weekend update with Henry Miller...
Yo bitches!
Wassssup?
My days (nights) of working the graveyard shift are coming to a close. I think I made it pretty clear that I was leaving this MOFO if I didn't start getting day shifts from now on. I guess that shit worked because they are going to hire someone next week.
Now, don't get me wrong.
Working in the middle of the night has its advantages.
But seeing anyone you happen to know, in this lifetime, is not one of them.
It's funny, cuz, here's what happens if you work from 9pm to 8am...
You go to sleep, say, at 11am. You wake up at 6pm. You cannot go ANYWHERE because this is the middle of rush hour. So, basically, you cannot do ANYTHING IN THE FUCKING world, including every going to a gathering involving people. Or any kind of event.
You basically eat and sleep and learn the AVID.
Now, this has been a good thing up until now. But, yo, it's time to have a somewhat normal schedule.
So, I'm psyched about that.
Tonight I am at work. Editing, and digitizing, and watching bad cable TV, and more digitizing. and like that.
I have not done anything in 4 months besides sit in front of this goddamned machine.
But, oh, what a beautiful art editing is. It's truly a treat to watch an ACTUAL TV SHOW form and coalesce and shit.
By the way, I am working on a show called AWE that airs on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) channel for those of you with cable and too much free time on your hands. It is an extreme sports show. It's not the most amazing thing you'll ever see, too be sure, but it is worth checking out every now and then. It has its moments.
I've gotten so fast on the AVID, now, that it will be somewhat difficult to go back to Final Cut, should this prove necessary. But it don't matter. It's no so much about the tool, of course. They both work pretty well.
Mostly it breaks down like this. The really graphics intensive EPK's, music videos, and projections for DJ's and that sort of thing are prob best done on Final Cut. The graphics manipulation is really fast and better setup for that sort of thing.
Otherwise, you go with the Avid. One thing about the Avid...it will scrub through a 40 minute complex timeline like a hot knife thru butter. It's pretty sweet, baby. But, hey, I guess that's what you get for 100 grand, eh?
Write now as we speak, I am dubbing a miniDV to a Digibeta.
The reason I include this random piece of information, is for all you filmmakers out there.
If you are serious about making a short film, either get all your miniDV's properly striped with Timecode by a dubbing house before you begin to shoot, OR don't turn the camera OFF during shooting.
You see, turning the camera off causes these timecode breaks wherein the timecode resets to 00:00:00:00 every time you do it.
This will create a living hell for you during editing.
Trust me on this.
I wonder what's on cable?
c ya....
-Scotty
Wassssup?
My days (nights) of working the graveyard shift are coming to a close. I think I made it pretty clear that I was leaving this MOFO if I didn't start getting day shifts from now on. I guess that shit worked because they are going to hire someone next week.
Now, don't get me wrong.
Working in the middle of the night has its advantages.
But seeing anyone you happen to know, in this lifetime, is not one of them.
It's funny, cuz, here's what happens if you work from 9pm to 8am...
You go to sleep, say, at 11am. You wake up at 6pm. You cannot go ANYWHERE because this is the middle of rush hour. So, basically, you cannot do ANYTHING IN THE FUCKING world, including every going to a gathering involving people. Or any kind of event.
You basically eat and sleep and learn the AVID.
Now, this has been a good thing up until now. But, yo, it's time to have a somewhat normal schedule.
So, I'm psyched about that.
Tonight I am at work. Editing, and digitizing, and watching bad cable TV, and more digitizing. and like that.
I have not done anything in 4 months besides sit in front of this goddamned machine.
But, oh, what a beautiful art editing is. It's truly a treat to watch an ACTUAL TV SHOW form and coalesce and shit.
By the way, I am working on a show called AWE that airs on the Outdoor Life Network (OLN) channel for those of you with cable and too much free time on your hands. It is an extreme sports show. It's not the most amazing thing you'll ever see, too be sure, but it is worth checking out every now and then. It has its moments.
I've gotten so fast on the AVID, now, that it will be somewhat difficult to go back to Final Cut, should this prove necessary. But it don't matter. It's no so much about the tool, of course. They both work pretty well.
Mostly it breaks down like this. The really graphics intensive EPK's, music videos, and projections for DJ's and that sort of thing are prob best done on Final Cut. The graphics manipulation is really fast and better setup for that sort of thing.
Otherwise, you go with the Avid. One thing about the Avid...it will scrub through a 40 minute complex timeline like a hot knife thru butter. It's pretty sweet, baby. But, hey, I guess that's what you get for 100 grand, eh?
Write now as we speak, I am dubbing a miniDV to a Digibeta.
The reason I include this random piece of information, is for all you filmmakers out there.
If you are serious about making a short film, either get all your miniDV's properly striped with Timecode by a dubbing house before you begin to shoot, OR don't turn the camera OFF during shooting.
You see, turning the camera off causes these timecode breaks wherein the timecode resets to 00:00:00:00 every time you do it.
This will create a living hell for you during editing.
Trust me on this.
I wonder what's on cable?
c ya....
-Scotty