BAD MARIA MEDIA

This project was the first and only attempt at a weekly television series. The producer was often the director and the host, and the pace and pressure of creating a new episode in seven days eventually took its toll, and he experienced burnout. Seasoned producers at the station had cautioned about the difficulty of such…

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This project had many coordinated logistical and technical details squeezed into a short timeframe. Each live show needed to be ready for the air in three hours, regardless of how prepared it was or not.

This project took some figuring out after the creator wanted to step back from doing all the voices in a script to reading just the narration. The first performances and narrations were recorded in studio with a Yeti microphone on an arm with a pop screen. Later, voice actors were directed remotely with a phone…

This project saw the hosts soundproofing their bedroom with foam from a crafts thrift store, and recording audio for the podcast version with vintage electronics before moving to broadcast software for the web series.

This project recorded the poets in person through a basement setup. One musician played his parts there, while the others performed on their own and sent in audio files.

This project involved designing a portable blackout hood to keep out reflections. Video was recorded with FLip video cameras, and audio was captured with a Sony mini-disc recorder and Radio Shack stereo microphone.