Microwave Show: Behind The Scenes Special - The FAQ Video!
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?
The Behind The Scenes Special
2009 REMIX Edition!
Join host Jonathan Paula as he takes you behind the scenes of “Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?” - to ONCE AGAIN answer some of your most frequently asked questions, on location from beautiful Hollywood, California!
Information on the REMIX edition:
This Behind The Scenes Special was originally filmed and released in April, 2008. I have gone back to the master tapes and re-edited the video into this new version, complete with new footage, new questions, and updated information on the show.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS… and the answers!
Q: What have you already microwaved?
A: Click here: http://tinyurl.com/TMSList
Q: Who are you guys?
A: I am Jonathan Paula - I produce, edit, direct, co-host, film, and control this YouTube account; Jory Caron is the host, Riley McIlwain is the sidekick, and still-photographer.
Q: Age, location, jobs?
A: I’m 23, I live in Quincy MA - and YouTube is my full-time job - I graduated Emerson College in 2008 with a degree in Television Production & Radio Broadcasting. Jory is 21, he lives in Roxbury, MA, and also lives off of our joint YouTube profits - he dropped out of Emerson in 2008. Riley is 18 and lives in Lynn, MA - he’s still in high school.
Q: What’s the history behind the show?
A: We found a bunch of microwaves… and wanted to “test” one of them.
Q: Where do you get the microwaves, how to pay for them all?
A: I buy them used on Craigslist.com for around $30 each - the show’s budget pays for them.
Q: Where do you film?
A: In a specially made tent-area in my parent’s backyard in Nahant, MA.
Q: When do you film?
A: We film each season of the show all-at-once over the course of a long 3-day weekend. Typically, production for 35 episodes takes about 12 hours a day, 3-days in a row.
Q: Is the show scripted or improvised?
A: The introduction skits are pre-rehearsed, but mostly the show is improvised by us on the spot.
Q: What software do you edit your videos on?
A: Programs from the Adobe CS4 Master Suite: Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Photoshop
Q: What equipment/cameras do you use?
A: The show is shot using 3 cameras: My DVX-100b for the main angle with Sennheiner ME66 shotgun-mic for the main audio; a Canon Elura-100 for the microwave-angle attached to a dangling proximity mic for the microwave’s audio, and a Canon S3-IS for Riley’s sidekick-cam - that we don’t use the audio from.
Q: Do you get paid to make this show?
A: No, not exactly… but we do earn revenue through YouTube advertisements thanks to the Partner Program. We make enough for this to be our full-time jobs, and to live comfortably on it.
Q: How do you get those banner graphics, and video thumbnails?
A: I am a YouTube Partner - besides getting paid, we get special perks: YouTube.com/partners
Q: How many microwaves have you used?
A: 13 (so far): Unnamed, Diane, Sandra, Helga, Lacey, Vanessa, Tracy, Whoopi, Jasmine, Susan, Beatrice, Jackie, and Samantha.
Q: How do I donate something to the show?
A: Please send me a private message here on YouTube. Please specify what you’d like to send in your initial message… don’t tell me, “I’ve got something cool to donate” - tell me exactly what is is.
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Check out the episodes featured in this special:
Jonny’s Leftover Emporium:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm1E04oWZm8
Microwave A Light Bulb:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I294xoqGcE
The original Behind The Scenes Special:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDPlDgIHtlw
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Starring: Jonathan Paula
Filmed by: Ezra Horne, Joe Collesano, Rebecca Fitzgerald, & Riley McIlwain
Original Footage featuring: Jory Caron, Riley McIlwain
Edited & Produced by: Jonathan Paula
An ideo Production - © 2009 / 2008
Duration : 0:7:28
The “Is It A Good Idea To Microwave This?” guys travel to New York City for 3 days to meet their loyal viewers, MicroKnights - and hang out with lots of other famous YouTubers!
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