Weekly Video Review
After much success and disappointment from hosting live talk shows in his hometown Tampa, FL, this seeker relocated to Los Angeles, CA on September 19, 2010 to begin an epic journey that does not consist of a plan B. Virtually unknown in the entertainment industry, this brave man is in pursuit of one goal & purpose; to become a nationally syndicated late night talk show host. This is the quest of Motown Maurice. Remember his name, for he is The Future of Late Night Television.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Official 1st Episode Shoot (aka also Episode 2)
Post Represents: Friday, October 19, 2012
After this shoot, the first episode of The Late Night Experiment web series became official. Last week was the planned 1st episode shoot but due to improper capturing of the audio it had to tossed. Which ended up being the best thing that could of happened to the project. I certainly believe the audio mishap happened for the best. Over the years, I've learned how to make the best out of adversity. Not long after I found out about the audio setback last week, I took a moment to reevaluate and simplify the production by focusing on the most important components (talk about deja vu). Initially I was planning to shoot 10 episodes to complete the first season by Christmas. That was super crazy ambitious. Post the audio disaster, reality sunk with a list of new ideas. Now I'm shooting 5 episodes and the week before each episode I'll be releasing an episode teaser/commercial. This plan is much more creatively manageable. Through it all, the audio catastrophe became an production blessing.
Here is a snippet of the email I sent to my team upon making the decision to shoot episode 1 over again.
Reevaluating after a mishap and making the product better seem to be a common trend lately. Moreover, I took a lot more photos last week. I didn't take as many photos/videos at this shoot because I wanted to stay focused on getting it down.
Video (1) Here:
After this shoot, the first episode of The Late Night Experiment web series became official. Last week was the planned 1st episode shoot but due to improper capturing of the audio it had to tossed. Which ended up being the best thing that could of happened to the project. I certainly believe the audio mishap happened for the best. Over the years, I've learned how to make the best out of adversity. Not long after I found out about the audio setback last week, I took a moment to reevaluate and simplify the production by focusing on the most important components (talk about deja vu). Initially I was planning to shoot 10 episodes to complete the first season by Christmas. That was super crazy ambitious. Post the audio disaster, reality sunk with a list of new ideas. Now I'm shooting 5 episodes and the week before each episode I'll be releasing an episode teaser/commercial. This plan is much more creatively manageable. Through it all, the audio catastrophe became an production blessing.
Here is a snippet of the email I sent to my team upon making the decision to shoot episode 1 over again.
Allow me to tell you a story. November of last year, myself, Kevin Boot and a wonderful young lady named Raewyn Bailey set off to produce a 5 commercials for the 2011-2012 Doritos Crash The Super Bowl Contest. We shot 5 commercials in one day and moments after we wrapped, our hard drive fell while it was transferring footage. It was devastating. We had only two options. We could give up or reshoot. Thankfully, we had some of the footage on memory cards but a lot of it was lost. In the end, shooting over was the best thing that ever happened to us. Some of our original footage wasn't the best and we mastered what we really wanted in the reshoot.The Doritos Story: http://www.motownmaurice.blogspot.com/p/doritos-crash-super-bowl-2012.htmlI'm mentioning all of this because we had a audio technical difficulty on Friday. It wasn't captured properly. Although, the internal mics on the camera picked up the sound decently well, I had the opportunity to reevaluate our project and I came up with many more great simplistic ideas. With that being said, lets count what we did on Friday as a rehearsal and we'll reshoot episode 1 this Friday.I have also decided to only shoot 5 episodes to complete our first season.I'm even more excited then before.Note: To all the actors, review your scripts because we're shooting over and its going to be so much better.
Reevaluating after a mishap and making the product better seem to be a common trend lately. Moreover, I took a lot more photos last week. I didn't take as many photos/videos at this shoot because I wanted to stay focused on getting it down.
Video (1) Here:
Friday, October 19, 2012
Lessons In Love (All Day, All Night)
This video was released about 3 days ago and no one has noticed me as of yet but I'm proud to have located it myself.
Scene Locations: 1:07, 1:11, 1:46, 1:51, 1:56, 2:32, 3:12, 3:23, 3:25, 3:32, 3:39, 4:01, 4:07
...Not including all the scenes where you can see the back of my head.
In recent weeks there have been some anticipation for the video.
A lot of behind the scenes footage starting becoming available (The link below links to recent behind the scenes footage) and I was Facebook tagged by a fellow cast member Pandie Sg with the photo above.
