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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/destinycreates on 2023-10-10 01:24:32.

Ok, so im gonna keep the actual film deets under wraps, this isnt a self promo post. Im working on a documentary, and landed a interview with a huge figure in the world the doc is about. It was hard to get a interview with the guy, but i landed it, and went there to record. I was late because im not familiar with that particular part of town. Mind you, i had to stay up all night rigging my cameras and microphones before i got there so slept at 3 or 4am and woke at 9:30 am. I show up 30 minutes late on accident but he is cool about it. Again, i didnt know the area. I go in, setup in 10 minutes, and start recording. Everything goes well and smooth, until i get home.

I get home and pop in the footage on my PC. Mind you this film is considerably large, its getting distribution and has big backers behind it. Self funded, but ive hyped it up quite a bit and people are actively waiting for it to drop, and this doc could lead to some big changes. I open the footage, and immediately freak the hell out at my desk. For those who are geeks, i use atomos ninja V monitor to record my footage in pro res raw, and accidentally forgot to turn my OSD off, and also accidentally recorded in pro res 422. For those who arent geeks, basically i accidentally recorded my cameras information on the screen the entire time, which was overlayed on top of the actual footage. Even after cropping in, it looks strange and weird and lower resolution. This interview was the make it or break it for this doc, and i only had the one chance. I literally CANT scrap it, so i have no choice but to crop it. Now my footage is gonna look terrible for that part of the documentary. Thankfully i can cover alot of it with b-roll, but i cant use barely any of the footage now, and the biggest section of this highly awaited film is now gonna be trash.

TL;DR i recorded my cameras information overlayed on top of the biggest part of a documentary, and now the most important part looks the worst