We thought we’d switch things up a bit and shoot our behind the scenes video for our Buttermilk Bacon Biscuits episode in a different way. This time, we plopped ourselves in front of the camera, immediately after shooting, to debrief together. I wasn’t sure how it would turn out at first, but I think I actually like this way better! It brings me back to how we felt during the shoot, when I watch it later. And it reminds me of all the challenges we faced and overcame.
This time, it was just a rough day in general. I should’ve known it was gonna be a long day because things went wrong from the start. I tried to save time by being prepared. So I purposely made an effort to set up everything the night before. I chose to film in our dining room, on our stainless steel table, so that it would be easier to roll out the dough. I even made Joe set up the lights and tripods in advance too. But then as we were starting to shoot, we noticed that our background was looking really messy Jessy on camera. So we decided to break everything down and move it over to the kitchen as usual, thus, delaying our shooting time.
This is kind of a big deal to us since we’re always fighting for natural sunlight, and trying to wrap up shooting before it gets too hot in the kitchen. But to make matters worse, we ended up having to film this episode twice! GAH! When stuff like that goes down, all the life gets sucked out of me, and it ruins my mood to continue on with a good attitude. But I have no choice but to press on and keep going. Eventually we made it to the end, but not without some emotional battle wounds. You can hear more about our experience in our video below:
So thanks to recipe testing, and my filming mishap, I ended up making these biscuits more times that I’d normally care to in a span of a few days. You should see how full of biscuits my freezer is!
But even though we had a rough day, in the end, the video came out fine. Praise the Lord for editing! So it just goes to prove that things are oftentimes a lot worse in my head than they are in reality. This is a good lesson for me to remember. And making these cooking videos teaches me perseverance.
So I’m glad we started to shoot our behind the scenes this way. It’s nice to capture our true thoughts and raw emotions. I think it makes things more personable. It’s also kind of like a video diary for us, documenting our frustration and progress. And one day I’m sure we’ll look back at all these hard moments and laugh at how far we’ve come.
