TV Audition

So I completed my audition tape for Grill It! with Bobby Flay. Let me just say that it was an unbelievable learning experience. I am usually the one off camera, so it took me a while to get my game face on. And I now have a greater knowledge of sound, editing, the speed I talk at, having enough buffer space at the beginning and end of each take, and the importance of walking through what I am going to do before filming, even if it is done inside my head.

If I could, I would shoot the whole thing over again. Like life, we all wish for re-do's. It is totally second guessing yourself, except unlike real life, here you have options for fixing things. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with what I have, I just think it could be that much better. The video is supposed to be 3 minutes. I cut a grilled desert peaches recipe out and mine is still 3 1/2. In real time, my recipes take about 45 minutes, and editing that down to a comprehensible 3 minutes was a real challenge. Especially since I have only used iMovie once before, with minimal editing.

What recipe steps do you cut out? I could have made removing the leeks from the grill much faster, huh? I know you noticed the voice over. Should i have included the grilled peaches desert instead of the leeks? And anyone with any kitchen sanitation knowledge will notice when i break a cardinal rule. The trauma of self analysis. I now know why every TV host(ess) I have ever worked with is neurotic.

Special thanks to J., Eri, Erin(sorry I had to cut your work), Gail, and Alex(for wrangling the kids).

So here it is.