Monthly Archives: March 2010

Up at 6 today ready to shoot COH for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). Back  at 7:00 (13 hours later) – stopped for more two buck chuck on the way home. Quick I need a drink, PDQ! Strange how much … Continue reading →

Now 11:46 at night. The Pinot epic crashed the Mac or the Mac crashed it. It consolidated but forgot the timeline. Oh dear, I feel a complete amateur. I read Oliver Peters on the Web, he writes for DV Mag. … Continue reading →

Busy today but sadly not on 2-59. Our Pinot epic is being shown next month. It seems not only a “good idea” but very necessary to check it out. When I opened up the edit done Oct 13 last year, … Continue reading →

I’m trying to fix Pinot. Tricia is taking off two layers of wall to reveal shiplap. The computer is rendering Pinot. Which means that whe I tpe all he lettrs are elayed – so do I stop rendering and type … Continue reading →

So there I was happily making 2-59s which I love doing – and suddenly REAL PAYING work gets in the way and now that I have a festival screening, I’m resurrecting my Pinot epic. Yesterday I made a huge mistake … Continue reading →

Good News! The phone and emails didn’t stop this morning. Most exciting was a call from The Sonoma Film Festival telling me that our film would be shown on Sunday April 18. Oh there’s a party meet ‘n greet Friday … Continue reading →

A real paying job! As usual I check out my equipment the night before. I always do a trial run with lights and sound before a paying job. It all works . I pack it up. 1: Chromakey green screen. … Continue reading →

What a different world it is. My ex Ward, Andrei who lives in Moscow, commented on my Facebook page that the second row tool tips disappears off the screen on his 13″ MacBook. He’s right. They are too long for … Continue reading →

When I discovered how to create tool tips (the pop ups on mouse over) I was thrilled. Now a week later, I can see they need more work, a title and perhaps a photo. It’s 8:00. I haven’t had breakfast.I … Continue reading →

Today I went off to the “wound nurse” by myself. Tricia had received orders for duvets and cushions and was busy. Pity. I really needed her. The appointment was for 9:30. At 9:25 I was in the waiting room about … Continue reading →