It's In The Post
So no posts for like two months, then 2 in as many weeks. Anybody would think I've learnt how to illicitly update the blog from work. Erm... If you are from work, specifically my boss, I haven't. Honest!
Anyway.
A fortnight later I attended Beacon Land (TM) with but 2 things in mind, pick up a copy of the Fort Widley footage so that John could start to rub some computerised funk on to it, and recover the remainder of the props and costume that had accumulated at Big Steve’s house. Part one went ok, but there was a problem with part two.
It turns out that for some reason, a number of shots had been missed on the third filming day. Nothing to important, just the scene where the regular cast meet the only other speaking characters in this episode… Hang on a minute, now I come to think about it that’s actually quite an important scene!
Luckily the producers and director where aware of this and plans were already afoot to organise the necessary pick up shots. Unfortunately all of the costume and props required for this scene would have to stay at Big Steve’s until the shots were attained. I wasn’t too fussed, most of it was mine and I figured it’d be as safe there as anywhere else. Of course most isn’t all, but I politely explained the situation to the guys who’d lent me stuff and they seemed pretty cool about it.
On the upside, the footage I was after had been lovingly burnt to disc for me, and was quickly pressed into my sweaty expectant hands. Just to make things a little sweeter the director was also present. Only he was an actor now, an actor covered in flecks of custard pie. A subtle (although just as edible) change of tone from the preceding episode.
We had a quick chin wag and he promised to email me the time codes for the takes he wanted to use for the corridor scene. Merrily I went on my way, I had footage to view.
I arrived home and quickly loaded the discs into my machine and was pleasantly surprised when they worked (I dunno why, I was just expecting life to conspire against me and for something to go wrong) I spent the next 45 minutes reviewing the footage from the fort. Some was good, some was bad, some was atrocious and a couple of bits were fricking awesome! All of which is probably par for the course on any and every production ever made.
My shot’s were ok. Not great, not bad, but good enough (see lessons learned, post before last). I saved the footage to my hard disk and stuck the original discs in my bag so I could drop them off for John the following day.
What I didn’t know was that the content of these disks was going to make him swear more than a sailor in a cussing contest
Anyway.
A fortnight later I attended Beacon Land (TM) with but 2 things in mind, pick up a copy of the Fort Widley footage so that John could start to rub some computerised funk on to it, and recover the remainder of the props and costume that had accumulated at Big Steve’s house. Part one went ok, but there was a problem with part two.
It turns out that for some reason, a number of shots had been missed on the third filming day. Nothing to important, just the scene where the regular cast meet the only other speaking characters in this episode… Hang on a minute, now I come to think about it that’s actually quite an important scene!
Luckily the producers and director where aware of this and plans were already afoot to organise the necessary pick up shots. Unfortunately all of the costume and props required for this scene would have to stay at Big Steve’s until the shots were attained. I wasn’t too fussed, most of it was mine and I figured it’d be as safe there as anywhere else. Of course most isn’t all, but I politely explained the situation to the guys who’d lent me stuff and they seemed pretty cool about it.
On the upside, the footage I was after had been lovingly burnt to disc for me, and was quickly pressed into my sweaty expectant hands. Just to make things a little sweeter the director was also present. Only he was an actor now, an actor covered in flecks of custard pie. A subtle (although just as edible) change of tone from the preceding episode.
We had a quick chin wag and he promised to email me the time codes for the takes he wanted to use for the corridor scene. Merrily I went on my way, I had footage to view.
I arrived home and quickly loaded the discs into my machine and was pleasantly surprised when they worked (I dunno why, I was just expecting life to conspire against me and for something to go wrong) I spent the next 45 minutes reviewing the footage from the fort. Some was good, some was bad, some was atrocious and a couple of bits were fricking awesome! All of which is probably par for the course on any and every production ever made.
My shot’s were ok. Not great, not bad, but good enough (see lessons learned, post before last). I saved the footage to my hard disk and stuck the original discs in my bag so I could drop them off for John the following day.
What I didn’t know was that the content of these disks was going to make him swear more than a sailor in a cussing contest
2 Comments:
I wouldn't quite say I swore like a sailor in a cussing contest.... Probably that I did an excellent impression of Mutley's cussing from the Wacky Races.
:)
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