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The Skeleton Crew and the many cameras in a single short film

Did a pickup shoot for the mockumentary, total skeleton crew. Shot in 4K Ultra HD to match everything else. This makes the 4th brand of camera used in the overall piece. From a JVC HD110 to Panasonic AF100 to the Sony FS7 and now the Blackmagic Designs URSA Mini Pro, Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 7 yearsDecember 17, 2017 ago
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The trials and tribulations of temerity in Tennessee

My schedule remains relentless right now. From all the live streams, editing gigs, and my own projects, I get no real time off. Maybe a half day here or there. It does not feel like I’m getting any rest because I just keep going like my time is running out. Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsDecember 12, 2017 ago
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psychosomatic symptoms of filmmaking

As I get older, revelations occur mostly too late yet still valuable. The other night, my mom called me to tell me my father has just been diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. A few minutes later, I was nauseous, head pounding. My brother died of brain cancer barely a year Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsNovember 20, 2017 ago
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As This World Turns Round….

Being comfortable in my own skin means doing more. After over a year of procrastination of sorts, really it was fear of rejection, I finally met up with someone who I wanted to be the subject of a documentary, short form. I was terrified they would not want me to Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsNovember 8, 2017 ago
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Still Chizzling Away

Something I’ve been doing a tad different on this new short film is basically crowd sourcing criticism of my edit. I chose not to work with another editor on this, as that is my preference in most cases. Since this follows a documentary format and is edit intensive, I chose Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsOctober 27, 2017 ago
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Revision Hell, 7th circle

Now that I took my initial edit from 22 minutes and 40 seconds down to 15 minutes and 56 seconds, I am now looking at some pickup shooting. That will add run time. I finally got the movie where I wanted it only to discover that it needs something more. Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsOctober 15, 2017 ago
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Chicken Fried Rice now with peas!

Okay, I sunk into the edit hardcore on this short film. I lost two and a half days into the obsessive mindset of just chopping, cutting, re-arranging, toying, technical concerns, and generally just total immersion. Been a very long time since I did that to such an extent. It felt Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsOctober 10, 2017 ago
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One Thing at a Time!

I’ve been putting away some projects for other people, and now the rush to do so caused by my craving to work on my own. I do have feelings of responsibility and obligation to my clients first and foremost, no matter how much my id pushes me, the super-ego betters Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsOctober 6, 2017 ago
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How ever quickly change can come

That changed over fast. I went from weeks and weeks of procrastination to an enormous chunk of the short film edited literally over night. I talked about the invisible wall separating me from editing this piece to then diving in unexpectedly and then getting lost in the edit. In a Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsOctober 4, 2017 ago
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Procrastination Fascination!

The remastering of 2008 Uncle Pete’s Playtime videos finished today. All 8 original versions have been upgraded with all new greenscreen keys, characters that were static before are now animated, the newer intro is inserted, some sound FX updates as well.  All this to procrastinate against my working on the Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsOctober 3, 2017 ago
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Who with his fear is put besides his part

Well, this is not too surprising. I delved right back into the old Uncle Pete’s Play Time and I have already remastered 6 of the original 8 episodes. All new greenscreen keying, modifying the edits, cleaning up the backgrounds, and even updating the titles and sound. I have a problem. Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsSeptember 16, 2017 ago
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May still seem love to me though altered new

Jesus Marimba! Non stop working. All the time. Gigs bleed into one another, both for me, for fun, and mostly for pay. Doing new Uncle Pete’s Play Time episodes lead to something I sometimes delve into, the George Lucas Effect, whereby I tinker and re-edit and change things on old Read more…

By Peter John Ross, 8 yearsSeptember 8, 2017 ago

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