Category Archives: 2010 Emmy Show Open

Photos from the Emmy Shoot

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All of these were taken by Jason Uhrmacher. You can Find Jason on twitter here.

Me and Jimmy getting the opening shot. Notice my extremely comfortable shoes.

This is my Concerned look. The opening took longer than expected due to exposure differences between the bright outdoor location and some large LED screens that had the Emmy logo on them.

I love Jimmy's expression here. Also I have to admit that when Kate Gosselin arrived on set I got super excited.

As a tool to make things go faster on set, we shot and edited a full version of the video a few days earlier using dancers, so I

Jimmy is awesome to work with. This is photographic evidence.

Blocking the final shot with Jon Hamm.

2010 Emmy Show Open

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4 or 5 months ago Mike Shoemaker came to me and said, “You know that vacation time we have in August?  We don’t have it.”  That was how I found out that Jimmy Fallon would be hosting the 2010 Emmys.   That was how I got to direct the show open this year.

Some details as they come to mind.  In no particular order.

  • We shot the dialogue scenes in 4 hours on Friday 8/27.
  • We shot the music sequences in 5 hours on Saturday 8/28.
  • Charlie Haykel is an awesome guy who wears classy shirts.
  • I think it’s my best steadicam work to date, and that’s a straight up boast.  Deal with it.
  • I love Chris Tartaro (the editor) and Amy Ozols (the writer) with all of my heart.  In the past year I have pulled literally 9 thousand all nighters with those two clowns, and it’s basically like having a high school sleepover, only in an edit room.
  • Thank you to Canon USA for loaning me two XF 305’s to shoot this.  The cameras performed beautifully.
  • I use autofocus when I’m on steadicam.  It really works with the 305’s.  They have face detection!
  • Joel McHale scream-sings from the heart.
  • Robin Antin and I share an awkwardness at parties which translates into dancing.
  • Thank you Bruce Springsteen for doing most of the work for us.
  • I bet there is a Jewish gentleman somewhere named Bruce Springstein, and he always has to correct people and say “It’s Spring-STINE”.