Our Top 3 Scariest Moments on Set

It’s Halloween, so pull out your sage, salt, and white candles! Today we’re talking about something truly spooky…our top 3 scariest moments on set! If you’ve been around production of any kind, you know things pretty much never go as planned. And sometimes, those “fun developments” can scare the pants off of you. Here are three very different kinds of “scary” that struck our sets like a witch’s evil spell. How did we survive? Listen now…if you dare! Production Can Be a Nightmare There are very few endeavors that have as many moving parts as producing a TV or film project. Working with a crew of 20 or 200? Either way, you’re trying to manage very different personalities, share a creative vision, keep on schedule, and above all, avoid disaster. But sometimes, no matter what you do, you end up in a living nightmare. One day you’ll laugh about it (maybe.) As we’ve learned over the years running Joke Productions together, there’s no telling what evil may lurk just around the corner! Just some of the “spooky” we’re sharing today: * Demon dogs in the workplace* Using your crew as a blockade in the middle of downtown L.A.* Trying to stay calm while hanging up on network executives* Freaking out when lawyers tell you to ignore your basic human instincts* How to create a homemade sauna that probably won’t kill you* And…what to do if a practicing witch claims you’ve been paralyzed by a ghost (happened to Biagio!) So perform a little spell of protection, toss that salt over your shoulder, and listen now! Happy Halloween! Helpful and Related Links One spooky fact? Breaking into Hollywood takes some of this… What could be scarier than… actively developing and pitching paranormal shows? Thinking about working in this business? Here’s 5 scary things about producing TV shows. Want to survive the living nightmare when it strikes your set? Here’s 7 weird tips to survive production and save your sanity. Our very scary time making the pilot Sister Witches with Joey and Natalie. Follow us on Twitter – @JokeAndBiagio – we try to respond to all tweets, though it can take a few days (or weeks!) if we’re in production. Let’s Make Some TV Together! Are you ready to take on the horror flick that is working in unscripted TV and film? Brave enough to face off with intimidating network execs? Not too scared to team up with us? Here’s what you need to do next:

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*Named "New and Noteworthy" across all podcasts, as well as TV & Film, Arts, and Education. Subscribe now. Ready to create, pitch, and sell documentary series, unscripted TV shows or reality series and specials? From creating pitch tapes to meeting with TV networks, developing your ideas to discovering reality TV stars, this podcast features tips on working in unscripted film and television that you won't find anywhere else. Get top-industry secrets and even pitch your shows to Award-Winning Documentary Filmmakers and Unscripted Television Producers Joke Fincioen and Biagio Messina. Recently, the duo have helped both new and experienced producers bring projects to television on MTV, BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL, INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY, A&E, and CNN/HLN. Your show could be next. Subscribe now. ABOUT JOKE AND BIAGIO: With over a decade of experience in unscripted film and television, this married couple has made TV shows, specials, and pilots for CNN, HLN, A&E, The CW, Biography Channel, NBC, CBS, Discovery, Investigation Discovery, Discovery+, E!, IFC, Logo, Oxygen, Style Network, VH1 and MTV. Their feature length documentary DYING TO DO LETTERMAN played in theaters across America, was invited by the International Documentary Association to qualify for Academy Award® consideration, and named “New and Noteworthy” on iTunes alongside The Dark Knight Rises, Brave, and Beasts of the Southern Wild. Subscribers to this podcast will learn the secrets of the Unscripted TV and Film worlds, and how to apply them toward career success. Subscribe today.