Yesterday, I went up to our new Geek and Sundry offices, and watched the current cuts of three Tabletop episodes, so I could offer notes and suggestions to our editors as they take hours of raw footage and turn it into the show.
I was reminded, again, how much our show is actually made in post-production. Sure, the playing of the game is important, but turning what we do on the set into something that’s entertaining to watch is much more complex and challenging than I ever expected. I’m grateful that we have the editorial team that we do, and I hope to have them back for the RPG show.
Speaking of the RPG show: I’m going to take the next three months off from acting (with a few exceptions) to work on that full time. I haven’t been this excited about writing and creating since I realized that the manuscript for Just A Geek was coming together into a cohesive story, and this time I actually know what I’m doing before I get started!
But first, I’m off to work on an audiobook today and tomorrow.
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Awesome Wil 🙂 rest well, and yeah, post-prod is a HUGE part of modern shows! it always feels nice to have someone talk about the people behind the curtains.
Well, there goes the Leverage Christmas Reunion Special.
I’m sure if Big Bang calls you’d make an exception.. maybe to revive Fun with Flags?
The post production work is massive! I have been relearning that over and over during Weather Zen. The TableTop crew definitely make the show shine.
Audiobooks, Geek and Sundry, acting opportunities, and a new RPG show? Everything’s coming up Wheaton…
Sounds like you have a lot going on. A break might be very good.
🙂 I’m amazed what work goes into editing.
Really looking forward to the RPG show! TableTop brought me back into tabletop gaming, let’s see what the RPG show will do… 🙂
“Everything’s coming up Wheaton…”
Ok… that made me think… and now I have to share my pain…
“Every thing is Wheaton! Everything is cool when your part of the Wil! Everything is Wheaton! When your living the Dream!”
You might want to be in touch with Webroot SecureAnywhere, which keeps telling me your site is “suspicious”.?????
Three months! Obviously I’ve been slacking off in doing prep for my games!
Really looking forward to the rpg show (& Dread for that matter)
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But it’s got moxie.
It doesn’t have moxie just because you say it has moxie. That isn’t how moxie works. Now if Wil Wheaton says it has moxie, no one is going to argue that here unless they are a dang fool.
Three months! Wow! Thanks so much for taking such care with the RPG show. I expected no less, but it is appreciated. Rock on, dude!
But … but … what if The Big Bang Theory needs you? Would you make an exception?
Okay, I just want to know what happened to Lardass. That’s it. Can’t find him on the internet.
All I know us that he didn’t have to pay to get into the contest.
Oh, he paid. They ALL paid in the end.
I’m looking forward to the rpg program. Can’t wait to find out which system you’re using.
So my possibly idiotic question is, who’s GMing? I have to admit, I rather liked in the Dragon Age episodes that you (Wil) were a player rather than running it. I suspect it’s because you do high-status so well (even if ironically) that it’s fun to see you taken down a peg. I wasn’t as invested in Chris Pramas.
Which has no relevance to the story/setting but everything to do with entertainment.
I am GMing the game, and I’m also one of the writers of the adventure, and designers of the setting.
Looking forward to the RPG show
Will there be a companion site/blog with the show? with a page/post per episode, that shows character sheets and brief recap of the episode. Something like podcasters do with each show.
I’m not sure, but that’s a very good idea. I think it’ll be a matter of logistics.
It might be worthwhile to examine sites like Obsidian Portal and see what they provide as a D&D organizational system. Some stripped-down version of that might be suitable. (Okay, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel: buy the core software from Obsidian Portal or whomever you think has the best solution, and reskin it for your purposes.) Whatever solution you think is cheapest in terms of time or money (whichever’s rarest).
Hmmmm…maybe this is how I can get my wife to approve of RPGs…put on a show (except this RPG would probably feature the ghost of Mickey Rooney (which is a detail that goes into my unwritten and unplanned urban fantasy novel…)).
True story, we had a Sir William of Wheaton as landed gentry in an RPG once. It was my fault. I am not sorry. I would do it again.
Giving it some tender loving care….and then publishing the RPG system sometime after. Your public service is recognized and appreciated. Just take care of yourself too. My advice? Drink more beer and sleep in. It does wonders for the creative mind.
As long as they don’t pull the same bullshit as the editors of Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge I’m not professional enough to notice any problems. Unsung heroes, really. 🙂
i hope BBT is one of the exceptions.
I’ve done a lot of editing on a lot of webseries, and Tabletop’s production value always blows me away. I’ve never wanted to work on a show as badly as I have Tabletop.