So I’ve been thinking lately that perhaps I should spruce up the soundstage upon which I record Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend which is located on a lot in Culver City though it’s designed to look like my living room in New York. It’s amazing what they can do with two pieces of foam board and a dream! So I wanted to ask you guys:
1) If anything were possible, what kind of set should have I have?
2) Give that not much is possible, realistically, do you have any fun ideas for things I could do to make it all more visually exciting? Here are some considerations: I’m poor, I’m lazy, I’m only one person, I actually live here when I’m not doing the show, I’m not zoned for cannons
I still stand by my recommendation where you have in-person interviews on the couch. Having you and the guest lean over the laptop to read the chat breaks the flow of things.
Two Letters: 3 & D
I’m thinking something akin to the set used for the big “Begin the Beguine” dance number finale from “Broadway Melody of 1940” ( http://is.gd/b3UvP )… understated, yet elegant.
And that Eleanor Powell… what a doll!!!
I don’t know if you’ve ever seen the Van Halen video for Hot For Teacher, but there is a part of the video where a young woman in a bikini makes a grand entrance into the classroom from behind a wall of sparkling paper streamers (I’m guessing it’s paper). Anyway to see what I mean, the streamers I am talking about are at 1:42-44 of the Van Halen video. You can view it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18
I am picturing the streamers hanging from the ceiling directly behind where you normally would sit. When you have guests, they can make an “grand entrance” of their own, perhaps? I’m not suggesting anyone wear a bikini; I am only suggesting the streamers that hang from the ceiling….
A one piece bathing suit would be ok if you have Nevada Caldwell as a guest again. I swear I am not stalking her, but occasionally hope that she will spontaneously ask me out for a date just cuz she liked one of my tweets that mentioned her…. Yes, a man can dream!
Begin the Beguine!!! HaHaHa! Ted, my grandfather would have loved you!
To be honest, I kind of like it as is. I’m sure that’s not what you were looking for. Where else should we be hanging out with our new best friend, but at home? Including leaning over the computer, sorry Skawt! Low budget is fun. I’d milk that angle.
I like the “set” the way it is. Part of the appeal for me is this isn’t anything fancy, and really it’s more about you than the set. The only thing that I have mentioned a few times during the show is that you have a studio audience. Basically 3 people on the couch, maybe 4 if they are skinny. If it were me I really wouldn’t want a bunch of strangers knowing where I lived, even if it were on a sound stage, so I’d pick friends. I think it would be pretty funny and dove tail into the charm of the show, small, homey and funny.
I’m an old soul… a product of watching too much TCM… oh, and the alcohol abuse and self-loathing.
Keep it real, girl. You start to lose the appeal if you want phony it up. Or paint an entire wall green and green-screen yourself in different locations every week. NICE AND CHEAP! 😛
The set is fine, you just need some backup singers: http://tinyurl.com/ydtu5dw
I still stand by my recommendation where you have in-person interviews on the couch. Having you and the guest lean over the laptop to read the chat breaks the flow of things.
Two Letters: 3 & D
I'm thinking something akin to the set used for the big “Begin the Beguine” dance number finale from “Broadway Melody of 1940” ( http://is.gd/b3UvP )… understated, yet elegant.
And that Eleanor Powell… what a doll!!!
I don't know if you've ever seen the Van Halen video for Hot For Teacher, but there is a part of the video where a young woman in a bikini makes a grand entrance into the classroom from behind a wall of sparkling paper streamers (I'm guessing it's paper). Anyway to see what I mean, the streamers I am talking about are at 1:42-44 of the Van Halen video. You can view it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4GZFbCqx18
I am picturing the streamers hanging from the ceiling directly behind where you normally would sit. When you have guests, they can make an “grand entrance” of their own, perhaps? I'm not suggesting anyone wear a bikini; I am only suggesting the streamers that hang from the ceiling….
A one piece bathing suit would be ok if you have Nevada Caldwell as a guest again. I swear I am not stalking her, but occasionally hope that she will spontaneously ask me out for a date just cuz she liked one of my tweets that mentioned her…. Yes, a man can dream!
Begin the Beguine!!! HaHaHa! Ted, my grandfather would have loved you!
To be honest, I kind of like it as is. I'm sure that's not what you were looking for. Where else should we be hanging out with our new best friend, but at home? Including leaning over the computer, sorry Skawt! Low budget is fun. I'd milk that angle.
I like the “set” the way it is. Part of the appeal for me is this isn't anything fancy, and really it's more about you than the set. The only thing that I have mentioned a few times during the show is that you have a studio audience. Basically 3 people on the couch, maybe 4 if they are skinny. If it were me I really wouldn't want a bunch of strangers knowing where I lived, even if it were on a sound stage, so I'd pick friends. I think it would be pretty funny and dove tail into the charm of the show, small, homey and funny.
I'm an old soul… a product of watching too much TCM… oh, and the alcohol abuse and self-loathing.
Keep it real, girl. You start to lose the appeal if you want phony it up. Or paint an entire wall green and green-screen yourself in different locations every week. NICE AND CHEAP! 😛
The set is fine, you just need some backup singers: http://tinyurl.com/ydtu5dw
A huge Jacuzzi full of ducklings.
A huge Jacuzzi full of ducklings.