Post 8 AKA Quiet Return of the Withered Blossom

Oh boy, is that the day?

Oh.
Oh my it's been longer than I thought.

I've had things I've been meaning to say, points and events that would make a nice blog piece, but ya know what? No dice. Too scatterbrained.

We've achieved a lot as of late. Got the script finally sorted, things being made and people being busy. There's definitely been a lot going on and a lot being ticked off the list, so I'll keep it to stuff I'm more involved in. This ain't no 3rd person blog bs.

Sound is going great, I've discovered so many awesome references and inspirations. To get a concept going I might have a song playing then try an audio mix with internet tabs playing separate audio, it's amazing it actually works most of the time.
Will have the full animatic soon, so will be able to do a sound mix for that. I am excite for this. Much excite.

Scheduling has been coming together. Thank the cosmos for www.scenechronize.com.
It's really amazing thinking back through the process so far, all the hurdles and original ideas. Things have changed, grown and have now becoming real. This is the part of film I love, where the collaboration of minds bring an idea into form through their working together. I don'w know if everyone realises the gravity of what they're doing , but I've been thinking about it lately: We are incredibly lucky to be doing what we're doing. Compared to where I was before I was studying, I have to say these experiences the are ones I'll remember and smile.

Look at me opening up online. Cute.
Go back to tumblr.

But thanks to anyone reading this. I suppose it's okay letting some people hear my thoughts I usually don't share, so thanks for listening.

Post 7 AKA Rebirth of the Horned Monarch

I've been doing stuff.
Sound stuff.

This makes me happy.


We recently shot something for our Pledgme video (which I will provide details for soonish), where I had to stand there like a fool. I offered to swing the boom pole, as I noticed the camera-op was also soundie, but without headphones. I was displeased.
Then, for more footage, they finally got me back into sound. Then the channel inputs on the camera were iffy and I had to point the mic via a camera mount rather than an actual boom pole. So the actual production sound was super lame.

But afterwards I was thrown into the post-sound. With choppy voices and massive changes in room tone I soon found I was in too deep.
Now here's a fun fact about me. I love being in too deep.
It really pushed me to provide great results with poor base material and I think I produced something worthwhile. But the proof will be in the pudding I suppose.

Oh yeah and we had Rialto 48 Hour Film Making Competition the weekend just been. Long hours of sweaty men, fake narcotics and time travel made a very messy minded Me.
It provided a great chance to get back into the hectic swing of things. Experience as an AD was good, as I forgot most of the calls the first few takes, once more proving I need to keep doing things to remember them.
Ah well, I'll be more structured for the actual cinematic shoot, and I'll carry a big stick just in case.

Also a note to my future self: Never dismiss Funk for background music.