So, you know how I suggested in a video blog recently that you should be prepared for things to go wrong and just meet them head on? I stand by that, but it's exhausting. Things will come up. Some you're ready for and some from out of the clear blue. Others will be the result of poor planning or a lack of information from the people you live or work with.
It's winter on the mountain and that means I'm dealing with all sorts of "Surprise! Bet you didn't see that coming" sort of crap. To top it off, everyone who worked one day on the movie I began back in November of 2016 feels they have a right to ask why it isn't finished yet? Well, your three hours of work and subsequent abandonment of helping secure locations, funding or promoting the page hasn't really moved things along. Asking someone how a movie is going because you were an extra for one day is like asking someone if their student loan is paid off because you once bought them a cup of a coffee. They would love to say, "Great! It's done!" And you know, very clearly, that if it were the case, they would have told the world, so your only reason for asking is to prod someone, who would love to be able to finish something, to finish it sooner. If you think about it, you're being rude. So, maybe cut it out. You're not five years old and this isn't a family drive to the Grand Canyon. We are not there yet. We will get there when we get there and annoying the driver while he is changing his third flat tire isn't helpful.
Sorry, was that ranty?
My point is, as an indie, life will get in the way. Just like with any problem, only your real friends will help. Getting big projects done seems impossible at times. Just put your head down. Ignore the nay-sayers and useless prodders and keep working. At your pace. In your own time. You want to make your movie your priority, but you can't always do that. Small inconveniences like needing to be able to buy food, repair cars and maybe even pay off a student loan (Yay, film school) will come up. When your day to day and work life happen in the same place they interfere with each other. There's no, "leave your problems at the door" when you show up at work, because you're at work as soon as you leave your bed.
An unexpectedly early ice storm cost me about three hours the afternoon it hit. Another extra couple of hours yesterday because it really slowed down my drive to the cabin and is causing a bit of extra of work at the house today (and maybe tomorrow). It also has caused internet outages and there's always the looming power outage in these parts, which makes me scared to run my work computer. However, I did buy a new battery back up that is a monster and helps with that fear a bit.
A slow down in the laundry room has my wife busy and my studio noisy, so there's no shooting audio down there today. Guests, as welcome as the income and experience is, have been costing us weeks of shooting final scenes at the cabin, but at least I got my arrow hit shots in the other day. I am chroma keying what I can, but firing arrows into pumpkins in my house just didn't seem safe, especially after a foam tipped arrow still went through a wall when fired from a low poundage bow. Be careful out there, kiddies.
OK, I'm going to have one more cup of coffee, clean up and try to shoot the first video of 2018.
Want to help us move the movie, Jack vs Lanterns, along? Go buy a poster from Lumber vs Jack so we can pay for the final little touches instead of having to beg for them.
It's winter on the mountain and that means I'm dealing with all sorts of "Surprise! Bet you didn't see that coming" sort of crap. To top it off, everyone who worked one day on the movie I began back in November of 2016 feels they have a right to ask why it isn't finished yet? Well, your three hours of work and subsequent abandonment of helping secure locations, funding or promoting the page hasn't really moved things along. Asking someone how a movie is going because you were an extra for one day is like asking someone if their student loan is paid off because you once bought them a cup of a coffee. They would love to say, "Great! It's done!" And you know, very clearly, that if it were the case, they would have told the world, so your only reason for asking is to prod someone, who would love to be able to finish something, to finish it sooner. If you think about it, you're being rude. So, maybe cut it out. You're not five years old and this isn't a family drive to the Grand Canyon. We are not there yet. We will get there when we get there and annoying the driver while he is changing his third flat tire isn't helpful.
Sorry, was that ranty?
My point is, as an indie, life will get in the way. Just like with any problem, only your real friends will help. Getting big projects done seems impossible at times. Just put your head down. Ignore the nay-sayers and useless prodders and keep working. At your pace. In your own time. You want to make your movie your priority, but you can't always do that. Small inconveniences like needing to be able to buy food, repair cars and maybe even pay off a student loan (Yay, film school) will come up. When your day to day and work life happen in the same place they interfere with each other. There's no, "leave your problems at the door" when you show up at work, because you're at work as soon as you leave your bed.
An unexpectedly early ice storm cost me about three hours the afternoon it hit. Another extra couple of hours yesterday because it really slowed down my drive to the cabin and is causing a bit of extra of work at the house today (and maybe tomorrow). It also has caused internet outages and there's always the looming power outage in these parts, which makes me scared to run my work computer. However, I did buy a new battery back up that is a monster and helps with that fear a bit.
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A slow down in the laundry room has my wife busy and my studio noisy, so there's no shooting audio down there today. Guests, as welcome as the income and experience is, have been costing us weeks of shooting final scenes at the cabin, but at least I got my arrow hit shots in the other day. I am chroma keying what I can, but firing arrows into pumpkins in my house just didn't seem safe, especially after a foam tipped arrow still went through a wall when fired from a low poundage bow. Be careful out there, kiddies.
OK, I'm going to have one more cup of coffee, clean up and try to shoot the first video of 2018.
Want to help us move the movie, Jack vs Lanterns, along? Go buy a poster from Lumber vs Jack so we can pay for the final little touches instead of having to beg for them.
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