Recently I had the pleasure to work with a great group of producers, camera ops, grip & electric crew, countless PA’s and other crew members from all over the country on The Style Newtwork’s hit show Clean House.  The show’s cross country tour landed them in the city of Westwood, Ohio just outside downtown Cincinnati. The Baglien home was the last stop for this season and boy was it a stop. This house took us twice as long as house a “normal” show (keep in mind this was the messiest house in America and we did the entire house, not just a few rooms) and the house had so many possesions/clutter in it that we had to get an out of business Steve & Barry’s retail location to house, sort and sell everything from the Baglien’s home.

Though the neighbors enjoyed us helping out the Baglien family, I’m sure they will not miss our three giant tour buses (one of which was used as John McCain’s Straight Talk Express), the grip truck, the generators, the merch truck, the many pass vans, the giant dumpsters etc. etc.

There was some drama on set as well a couple of times… remember this is a “reality show”… so I can’t wait to see how the show will be cut together in post. The 2 hour special should air around the 4th of July so check your local listings.

Just as an FYI for those that might be wondering… the show was shot on XDCAM. The lighting in the house is all Kino Flo w/daylight lamps… there was also a great deal of ND filters used on the windows at the house as well as at the yard sale location. Outside of the house it was all HMI.

Here are a few photos and a video from the shoot (excuse the quality, they are all off my cell phone):

This is just a cell phone video of a mouse in the basement

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The Bellator Fighting Campionships were in Dayton, Ohio at the Hara Arena a few days ago. It was great to work with Bellator, ESPN Deportes and the entire crew on the show. The fights were great, the event was fun and they even had a Bellator first…. a female MMA fight. This event was part of the Bellator’s first season, so if you are into MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) and you haven’t heard of the Bellator Fighting Championships look them up.

Checkout the Bellator website, watch some videos, speak a little Spanish, buy a t-shirt and a DVD and maybe we’ll be able see Bellator in the seasons to come.