This is the number of people that were interviewed live over the course of three days by the hosts at the closing ceremony of the Year of Science and Technology held in Sochi in 2021. I was the one who planned and scheduled all of them. By the way, the participants had received their schedule only 2 days before the event, so all of it was planned in a very short time. Moreover, many of the VIP speakers appeared spontaneously while the live was on, therefore I was coordinating them in real time. Besides, I made sure to check all the titles and approve the questions for the interviewees beforehand.
Every film producer has miracles under their belt that they made possible. Here are some of mine.
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worked on the set of the project «Live Through To Remember». Coordinating meals, transport, props, suits, documents and accompanying the team while being waist-deep in water ect, took my own living through it and I surely won’t forget that. The program has since been out, all was done in time, we kept everyone safe, so I guess it was a successful project.
I discovered that it's quite possible in the USA to interrupt a plane take-off if you need to send a CD with a unique archive for a TV-program in Russia.
I still have no idea how I did it. Let's all agree that my charm worked wonders.
The TV-Channel «Star» had an array of notable projects and consequentially, an array of miracles. When filming a travel-show, I made arrangements with different countries’ governments to co-fund our program.
For the project «Intelligence Legends», I created a very realistic document prop that looked exactly like the original. It even made everyone wonder, «Where did you get it?»
«The Act of Bravery of Khalkhin Gol» was on its own a difficult international project. The Nomonhan Incident affected the interests of four countries, so even the name of this documentary had to be agreed upon. The hardest thing, besides taking on the great responsibility such a task entailed, was the time limit. The realization of this idea, from the moment of its inception to the moment it went on air, took us 4 months. During that time, we prepared all the documents for our working trip abroad, took the trip, filmed all interviews and reenactments, did CGI work, found archive videos etc. It was exciting but also nerve-racking.
The «Instagramshici» reality show is best remembered for the short time allotted for its production. We received the screenplay just 2 days before filming. Just to make it clear, in 2 days we had to find and coordinate the approval of play locations (for free) for 2 main characters, props, clothes, actors and so on. And of course, at the same time we had to keep an eye on the participants as we needed to keep the plot of the show secret from them. Obviously, it wasn’t that we had this little time for every episode’s pre-production, but mostly we had only 2-4 days to prepare.
The coverage of this 2020’ contest was streamed live on every social media. Edited «stories» and photos were posted every 1.5-2 hours. Short clips with pre-written music were published every 3 hours. In some cities, our own mobile live studio was doing the reporting. I had to organize and coordinate the filming group and to quickly respond to our clients’ requests. Furthermore, I had to organize business trips in 2 cities at the same time, because the stages of the contest were simultaneously held in different cities. It was an exciting experience.