Another sad day in video production history

My computer is doin’ funky stuff and yesterday wouldnt start. I had to work in the evening but my parents brought it to the ol’ Apple store to see about repairs and now it’s stuck there for diagnostics to find the problem…for the next couple weeks probably. Yarg. Frustration.

Ratatat...Hope they check their email.

So I just a few days ago emailed and Myspace messaged Ratatat to inquire about the possibility they would be interested in a fan made music video to use on their site or like the others I have seen in their shows..who knows..just was curious and found out via anonymous comment on this blog (thanks management) that one of the members is originally from my home town o Kent, Ohio…so who knows. Kinda worried now cause no response yet and that one feature with the whole checkin' if ppl have read your message or not thing has me obsessed cause they read it and..well no response..but once again who knows.

RRRRAT A TAT

Well the last few days the gang, Brandy n Austin, Todd, Tommy, Jay n Sarah, Bosh Dorgan, Audrey, and Myself have been hangin bout shooting a boombox that Todd long ago found in the trash at the Kent post office. The resulting edited piece will hopefully be a slightly entertaining Ratatat music video.

In the midst of shooting though it came across my brain that in the long run this won't be a viable usable project cause..of course Ratatat is all big n stuff. Thus very little chance they would give me the rights or time of day when designing a music video for them.

As a result of this realization I decided to contact the local Akron, Ohio band Trillit to maybe see if they would be interested in a music video with the same sort of concept. To my surprise they actually contacted me back about the proposition and now I am gonna try n dazzle them into using something. So hoping for the best here. Ya'll soon will be seeing at the very least the Ratatat version of the project.

Goodwill's dumpsters call my name

The other day, I believe it was a Tuesday, Austin, Brandy, Sara, n I ventured out into the night to raid the dumpsters of Chapel Hill establishments like a crew of giant raccoons.

Personally I didn't come along anything that I personally found to be a real find...except maybe an Empire magazine missing it's cover in the ol' Borders dumpster.

Soon I'm hopin to make another few ventures and this time to the Goodwill because when it comes to dumpster diving in this area that is your most reliable outlet to get good shit.

Stress

So as of lately I have been cramming as much work as mentally possible into each day editing a wedding video for my friends Josh n Val. Edie Lane. Val's mom. Has been breathing down my neck a bit, you could say, about gettin' it finished.

Maybe stress is too weak a word.

Strangely though even with the extreme push to polish n burn the project looming constantly I am actually a bit relieved with the incentive, of sorts, to get this project out the way. Since the purchase of a Lynda.com account from Chris Leppz I have been learning a lot about more efficiently using all of my programs. So with this wedding out of the way it will open time that I can really get goin' on making something fun as a Showreel to hand out and or even just cruise through with my friends and reminisce about the good times filming.

Unfortunately new shit would would B.A. but this damn battery situation is looming over my head, time, gas money, music video ideas. Anyone reading this wanna get on some Youngstown road trippin?

Lost equipment

Well not exactly lost but misplaced temporarily.

A couple weeks ago I was in Youngstown with my dad shooting his Origami presentation and came home completely unaware I had left my XL2 battery and charger plugged into the wall at the museum he was performing at.

Then at the worst possible time. RIght after I got a good idea and busted out my equipment to shoot it I realized where it was.

Sad day in the history of filmmaking.

Luckily the day after though my dad was able to contact the women who hired him in an email and she assured us that the battery and charger are both still there and safe behind the front desk. This fact though has yet to make Youngstown a closer or easier trip... thus still have not been able to trek to retrieve it.

Hopefully soon though...wouldn't want them to get fed up with keeping it and chuck 3 or so hundred dollars in the trash.

Once I do finally have my camera up and running again with power and such I am planning on shooting a music video for Ratatat..not sure what song yet. The newest album has some real winners on it but as I shoot I will probably decide once I'm in the process of the editing.

And speaking of editing I am in the midst of throwing together some sort of mock music videos for Sigur Ros. Nothing spectacular just little bits of old footage to a few of the song of the newest album.