Ask Junior...

[ToolFanFromWayBack]

Where you able to pick up enough TV work to keep you busy? Plus just saying howdy...

[junior]

Where you able to pick up enough TV work to keep you busy? Plus just saying howdy...

I was doing 11 hours a day on a show ("The Masked Singer") nearly every day for the past 6 weeks, and just didn't have much downtime, so haven't been very active here. Plus, there hasn't been much to talk about.
I was working on the "2nd Unit" shooting all of the non-performance content (another crew does the performances). We shot all of the clue packages and everything else that isn't part of the performances: show openings, footage of the "Men in Black" polishing the costumes backstage, promos, interviews, some green-screen stuff, and mostly sets with virtual scenery behind the characters on a 20' tall 4000x1600 curved LED video screen. If you've seen any of the "making of" videos for "The Mandalorian", it was kinda like that, but on a much smaller scale. Much, much smaller, but similar process.

[Spoonman]

This TV show is very, very succesful in Germany.

Wish you all the best, man!

[junior]

This TV show is very, very succesful in Germany.

Wish you all the best, man!

It does quite well in the US, as well. I think there are localized versions in a number of countries, but it started in South Korea.

[tys0n]

It must be nice to work on a something that actually celebrates great music compared to your day job with Tool.

[ms2r]

We have it in the Netherlands as well.

[bob]

the curved screen they use in The Mandalorian is awesome. ''the volume'' they call it. do lights for that show!

[junior]

It must be nice to work on a something that actually celebrates great music compared to your day job with Tool.

Yeah. There are some scorchers on that show. There's no singing on the stage I work on, though, so we're spared of it.

[junior]

the curved screen they use in The Mandalorian is awesome. ''the volume'' they call it. do lights for that show!

Yeah, it is. It's way more technologically advanced than what we are doing at this show. I think it has bi-directional communication with the cameras and changes perspective on the fly. Looks pretty cool, anyway. I know a few people who've worked on it.

The touring industry and the TV industry have very little overlap of personnel. There are some who do both, but it's kinda rare. And they both have very separate ladders to climb. 30+ years of experience in touring doesn't mean much to most TV folks, so I'm not connected to gigs like that one.

[rinkwhopper]

A guy I went to college with does work on that show. He's a motion designer, and it has something to do with "simulation backgrounds"... it's all Greek to me.

[ToolFanFromWayBack]

That is good to read, Junior. Did they film in the states? I have read that a few shows (Name that Tune is one I can think of ) actually went to Australia so they could film with crowds.

[junior]

That is good to read, Junior. Did they film in the states? I have read that a few shows (Name that Tune is one I can think of ) actually went to Australia so they could film with crowds.

It was done in Hollywood. I think they might be re-using audience shots from a previous season. I never went over to the performance soundstage, so I can't confirm that, but I think it mentions it in the credits somewhere.

[junior]

A guy I went to college with does work on that show. He's a motion designer, and it has something to do with "simulation backgrounds"... it's all Greek to me.

It's pretty impressive tech. I'm sure someday it'll be as "quaint" as every new technology eventually becomes, but for now it's pretty cool.

[junior]

We have it in the Netherlands as well.

Not surprised. I think there are at least a dozen local versions.

[Bobby Bottleservice]

Happy Birthday Junior!!! You are getting a shout out on the Toolband site.

[nxrm]

Happy Birthday Junior!!! You are getting a shout out on the Toolband site.

Hear, hear! Happy Birthday Junior, and all the best to you!

[Spoonman]

Happy birthday, man!

Hope we'll be able to see your magic live soon again!

[junior]

Happy Birthday Junior!!! You are getting a shout out on the Toolband site.

Hear, hear! Happy Birthday Junior, and all the best to you!

Happy birthday, man!

Hope we'll be able to see your magic live soon again!

Thanks

[tys0n]

It must be pretty annoying being born on 4/20 when you're in the music biz.

[junior]

It must be pretty annoying being born on 4/20 when you're in the music biz.

It is.
At least I share the day with Carina.
And Hellboy.
And Hitler.

[Whowatchesthewampas]

Happy birthday Junior!!

[Bobby Bottleservice]

It must be pretty annoying being born on 4/20 when you're in the music biz.

It is.
At least I share the day with Carina. - happy birthday to Carina! (she will probably never see this) (Beautiful woman and excellent singer)
And Hellboy. - Happy birthday to you Hellboy!!
And Hitler. Happy birthday to Hitler/Trump! - Just kidding Hellboy, I couldn't help it. No politics here! Just a joke!

[nxrm]

It must be pretty annoying being born on 4/20 when you're in the music biz.

It is.
At least I share the day with Carina.
And Hellboy.
And Hitler.

[bob]

Juniors allergic to weed too or something like that, remember ? what a BURN that is. bad pun!

happy birthday dude! thanks for sharing your stories with us!

and its Hellboys b day too ? heavy birthdays,,Where it all happens! Thanks for this place HB, Happy birthday!

[junior]

Juniors allergic to weed too or something like that, remember ? what a BURN that is. bad pun!

happy birthday dude! thanks for sharing your stories with us!

and its Hellboys b day too ? heavy birthdays,,Where it all happens! Thanks for this place HB, Happy birthday!

His was like a week ago, or whatever it works out to in the Australian time-zone shift, but still the 20th.