For what it's worth, none of the fire starting or anything else in the video was staged or forced when we were shooting. That section of the video was shot in middle TN in May in very humid conditions. The bird's nest which usually works pretty well as tinder, had absorbed all that humidity and just wouldn't work. Ditto with some of the other natural materials.
We could have smoothed out the process while shooting and editing but we wanted to provide a realistic look at firestarting.

The emphasis( I hope) is: think about what can happen, prepare for it with some basic gear and knowledge and then practice using that gear to improve your skills.