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Hot Cheap Comedy

The Gazette

A Hot Cheap Comedy sketch produced with The Studio Creative in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Written and performed by an ensemble of current and former pro wrestlers with sketch training out of Second City Chicago.

Behind the scenesHybrid Newsroom Set With One Real Wall: The Gazette

How this one was made

One side of the table is a practical masthead wall, the other side is green. Same table, two worlds, shot in one session.

Cameras

  • Sony FX3
  • Sony FX30

Lenses

  • Sony 24 to 70mm G Master II

Audio

  • Sennheiser EW-D wireless systems
  • Rode NTG-2 shotgun microphones
  • Focusrite Scarlett 4i4

Lighting

  • Aputure LS 600c Pro
  • Aputure LS 600c Pro II
  • Aputure F22x flexible light
  • Aputure F21 100W flexible light
  • Datouboss studio ceiling rail system

Live switching

  • Roland VR-4HD mixer and switcher
  • Hollyland Mars M1 wireless monitor
  • Blackmagic HyperDeck 4K recorder
  • Stream Deck

Backdrop

  • Curved LED video wall

Post

  • Adobe Premiere Pro (the edit)
  • DaVinci Resolve Studio (color and finishing)

Before the shoot: Studio Projects, our own software. It takes the script, breaks it down scene by scene with a visual example for each one, describes every character, builds a shot list per performer, and generates the background images that replace the green screen. Ask us about it.

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