It's 11.45pm....just got back from the station. That's nothing new....been doing that almost every night for the last two weeks it seems.
Been working on my massive 6-hour Peru video.
Finally (mostly) locked it down tonight. At least it's cut.....may go back and put in a few subtitles. Part 2 needs credits on the end, but waiting on someone else for that part.
Nonetheless...I'm really excited. It truly feels like a literal for-real burden has been lifted. Besides a few programs, it's basically all I've been working on, really for the last month. I was actually pumping my fist in the air a few minutes ago, and kind of skipping a little. It was weird, trust me.
The bad news: tons of other work piled up b/c of the video......ANNNNDDDD...I'm not done with it yet, either. Still have to do the short 45-minute version for the churches. But that will be done under some direction, and will have to shoot some additional interviews and such. But...most of the video will come from my edit, so it will mostly be all about how to structure it.
Annnnnndddddddd.....did I mention that for the past two weeks the station has been without an air conditioner? It has been on average 90ish degrees INSIDE between 2pm and 11pm. Had to go outside to get cooled off.
Oh well......still totally excited about almost being totally done!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Had A Man-Crush....
....On a dude named Craig I knew for only a day in Peru.
So on that first full day we were in Chachapoyas, the manager of the hotel led a group up to Kuelap fortress....very short distance from the city, but very lonnnng drive through the mountains.
It wasn't just the 5 people in our Peru trip, but a few others added who were either guests at the hotel or visitors to the city. Well, I got as close to the front as possible so I could shoot video...and ended up with another dude sitting next to me. He smelled a bit, obviously from a day or two of travel behind him, but I overlooked that b/c later on I found out he was from England. I was mesmerized from that point on hahahah.
Actually, what I thought was cool---besides the fact that he was indeed British----was that he said he had been in South America since January 09. He had graduated from university 5 years ago, and got a job to save up money to travel, then realized he was still at that same job....quit, took his money, and with very little Spanish, came to South America by himself and has been traveling ever since.
Which I thought took guts.....I mean, I would do that in, oh...maybe the United States, or England hahahh....but not in a country where I didn't have full knowledge of the language. But...hey, to each his own, right?
Should also mention I didn't ask, but I guarantee at least a solid MONTH of his time there was spent JUST DRIVING. I mean, if not...then the further south or west he went it would take time....just with mountains and jungles, and even lack of roads in some parts of the continent.
But oh well....if anyone knows a Craig from England......let me know if he's ok.
So on that first full day we were in Chachapoyas, the manager of the hotel led a group up to Kuelap fortress....very short distance from the city, but very lonnnng drive through the mountains.
It wasn't just the 5 people in our Peru trip, but a few others added who were either guests at the hotel or visitors to the city. Well, I got as close to the front as possible so I could shoot video...and ended up with another dude sitting next to me. He smelled a bit, obviously from a day or two of travel behind him, but I overlooked that b/c later on I found out he was from England. I was mesmerized from that point on hahahah.
Actually, what I thought was cool---besides the fact that he was indeed British----was that he said he had been in South America since January 09. He had graduated from university 5 years ago, and got a job to save up money to travel, then realized he was still at that same job....quit, took his money, and with very little Spanish, came to South America by himself and has been traveling ever since.
Which I thought took guts.....I mean, I would do that in, oh...maybe the United States, or England hahahh....but not in a country where I didn't have full knowledge of the language. But...hey, to each his own, right?
Should also mention I didn't ask, but I guarantee at least a solid MONTH of his time there was spent JUST DRIVING. I mean, if not...then the further south or west he went it would take time....just with mountains and jungles, and even lack of roads in some parts of the continent.
But oh well....if anyone knows a Craig from England......let me know if he's ok.
Friday, June 5, 2009
Blogs Are A Hassle....
....but anyway, here we are again.
I went through some of the footage last night, so pretty soon I'll have some clips from Kuelap Fortress loaded, and maybe even a shot of someone eating a guniea pig. Not that fascinating, I just got a good shot of it and it looks pretty. (the shot, not the cuy.)
But yeah, not gonna have an award-winning doc on my hands here, but there is some nice footage....shot well if I say so myself. I shot it in widescreen, and there were a few moments where I really thought my framing was wonderful. For example, got a shot of Michael Waldrop quoting something from 'Lonesome Dove', with a bluish-gray rain cloud over a greenish-gray mountain in the background and a luscious green town plaza over his shoulder. Looks fantastic.
But now I'm not going to mention the quality of the road footage. There is only so much you can do while driving 40 miles an hour around bumpy mountain roads. But I do have a shot where I am even with a condor flying...actually just a few feet above it.
I went through some of the footage last night, so pretty soon I'll have some clips from Kuelap Fortress loaded, and maybe even a shot of someone eating a guniea pig. Not that fascinating, I just got a good shot of it and it looks pretty. (the shot, not the cuy.)
But yeah, not gonna have an award-winning doc on my hands here, but there is some nice footage....shot well if I say so myself. I shot it in widescreen, and there were a few moments where I really thought my framing was wonderful. For example, got a shot of Michael Waldrop quoting something from 'Lonesome Dove', with a bluish-gray rain cloud over a greenish-gray mountain in the background and a luscious green town plaza over his shoulder. Looks fantastic.
But now I'm not going to mention the quality of the road footage. There is only so much you can do while driving 40 miles an hour around bumpy mountain roads. But I do have a shot where I am even with a condor flying...actually just a few feet above it.
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