There's still about 3-4 full side scenes left to film. And one of those… a news report.
This is the main thing I needed up until recently for the scene: a mic flag, you know… one of those little boxes with the channel's logo on it.
I was able to get it pretty cheap: approx. $10. And that would otherwise be uneventful news… if not for the fact that I foolishly decided to CUSTOM BUILD one out of a tissue box BEFORE realizing I could just buy one! Argh!
So, without further ado, I bring you my crazy process of building one on my own...
As I mentioned earlier, I began with a tissue box, cutting it into corners so I could shrink it to the right size I wanted.
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Here's a size comparison. Ah, the power of "Tissue Box Shrinkage"!
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After taping it together at the right size, I began cutting appropriately sized holes for the mic I was going to use. Then, I wrapped it in a single sheet of paper to smooth out the edges.
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Up next, designing a logo.
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Then printing it out and wrapping it around the box.
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Tape it down, and you've got yourself your very own, custom-built (and completely unnecessary) mic flag!
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- Erik (Director)
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