September 5th: Save the Date
So I’ve been back on Pandora lately since I feel my music selection has become a bit stale. May I recommend The Subways to you? I’ve been enjoying them as of late.
This poor neglected blog sadly didn’t have much to say. I did cover the Edward Lanphear craziness in Wisconsin Rapids for days straight. I never quite got a package out of it that I thought was amazing, but I’m thinking of updating my YouTube Channel soon with a lot of stories that have been piling up, waiting for commentary and frankly I’ve been horrible about getting up.
But my days are spent putting my demo reel together for job hunting in the Baltimore area. I posted it on Twitter and the Stop That Nun boards to help me make it better and I got some great feedback from many fine folks. I’m not putting together the DVD of basically my life’s work. It’s crazy to think that everything I’ve done can be put on a 12cm piece of metal and plastic. That’s not entirely true, I’ve done so much news stuff that I haven’t given a second thought about since I handed it over to our production crew to be aired. But there’s still a lot I’m quite proud of.
Speaking of reels and pride. If you search Google for “photojournalist demo reel” guess who’s first.
If you’re looking for Microcosm news, there sadly isn’t much. Stephenie had her first go through on the audio of the film and began to mix it properly. We’ll be bringing in all our leads for some ADR work to make sure both the visuals and audio pops in the audience’s brain. I’m really happy to have Steph working the audio on this one. While I was in school there just weren’t folks with golden ears around looking to do film. We had lots of great cinematographers around, but sound was treated like a red-headed step child. As I type this I’m listening to The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, pretty much anytime I’m doing anything music is playing. Audio is VERY important to me even if I don’t understand most of it.
The other big news that I shouldn’t bury down in the middle of this blog is that we have a premiere date and time! w00t! Sarah Rudolph and Barry Liss over at The University of Wisconsin: Marathon County have been gracious enough to allow us in the Theater at the University. So be there on September 5th, 2008. We start the DVD player a spinning at 8:30 PM, cast and crew will be around afterward to be poked and prodded with questions or if you’re looking for some folks for your next big audio/visual project, look no further than the finest film crew assembled in the Wausau area.
Also this weekend was the last time I will see Margaret until I join her out in Baltimore. Bittersweet to say the least. After she left I immediately went to work on my reel to busy my mind and keep me out of falling into a funk. Two months is a crazy long time to go without seeing someone that important to you. I know, it sounds pathetic, you’ve gone longer, etc. Me too, don’t worry. Doesn’t change the fact that it really sucks.
Cheryl Mathis said:
Distance does suck. Good luck with the premiere!
July 21st, 2008 at 5:59 am #
erik said:
Thanks, Cheryl. Hopefully I’ll see you there!
July 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am #
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