Overall, I'm happy with my exposure in the video. I have nothing complain about. I can't complain as I did in the previous Neon Tree's video I was in. lol,
I'm very happy. Thank you Neon Trees.
Previous Related:
Neon Trees is Full of Surprises
As the quest continues...
The Future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
Scene Locations: 1:07, 1:11, 1:46, 1:51, 1:56, 2:32, 3:12, 3:23, 3:25, 3:32, 3:39, 4:01, 4:07
...Not including all the scenes where you can see the back of my head.
In recent weeks there have been some anticipation for the video.
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| Lessons In Love, Neon Trees behind the scenes with Buzznet.com |
A lot of behind the scenes footage starting becoming available (The link below links to recent behind the scenes footage) and I was Facebook tagged by a fellow cast member Pandie Sg with the photo above.
Overall, I'm happy with my exposure in the video. I have nothing complain about. I can't complain as I did in the previous Neon Tree's video I was in. lol,
I'm very happy. Thank you Neon Trees.
Previous Related:
Neon Trees is Full of Surprises
As the quest continues...
The Future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Bing Originals: Supper Club
I honestly thought I would of never seen this commercial. This past Saturday, I ran into Nassali who I met at the shoot in May, and she told me how to find it on youtube. We took a photo together at the shoot and she discovered the photo and left a comment on my blog on Oct. 11th. Ironically, two days later we saw each other for the first time since at the HBCU party.
Surprising enough. I can somewhat be seen in the commercial.
Scene Locations: 0:13, 0:14 & 16
Final Thoughts
I remember them liking my look and asked me to stand and walk in a few scenes. No one I know noticed me but I certainly pointed myself out.
Related:
Bing - Supper Club Extra
Without Swag, Non-Swag-able...(Video # 3)
As the quest continues...
The Future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
Surprising enough. I can somewhat be seen in the commercial.
Scene Locations: 0:13, 0:14 & 16
Final Thoughts
I remember them liking my look and asked me to stand and walk in a few scenes. No one I know noticed me but I certainly pointed myself out.
Related:
Bing - Supper Club Extra
Without Swag, Non-Swag-able...(Video # 3)
As the quest continues...
The Future of Late Night
Motown Maurice
Without Swag, Non-Swag-able Swag-less (HBCU Party)
Post Represents: Saturday, October 14, 2012
Video (1) Here:
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| The Juice Crew Presents: School Daze - HBCU Party of the Year. Rooftop 3100 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA |
Out of the Program...
Post Represents: Saturday, October 13, 2012
Qishanda recruited us to create a skit and perform it in front of a few big wigs today. Her aunt is connected to a particular program. We've been rehearsing the skit for the past couple of weeks. However, a couple of hours before it was time to leave we were informed that they took us out of the program. Oh well...The photo was too was well worth the preparation
Video (1) Here:
Qishanda recruited us to create a skit and perform it in front of a few big wigs today. Her aunt is connected to a particular program. We've been rehearsing the skit for the past couple of weeks. However, a couple of hours before it was time to leave we were informed that they took us out of the program. Oh well...The photo was too was well worth the preparation
Video (1) Here:
1st Episode...I Mean First Rehearsal
Post Represents: Friday, October 12, 2012
There is no reason to hold back. The shoot was fantastic. The energy and excitement from everyone was phenomenal. Unfortunately, the audio wasn't recorded properly. However, this set back became a set up for a wave of ideas to simplify the project. Therefore, I decided to focus on producing 5 episodes instead of 10. I also decided to use 30 seconds to a minute of each episode as a commercial to fulfill my goals on Tuesdays. I'm not worried about this mishap at all. In addition, I also plan to perform 100 times better in the next shoot, next Friday.
Video (1) Here:
There is no reason to hold back. The shoot was fantastic. The energy and excitement from everyone was phenomenal. Unfortunately, the audio wasn't recorded properly. However, this set back became a set up for a wave of ideas to simplify the project. Therefore, I decided to focus on producing 5 episodes instead of 10. I also decided to use 30 seconds to a minute of each episode as a commercial to fulfill my goals on Tuesdays. I'm not worried about this mishap at all. In addition, I also plan to perform 100 times better in the next shoot, next Friday.
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| The Late Night Experiment Episode 1 Shoot aka 1st Rehearsal Behind The Scenes. |
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