Not dead. Just napping.
It's been awhile since anything has been posted and I wanted to take a minute to update as to what's going on.
THE NEW FACE OF SECURITY
I don't know if I posted this. I get the distinct feeling that I did not. We shot the footage for this late last year. Other projects were on my plate to be edited so this got pushed to the side for a few weeks. When I finally got back to the footage I found that we couldn't use it. I'm inclined to blame the equipment we were using.
We were using a Canon XH-A1 with a RedRock micro kit running out to an SD monitor. I was aware there were some focus issues during the start of the first day of shooting but I wasn't aware of how bad the focus was. It appeared to be in focus on the camera. It appeared to be in focus on the SD monitor. Going back over the footage it was definitely not in focus. This wasn't a camera operator issue. At some points three or four different people were verifying that appeared in focus on the camera.
I'm inclined to say equipment. The combination we had likely wasn't configured to work together. The same RedRock kit works just fine with a JVC camera Ed Video has in inventory and we're not the only crew who has faced this issue.
All that said we need to reshoot. With one of our actors in Saudi Arabia for several more months and our original location no longer a viable options we're working around those issues to try and pull together another shoot. It's coming along.
RENAISSANCE UNFAIRE
I'm slowly slugging my way through set design for this. It's a single set but I have a specific idea for how I want it to look so it's taking a bit of time to get everything together. Add the fact that I'm building it all in my spare time so it doesn't get as much attention as it should.
EVERYBODY'S DEAD
I started working on a new one act play earlier this month. A first draft has been completed and it just sitting to rest for a little bit while a couple sets of eyes look it over. It's also a good chance for me to get some distance from it. This way when I come back to edit it's fresher than if I just jumped in to editing right away.
SCRIPT FRENZY
Script Frenzy '10 is coming up. If you haven't heard of Script Frenzy it is a collective self challenge to write a 100 page screenplay in the month of April. I took part in '08 and '09 and jammed out a zombie script each year successfully. I'm considering, should my schedule permit, taking part again this year. If you're in to screenwriting and have some problems with completing a script this is an awesome chance to break that cycle. The point is not a script you can sell but filling the page count with the best content you can in a month.
BUTTERFLYBULLSEYE
I'm pretty sure I've mentioned it before but my personal site is at butterflybullseye.com. I tend to talk in a bit more depth and more informally about what I'm working on there. It also spans far beyond the confined of just heavyliftingindustries projects.
If you've already visited there and subscribed to the RSS feed you may want to pop over and grab the new link for the new feed. I've had to update it switching from blogger over to WordPress.