Producers on being on Home and Lifestyle TV

I would like to start by saying, "I LOVE, LOVE my job" of taking a featured guest or product - and creating an edu-taining tv segment for the show.

If you haven't taken the opportunity to watch the show, Home and Lifestyle TV is basically a fusion of HGTV (home and garden channel), The Food Channel and Discovery Channel.  All with our own local flair in each tv market.

As producers of the show, we are responsible for searching out interesting and relevant content for the show. The challenging part is, guest featuring local clients whom have great, tv-worthy products and services - yet have never appeared on tv before. This create both a challenging and interesting dynamic that is overcome segment after segment. With over 15 years of TV production experience, we have created methods that make it smooth as butter.

I would share some of these elements, but would rather side-step giving away company secrets. Lets just say we have the process down to a fine art, as well as our fabulous hosts - i.e. The adorable Tara Darby (Dallas - Fort Worth Show) and Ashley Poole (Colorado Show), making the clients feel completely at ease in front of the camera. To further show how much fun we have producing the show, go to the www.homeandlifestyletv.com website and click on the "Bloopers and Out takes" segments. Or click http://www.homeandlifestyletv.com/media/HLTV_outtakes1.wmv to watch now.

It never fails! You would think the word "Action!" meant "someone make some loud noise that makes it completely impossible to hear the speaker on camera!" Or "Bring in the Harley rally so that we can make this a 3 hour thing, rather than a 30 minute thing." Another meaning of "Action!" must be "to forget all the lines and details right now." This is one we have lots of fun with however, and will be added regularly to our library of bloopers and out takes.

But overall, we have nothing but an old fashioned - great experience on the location of each tv segment, filled with lots of laughs and side-ribbing. Its just the best way to get genuine, all American interviews on camera without looking forced.

Thanks for reading!

Christian Sly

Exec Producer Home and Lifestyle TV

email me at christian@omnivisualmedia.com

or call me at 817.379.2214