Screening went well last night. The new Cell Phone Monologues are doing good. The MOVIE CLICHE podcast is going to do great methinks. Switching to a hot blonde as the host, especially one with charisma and talent, makes a big difference compared to me, then casting myself as the tubby Read more…
Last night was something of a flashback to days of yore. I fired up the edit I started at school, just to make some technical adjustments, IE color correction basics, checking the timeline for errors in sound blips or little things; no intention whatsoever to edit. I blink and it’s Read more…
The first tape of 6 episodes of FRAMELINES with Closed Captions dubbed just fine. So much stress left my body when I put that tape in a mail pouch. I took on a class for this morning to teach. It was fun since I demonstrated some editing things. I’m not Read more…
I am so lucky. There are people in my world that just save me left and right. If it weren’t for others, I’d be screwed. The Closed Captioning Nightmare 2013 has been solved. An upgrade to Sony Vegas 12 saved the day. Captions from the updated software are ingesting just Read more…
How do you keep going? When you learn how little time there can be, or how someone may not always be there; what makes us move forward? Once I was told that I was neither planned nor wanted. All this time I knew that my life was my own and Read more…
Inspiration and ideas are a-flowing. Knowing where to begin and how a movie ends; that’s the hardest part. Getting these things out of your head and onto a screen; that’s the best. I’ve got script written for the shoot on Friday and I’ve got to schedule a new shoot for Read more…
My biggest riddle is still not solved. I need to get Closed Captions on FRAMELINES before the end of the week and as of yet, I have absolutely NO IDEA how to make that happen. The panic of Thursday-Friday eroded on Saturday. Saw MAN OF STEEL (eh, pretty good but Read more…
Getting caught up on some reading of other people’s screenplays. I’m not producing or directing these, but just giving my opinions (I was asked for once). Giving notes on a scripts should never ever be done via email, lessons learned a long time ago. Always talk in person about what Read more…
We setup a new network at the office. Production Partners needed a better system for sharing files. Since we have the Sonnyboo Intern Army and a workflow for editing, the need to share assets (meaning footage, music, stills, and anything we use in an edit) became essential. We also bought Read more…
Holy Cow! FRAMELINES has been nominated for an Emmy! To be honest, I thought the two Telly Awards were gonna be it. This summer I might have to have a metaphorical menage a troi with all my trophies. I’ll get family Christmas cards made in July with me, the cats, Read more…
Got a ton of editing done today. Finished the last tech tip I shot in December. Got the 2nd Movie Cliche podcast edited with final graphics and sound. I’m uploading 5 Framelines videos right now. All of this really comes down to procrastinating over the edit of a segment for Read more…