{"id":17606,"date":"2013-01-23T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-23T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/?p=17606"},"modified":"2018-07-27T04:56:59","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T08:56:59","slug":"tim-mcgraw-is-ready-for-some-thanksgiving-day-football-are-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/2013\/tim-mcgraw-is-ready-for-some-thanksgiving-day-football-are-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you ready for some football? Our Nashville crew shoots a Thanksgiving promo with Tim McGraw"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Are you ready for some football? \u00a0Well, I sure am! \u00a0There’s nothing like watching some football on Thanksgiving day. \u00a0I wonder how I could kick that up a notch? \u00a0Oh, how about shooting the Cowboys VS Redskins teaser with Tim McGraw for Fox Sports that will air on Thanksgiving Day? \u00a0Yeah, that will definitely work.<\/p>\n

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For the wide shot we used the 32mm Arri Ultra Prime lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I was so excited to be shooting for Fox Sports again. \u00a0I love shooting for these guys! \u00a0This time around we were shooting the teaser for the Cowboys VS Redskins game. \u00a0They wanted a “homey, seasonal look, but not too Thanksgiving-ish.” \u00a0Basically we ended up creating Tim McGraw’s living room. \u00a0We shot in a local restaurant that had a killer fireplace. \u00a0Once we had the fireplace down it was up to me and the art designer to create a livable looking space. \u00a0We brought in a lazy-boy recliner, some book shelfs, a coffee table, a lamp, and some other items to make Mr. McGraw and the viewers feel right at home.<\/p>\n

Once the set was in place it was time to light it. \u00a0I was shooting on the Sony F3 and had the 32, 50, and 85mm Arri Ultra Prime lenses to work with. \u00a0I used a 400w Keno Diva Flo as the key light. \u00a0We had to position it a bit lower to accommodate for Tim McGraw’s cowboy hat. \u00a0From the far left I positioned a 200w Keno Diva Flo to act as a fill. \u00a0This fixture gave his face just a kiss of light. \u00a0The back light was positioned behind the book shelf that is next to the fireplace. \u00a0I then brought out the Arri 650w to hit the fireplace. \u00a0A few Arri 150w lights were then used to highlight certain areas like the coffee table and book shelfs. \u00a0Once we got the gas fire cooking we were in business.<\/p>\n

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For the close up shot we used the 85mm Arri Ultra Prime lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To give the shot some movement the MYT slider was brought in. \u00a0I love using this tool. \u00a0It’s easy to set up and operate. \u00a0Hell, all you have to do is push it or pull it. \u00a0Ha! \u00a0After about two hours and a whole lot of tweaking we were ready to hit record. \u00a0For the first few takes I used the 32mm Arri Ultra Prime lens. \u00a0We then moved on to the 85mm lens to get a tighter shot. \u00a0We also got a few cut away shots such as a tilt up from Tim McGraw’s boots to his face and from the fireplace to his face.<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long to get what we needed. \u00a0Just when we were about to wrap Mr. McGraw wanted to try the script while chowing down on some pumpkin pie. \u00a0Yeah, that sounds good! \u00a0So he started eating pie and we did a few more takes. \u00a0Tim McGraw was such a pleasure to work with. \u00a0He was friendly and professional, he even told some jokes as we reset for another shot.<\/p>\n

Eventually we called it a day and Tim McGraw left the building, probably off to spend some quality time with Faith Hill. \u00a0I’m pretty sure he ate about half the pumpkin pie. \u00a0I got a few shots of set items such as the fireplace, the NFL on FOX football helmet, and a trophy before we started breaking down the set. \u00a0While the crew started striking I got the footage transfer going on the producer’s hard drive. \u00a0Before I knew it everything was packed up and we were saying our goodbyes. \u00a0Be sure to catch the teaser with Tim McGraw on FOX around 4pm EST Thanksgiving Day!<\/p>\n

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The NFL is on FOX incase you forgot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The only thing missing is Tim McGraw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Are you ready for some football? \u00a0Well, I sure am! \u00a0There’s nothing like watching some football on Thanksgiving day. \u00a0I wonder how I could kick that up a notch? \u00a0Oh, how about shooting the Cowboys VS Redskins teaser with Tim McGraw for Fox Sports that will air on Thanksgiving Day? \u00a0Yeah, that will definitely work. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":24529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[1542,1015,1160,163,71,117,1956],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17606"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34110,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17606\/revisions\/34110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/120.72.95.94:55167\/assignmentdesk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}