Waveform: The MKBHD Podcast How We Filmed Our Work Lives for 1 Year!
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Feb 10, 2026 A behind-the-scenes look at filming a year-long workplace documentary. They discuss technical camera choices, data wrangling, and massive storage logistics. The team recounts lost footage, pivotal trips that changed the edit, and how editing and audio shaped the final cut. Plans for a sequel and favorite Easter eggs, music choices, and scoring moments round out the conversation.
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Turn Raw Coverage Into Structured Payoffs
- Shoot everything but design micro-formats and chapter payoffs early to guide editing.
- Use interviews or other produced clips as payoffs so raw coverage becomes useful setup.
Portugal Ferrari Trip And Lost GoPro
- Rich and Miles drove Ferraris in Portugal but lost a suction-cupped camera, deleting key footage.
- They searched for an hour and returned to the hotel, leaving that trip cut from the final film.
SXSW Cheap Hotel Misadventure
- At SXSW they booked a cheap hotel 30 minutes away with no hot water and brown sludge in taps.
- The team split rooms after complaints and that gritty footage ended up being valuable for the edit.