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Bits and parts
Mixing art and technology
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Gratitude and haircuts
Yoshi’s a star. I’m about to end any options for retakes.
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Cataloging tapes
Hours of footage fun.
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The film progresses
More film in the can. On this sunny day, we hit Ginza again and got another 20 minutes of footage this morning. We’re heading out in a few minutes to get some of the grocery shopping sequences. When I’m home at my desk, thinking about this project, I hate it. Filming is tiring. Nothing ever…
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DE-J Workshops on CD
They’re done! The DigitalEve Japan workshop CDs that I’ve been working on since May are finally complete. I finished the cover art last night and we’ll be taking advance orders for them on Saturday at my Digital Photography workshop. But only if the Steering Committee decides on a price…probably somewhere around 2000 yen. I like…
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Holy 1950s
Don’t I look like Mrs. Cleaver in my jewelry and apron? I’m showing off cleaning products for the video. These all have pictures on them, which are helpful for the functional illiterate who wants a tidy room.
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Road (construction) rage
Plans for filming yesterday were thwarted by road construction. My valiant camerawoman got no sleep because of all-night construction near her house. So we put off our reshoot in Ginza until the MJ gets some sleep and we have another sunny day. Tomorrow we’ll shoot the grocery store and cooking scenes. It’s coming together slowly,…
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Current projects
I’ve added a new page to my mediatinker site: Current Projects. I’ll try to keep it up to date with the things I’m working on. Describing my projects to an unfamiliar audience makes me realise that I’m doing some pretty interesting stuff. When I’m actually doing the work, it doesn’t seem so interesting and sometimes…
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The storyboards are done
The storyboards are done and most of the locations are figured out. Now I have to confirm a few minor points, get in touch with some people, call in favors, and get a haircut. Then I can start filming…
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Sketching storyboards
This morning I am sketching storyboards for a video project I’m planning. By the end of the day I will have drawn 137 frames. My sketches are cartoonish and probably not illustrative to anyone except me. How is anyone going to know that the green line on a grey background with three white boxes above…
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