Technical Difficulties 5

Rainy days are an great opportunity to catch up on the important things in life. Or you could just write irate letters.

This sketch (by Alex) was shot way back in November in preparation for the next Pick N Mix, hence the three separate sections, but it’ll be a while before we’ve filmed enough Pick N Mix skits and we reckon this one’s strong enough to be a TechDiff.

It’s not actually a technical problem that’s delaying the next video – another Dear God WHY – just some non-video-related shenanigans. (Nothing nasty, nothing exciting, just life being busy.) It should be worth the wait, though, for fans of the Devour video. I’ve tried to take all the positive feedback from last time on board, and Jack in particular had a lot of interesting stuff to say about this film. I won’t spoil which film it is, but I’ll give you a clue: it was filmed in Detroit.*

-M

* Not a very good clue.

The Other Side

Every home is hiding something strange, terrible and unexpected. In Jack’s house, it’s Alex.

This week’s sketch is the last of three that Alex wrote in a fairly short space of time to make good use of limited resources. Bath Time only required two people and the streets of Bath, it was easy to film On Board since we were genuinely at Jack’s house in that room playing D&D, and The Other Side was another two-person conversational sketch set in the most convenient shooting location. Funnily enough, two out of those three ended up becoming collaborations involving multiple filming/recording sessions! This week the huge thanks go to Leon and Alistair for readily agreeing to fill the roles of two strangers.

Alistair is an indie game developer who makes highly regarded iPad games. Check them out. Even if you have no money and your house just went up in flames, the single-player iPhone version of Greedy Bankers is free! FREE, I tell you!

Outtakes 10: Rhyming Again

Not to be confused with takeouts. Or stakeouts. Or steak houses. Or fish and chip shops. Or actual fish.

More outtakes! A little on the long side, but I’ve finally sorted through all the raw footage for the videos I edited and there are at least two hours of great outtakes available, so I reckon seven minutes is a reasonable compromise. This week we have footage from Jamie’s half of Quit Raging, The Final Cut, Food for Thought and A Saur Point. I don’t want to keep dwelling on really old videos like Quit Raging, but last time I put together some outtakes I ran out of time to hunt down the best bits. Plus Glass Houses will have its own separate making-of/outtakes video, so that’s off the table for now.

Probably the most exciting thing about this video for me is the creation of (potentially) a new ongoing series! (You’ll know it when you see it.) Not bad for an outtakes video.

Hope all’s well with you! If not, punch a fool.*

-M

* This advice is not offically endorsed by What Have You Media.

On Board

 

Roll a 20-Sided Dice to see how much you enjoyed this sketch. Don’t forget to add +3 for our natural charisma.

This video marks the second appearance of our pal Alistair, as well as the first appearance of Jack’s brand new swingin’ bachelor pad, that he lives in with his girlfriend, Izzi.

All the West-Country What Have You crew have been getting together to play RPGs for a while, and we thought it was time to bring our hobby to the small screen. The script for this was written by Alex, and made comprehensible by Mike.

 

Alex Hoyle: Live at The Cube Cinema

Last month, Alex did some stand-up at The Comedy Combo, a lovely stand-up night at The Cube Cinema in Bristol. On the night, Dave Taylor (a volunteer at The Cube) was nice enough to record Alex’s set, and let us have a copy.

NB: Dave was also the one who put the bumpers on the start and end of the video. That wasn’t just Alex trying to brag that he’d sold out the night.

Bath Time

A guided tour of Bath, with special guest star Dale Friesen!

(For those of you playing the WHY drinking game, cheers!)

Dale (or, as I like to call him, ‘D-Man’ -Alex) very kindly offered his services as a guest voice-over artist when Vikkie met him back in November. We were all super excited to have such a great voice talent involved with WHY, but we didn’t have anything suitable in production at the time, so we had to twiddle our thumbs impatiently until the opportunity came along.

That opportunity came in January, after Alex and Mike spent a fun afternoon walking around Bath (or, as I like to call it, ‘B-Money’ -Alex) finding pretty/ridiculous landmarks to film Mike standing in front of. We were intending to use Alex for the voiceover right up until a few days before the video was due to go up, when Mike thought of Dale’s offer and started running around in circles like an excited puppy at the prospect of getting him on board. Dale was happy to help, so naturally there followed a massive panic over what to upload instead.

Thanks, Dale! We really appreciate all the thought and effort you put in.

Brain Storm

This is what happens when you leave Alex alone in his house with a camera, and ask him to make a video happen.

Eagle-eyed viewers will be able to spot a new crew member, our friend Alistair. Especially eagle-eyed viewers will be able to spot the second appearance of a recent guest star, who shall remain nameless.