for the suggestion! I'll forward this to our content department!
Best wishes,
Asia,
Customer service
I think I'm talkin to a bot.
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