Yes, I haven’t frequented this blog nearly as much as I meant to and I meant to much more than I actually did.
I’m about to take the first few steps on the hike of the mountain of work that is my Everest. Several deadlines are looming and so far I’ve been stalling in the valley, checking supplies, waiting for weather to clear and basically trying to ignore the shadow the mountain casts.
The thing is, you can only ignore the mountain for a little bit. It will not go away. You can either face it head on and climb or just walk away and do something else less precipitously-inclined with your time. Both choices have their repercussions.
So I believe my next few posts will talk about how to climb the figurative mountain. Looking forward to it!
Documentaries are HARD! We recently experienced a few major set-backs. I started the 100 Pushups Training Program and I’m learning that planning is not a once-off thing but a continual recalibration of dates and times. Heather Setzen, our production lecturer, affirmed that THIS is what production is all about. Things fall through, people withdraw from …
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Yesterday (and the day before) proved to be extremely productive! We did two proper location scouts, one at the recording studio for Mrs B and we found the perfect location for our interviews! The studio location gave us the opportunity to test for lighting and for camera angles. The interview location gave us a possible …
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Most people who know me are aware of a big project I’m currently involved with. Coming from a musical background myself I noticed a lot of injustice and mistreatment of musicians as well as the difficulty of making any kind of decent living as an artist. We started work on the ‘a day in the …
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Hygiene is a fundamental part to healthy living. Even though I am occasionally messy, I am and always have been very keen on proper hygiene. I have had the opportunity to come into contact with different people from all walks of life, including those that do not share my views on hygiene. I don’t and …
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I met a wonderful person to day who helped me out when I needed it most. I’m not sure about the spelling of the name, but a great big thanks goes out to Amelie. I was sick for a week and a half and I left my car standing for a bit too long without …
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Just a quick message to everyone who is having trouble copying the source footage for the editing project: you are using a FAT32 formatted memory stick which WILL give you problems! For more technical information on FAT32, here’s the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table The reason for this is that FAT32 is limited to a 4GB file …
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Hello everyone! I made a list of notes for everyone who is doing the cinematography test tomorrow. It is complete from pages 67 up to 86 and covers continuity up to directional continuity. The link can be found here and will be updated as I make notes. Happy studying ^_^. Just click the “keep reading” …
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Cinematography! What an awesome subject! There’s something magical about finding what is needed to make a shot look visually excellent or how to convey a specific message. For our studies, we are using a book called “The 5 C’s of Cinematography” by Joseph V. Mascelli. The topic for tomorrows exam will be ‘Continuity’. We are …
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There comes a time in your life where you realize “Hey, I have a problem and I need to take care of it, one way or the other”. I’ve reached that point in regards to how I manage my time… namely, I’M NOT! I realize that in any given day I only have a limited …
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