realized i hadn’t seen linh or kalli for over a year.
told kalli i missed them and she said, “come visit this weekend!!”
“you mean tomorrow??”
kalli the killer shark.
friday night, we stayed up late in the evening being girls.
mixed drinks and gossiping about everything from old lovers
to the awesomeness of always infinity pads (never going back to tampons!).
i met jp, kalli’s curious, mischievous little nephew,
who grabbed my hand and took me into the living room
to show me this antique 2-d picture viewer.
i love his laugh, his curly, swirly hair.
kalli married into a beautiful, warm family who embraced me immediately upon my arrival.
their colonial home is 99 years old, brimming with original details,
lighting fixtures and tapestries.
this is mama and papa burns’ wedding portrait from, i think, the 50’s.
never been a huge fan of final cut pro’s color correction tools.
while grilling leftover steak and ribs from saturday’s bbq,
spencer, sara’s friend (and a professional editor/filmmaker),
gave me an overview tutorial of apple’s color software.
it was a not so happy week
so i had my itunes on very happy shuffle mode.
“never fully dressed” came on,
got inspired and decided to counter the malaise
by making a little video with everyone i ran into.
with seven friends, four shibas
and my little happy dude.
the cabin we got this time wasn’t as sexy as last time’s, but it had charm.
cheese + pineapple + jalapeno + BEEF = :D
the creek nearby.
as dorky as this picture is, it brings me much joy.
substituting missing pieces.
playing around with shutter speed.
adam‘s got a knack for figuring out songs when he hears them,
but he says, “it’s just chords.”
at one point during the trip,
we were alone on the front porch fooling around, playing random songs
and he improvised “tous les garçons et les filles” for me to sing along to.
[adam doesn’t speak french, he just likes to pretend like he does.]
the light meter that came with the bolex was broken
so i had to guess the correct f-stops.
i think i did okay for the most part
except for that one shot of the shoes that came out a little too dark.
shawn’s sunday morning afternoon. all in-camera edits:
yeah, yeah i know.
but in my world,
dirty ravers and hippies rock out to rodgers and hammerstein musicals.
patrick refers to us as the wonder twins
because we can both shoot, edit and run for twelve hours straight
for a week straight.
but i think brooks is more hardcore than me
because he parties at krave until 5am and still kicks ass the next day.
me, i need at least seven hours of sleep.
brooks, in my hotel room. last morning in vegas.
we were sent off to the avn convention to get some coverage for the show
and i got to meet my hero.
(yeah, i cropped myself out of the pic because i look like a short, fat troll
standing next to someone who just exudes sexuality and femininity.)
yesterday afternoon, i made a silly short video of my little trip to the east coast.
geeking out on the computer, behind the camera,
having annaliza, the most awesome boss in the world, let me try, fail, succeed, learn, grow..
just having a great time.
mr. dvorak. head crank.
candid shot of robert and patrick. they’re so funny and sweet.
i was helping annaliza find footage for a quick cranky geeks promo video.
ended up capturing and editing the footage to help her save time.
after she saw what i had in final cut,
she said, “throw in some text and polka and you’re done.”
i got all giddy when the promo first aired. :)
i’m a little sad to go.. well not really go.
i just won’t be there full time anymore when school starts.
my professor said it lacked substance,
but that didn’t really bother me because
i have consistently proven to her all semester
that i was capable of producing solid academic work.
and because sometimes it’s nice to make things purely for entertainment purposes.
i had mad fun shooting and editing the footage.
challenges:
1. i’m unfamiliar with wushu forms and those athletes move so friggin’ fast
so my arms were sore by the end of the night from constantly moving the camera around,
trying to keep them in the frame.
2. sorting through two hours of footage to find movements that matched the song was quite time consuming.
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tonight, i went to the first vagina monologues meeting to decide whether or not i wanted to be a part of it
and i had a change of heart.
the enthusiasm among all the women, the camaraderie..
makes me believe that whether or not you’ll like the play,
it will be a great production.