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the dark room with the flickering lights unfolding a story
Got sick again this week. Not fun. Got well enough to attend the Columbus International Film and Animation Festival where my short film TOUCHING KIDS played. Pretty good sized crowd and I was most pleased with the audience response. After the Colony Film Fest, I got a good sense of Read more…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…