Archive for October 2005

Oct 27

Hell Pt. 4

PRESENTATION DAY FOUR

I went over to Patrick’s to review footage today. Things look great, except Patrick and Ryan apparently failed to notice that the battery was dying on the wireless mic receiver and there’s a bunch of …  [read more]

Posted at 3:38 am by Adrian in collaborators, communications, life, planning · Leave a comment » · tags: ,
Oct 27

Leaving the Studio

Everything is packed up and now in Adrian’s trunk. We left a few cables, my little crap monitor and a spattering of movie making paraphernalia laying on the floor, but the green screen is gone, the equipment is missing and …  [read more]

Posted at 1:46 am by Patrick in communications, life, planning · 1 Comment » · tags: , , , , , , ,
Oct 26

Hell Pt. 3

PRESENTATION DAY THREE

The footage from yesterday looks like sh**! Nice. When we did the tests the other night we had the camera set to 4:3. Apparently, when you switch the camera to the fake-ass 16:9 mode, the resolution …  [read more]

Posted at 4:13 am by Adrian in collaborators, communications, life, planning · Leave a comment » · tags: ,
Oct 26

The Wooden Pear

Stop rocking. Stop rocking. Stop rocking. It was all I could say to myself, and there I am at 15 years old on the stage at Clay High School and guess what? I’m rocking. Later, when watching portions of the …  [read more]

Posted at 1:17 am by Patrick in communications, life, planning · 2 Comments » · tags: , , , ,
Oct 25

They Say I’m a Genius…

… and I don’t believe them.  I think they really want to kill me instead.  Regardless, we figured out the image problem.  It was the 16:9 mode which actually distorts the image by cutting off the pixels from the top …  [read more]

Posted at 3:31 pm by Patrick in communications, life, planning · 4 Comments » · tags:
Oct 25

To hell with Adrian

I am so fed up right now.  So done with this whole thing.  Adrian is really pissing me off.  I don’t care how stressed he is, and how much is going on in his life right now — but the …  [read more]

Posted at 3:42 am by Patrick in communications, life, planning · 10 Comments » · tags: , , ,
Oct 25

Hell Pt. 2

PRESENTATION DAY TWO

Another perfect day…

I’m on two hours of sleep today after a long sleep-deprived day yesterday.

Ryan and I found ourselves waiting around for Patrick. He showed up 45 minutes late. He said he slept through his …  [read more]

Posted at 3:42 am by Adrian in collaborators, communications, life, planning · 4 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , ,
Oct 24

It Feels Real

Adrian and I left the studio tonight feeling pretty good about things.  That’s even weird to say — the studio.  It makes this all feel real.  Matt has a great little place here and after moving everything around needed for …  [read more]

Posted at 4:14 am by Patrick in communications, life, planning · Leave a comment » · tags: , , ,
Oct 24

Hell Pt. 1

PRESENTATION DAY ONE

I’m unhappy right now.

The joyous events of my day:

- Got up ridiculously early to drive three and a half hours downstate with Ryan to pick up equipment to shoot.

- Drove three and a half …  [read more]

Posted at 3:38 am by Adrian in collaborators, communications, life, planning · 3 Comments » · tags: , , , , , , ,