What had started months and months ago finally came to an end on Friday.
After a ton of planning which included creating graphics, choosing remotes and surviving a whole bunch of stress, the Royal Wedding was complete. Royal Wedding preparation began on Easter Sunday for our NY control room.
I was preparing to direct a week of London shows and msnbc’s Royal Wedding coverage along with working with London remote crews. We prepared by having a technical rehearsal to make sure all of the cameras, mics and lights were good to go. Joe, Mika and Willie stopped by the set to make sure they were comfortable with everything we had planned. We even had a chance to tape a quick promo with them. My boss, Marc Greenstein was on site in London to make sure all the sets, cameras and anything else I needed was good to go. He made my week a little less stressful being on site. Trafalgar Square was our home base in London for Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
On Wednesday we were on our set at Canada Gate Buckingham Palace. I was working with multiple cameras, Jib cameras, a steadi-cam, multiple remotes and many guests. All of this made for a busy week for myself and my crew.
Joe, Mika, Willie and the rest of the London crew were loving the late start time given London is 5 hours ahead of NY. Way too Early went on at 10:30am London time and Morning Joe came to an end at 2pm. Not too bad!









