Today I was digitizing a clients HI8 video when I discovered wedding footage for another client. I let her know what I found and she rushed over to view footage she never even knew existed! I don’t know why I get such a kick out of watching their faces relive their lives. It tickles me. …
Category: Film Production
May Amai
It was March of 2008 when we started this journey with AMAI. Today, we wrote the ending scene. AMAZING! Now the fun begins. Selling this puppy. But first, I think I will sleep and eat and drink Dr. Pepper. I hope it is a warm day tomorrow because I’m biking and swimming and chilling for …
Pumping
As I ride in the morning I often see this visually interesting shot. I want a crane to get the movement without the camera shadow. I think, movie? music video? documentary? hmmm. By the time I get to the park I pretty much have forgotten about the shot. After all by then I have moved …
Memo to Self
Wow. Have I mentioned that writing is hard? I should perhaps clarify. Having someone read your work, the work you spent 6 months researching. The work you spent another month outlining. The work you spent 6 months writing only to have “people” read it and say, “nice writing, but ( I HATE that word) needs …
Doneness
The work of writing and producing is …. Hard. Wow, aren’t I eloquent? What I wish to convey is how difficult it is for me, with my rather anal personality, to always have work in progress and rarely have work completed. I like to finish. No, I need to finish. I know, it’s a sickness. …
Pain in the Neck
Have I mentioned before how much I love editing? Just in case anyone is confused…. I love editing. I am half way through reviewing like 50 hours of footage for one of these current projects. Some of the footage I am seeing for the first time. I found myself laughing out loud on a 4 …
Bring it on Spring
Almost finished! Page 90 of a 120-page screenplay. I like it so much that I WANT others to read it. I am so close to turning it over to “the editor.” Besides finding all my grammatical errors, spelling errors, and verb tense errors, she is able to see where it is weak AND she is …
Team Work
Yesterday we had a business lunch. I always get a little quiet during these little meet and greets. I think it is warranted. There have been so many times that we have met with someone and shared our ideas and plans and then find they have taken our idea, knowledge or connections and have used …
Seeing your loved ones “bigger than life” almost enables the world to feel the enlarged heart of a mother … almost …
The Preview
My sister and parents came all the way from California to share this momentous occasion with me. My husband and children were by my side selling tickets, directing traffic, greeting guests and some just choose to stay out of my way! Wistie surprised me and flew in on Saturday! She was going to wear a …