Curses! La Nina!
Jun. 23rd, 2011 02:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rinueThe second longest day of the year never reached "daylight" in Boston; heavy clouds and rain all day and night, never bright enough to read comfortably without a light on. Ciro is still in Dallas and miserable with heat and bad transit; he's sleeping maybe three hours a night and spending perhaps five hours a day on buses to and fro.
But work is being done; the front credits are complete, marketing's progressing, graders are calling in favors with other graders, Bruce Faulconer has agreed to do the sound mix for a pittance, which is nice because he's someone I've wanted an excuse to work with for several years. We've met several times at industry events, and he's always struck me as a capital-g Good person who cares about the community of film and treats projects big and small with respect. I suggested Ciro give him a call, and lo and behold not only will he help, but he's a friend of Alex's (Uncle Rex's best friend). I should have known. Anybody in film in Dallas that's a mensch is a friend of Alex. It's like a secret order of white knights with movie equipment.
There are of course video format compatibility issues with everyone's equipment. As always. THIS IS WHY VIDEO IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE FILM ANY TIME SOON. Nobody can even agree on a frame rate, let alone compression. Light through celluloid: instantly accessible the world over.
I myself am not doing much that's interesting, besides consulting with Ciro. I make money. I do a final copyedit of the Daisy Miller, Zombie Killer proof (the Drollerie MS). I eat well; Mom made grits with cheddar and chipotle today. I ponder office paint colors. I think about another round of novel submissions. I am bitten by mosquitoes even though I stay indoors. Life is steady and comfortable.
But work is being done; the front credits are complete, marketing's progressing, graders are calling in favors with other graders, Bruce Faulconer has agreed to do the sound mix for a pittance, which is nice because he's someone I've wanted an excuse to work with for several years. We've met several times at industry events, and he's always struck me as a capital-g Good person who cares about the community of film and treats projects big and small with respect. I suggested Ciro give him a call, and lo and behold not only will he help, but he's a friend of Alex's (Uncle Rex's best friend). I should have known. Anybody in film in Dallas that's a mensch is a friend of Alex. It's like a secret order of white knights with movie equipment.
There are of course video format compatibility issues with everyone's equipment. As always. THIS IS WHY VIDEO IS NOT GOING TO REPLACE FILM ANY TIME SOON. Nobody can even agree on a frame rate, let alone compression. Light through celluloid: instantly accessible the world over.
I myself am not doing much that's interesting, besides consulting with Ciro. I make money. I do a final copyedit of the Daisy Miller, Zombie Killer proof (the Drollerie MS). I eat well; Mom made grits with cheddar and chipotle today. I ponder office paint colors. I think about another round of novel submissions. I am bitten by mosquitoes even though I stay indoors. Life is steady and comfortable.
