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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisSumner" data-source="post: 419587" data-attributes="member: 759">Some tidbits about filming from Karla Mosley&#039;s interview with Michael Fairman:She mentioned that when they started filming they didn&#039;t have their custom lighting which was being flown in from Germany. That explains why the first episode was lit so much brighter than the other episodes. She said after their first week they filmed what felt like 17 episodes in one week. My guess is this was mostly reshoots due to the early technical issues. They&#039;ve now settled into filming 5-7 episodes a week and have found their creative groove.Tamara Tunie also mentioned in her press interviews that she sent a letter to the entire cast and crew with rules of how to be successful on a soap opera. With them filming in Atlanta, the majority of the cast doesn&#039;t have soap experience and probably never even looked into how soaps filmed. When in LA or in the past NY, many would&#039;ve at least had experience working as an extra on one. I thought that was a smart thing for her to do and I think we&#039;ll see improvements in some of the newer actors performances once they get the hang of it.Another thing that EP Sheila Ducksworth revealed is that they are currently filming end of April/beginning of May and that the stuff they have planned is going to be must see tv. I thought this was interesting because this is going to be their first full sweeps period. Some of the US soaps ignore soaps these days so I&#039;m excited to&nbsp; see they actually have plans to give us something special.If there is one thing the other soaps could take from BTG, I&#039;d say they need to just go for it storywise. I look at a show like General Hospital which I do enjoy. GH can set up wonderful storylines and potential secrets and pairings but they always seem so cautious and end up dragging things out and sometimes never even following through with it. I love that so far BTG is going there, like with Dani and the gun. The typical thing to do would&#039;ve been to make that a dream sequence or have someone get shot in the struggle. I&#039;m glad they made it a real thing and that the characters had to deal with the fallout from doing that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ChrisSumner, post: 419587, member: 759"] Some tidbits about filming from Karla Mosley's interview with Michael Fairman: She mentioned that when they started filming they didn't have their custom lighting which was being flown in from Germany. That explains why the first episode was lit so much brighter than the other episodes. She said after their first week they filmed what felt like 17 episodes in one week. My guess is this was mostly reshoots due to the early technical issues. They've now settled into filming 5-7 episodes a week and have found their creative groove. Tamara Tunie also mentioned in her press interviews that she sent a letter to the entire cast and crew with rules of how to be successful on a soap opera. With them filming in Atlanta, the majority of the cast doesn't have soap experience and probably never even looked into how soaps filmed. When in LA or in the past NY, many would've at least had experience working as an extra on one. I thought that was a smart thing for her to do and I think we'll see improvements in some of the newer actors performances once they get the hang of it. Another thing that EP Sheila Ducksworth revealed is that they are currently filming end of April/beginning of May and that the stuff they have planned is going to be must see tv. I thought this was interesting because this is going to be their first full sweeps period. Some of the US soaps ignore soaps these days so I'm excited to see they actually have plans to give us something special. If there is one thing the other soaps could take from BTG, I'd say they need to just go for it storywise. I look at a show like General Hospital which I do enjoy. GH can set up wonderful storylines and potential secrets and pairings but they always seem so cautious and end up dragging things out and sometimes never even following through with it. I love that so far BTG is going there, like with Dani and the gun. The typical thing to do would've been to make that a dream sequence or have someone get shot in the struggle. I'm glad they made it a real thing and that the characters had to deal with the fallout from doing that. [/QUOTE]

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