setback and lynch

so, things have finally settled down a bit with the holidays over, and it's nice that things are a bit back to normal. i was able to work on the on-line of the film for a full three days, and apart from a major set-back, i got a good portion of the film on-lined. late friday night, i discovered that during the capture session of the digibeta footage, there was a problem with the audio of about 4 camera rolls: the audio was not transferred properly, and the audio for these files was really low. i initially thought that this was a major set-back. but fortunately, i was able to re-transfer the original DAT tapes of the footage and re-sync each of the camera rolls of raw footage. though it took all day saturday, the fact that i was able to find a solution and work it out made it a lot less worrysome. the point is that i got it done, even though it took a lot of time to re-transfer and sync the footage.

i got a lot of scenes done this weekend, and i definitely feel i've got a pretty good rhythm down. all of my focus is on editing, and not much else. i was able to finish the coffeehouse scene, and it turned out absolutely amazing. so, needless to say, the film editing is going well, and even though i have a lot more to do, so far, i edited a good portion of the film this past weekend.

so david lynch was in town this past weekend, promoting his new book and movie inland empire. i thought about going to see him speak, but instead, i decided to stay in and concentrate on the film. i've read a couple of his books, and my work is heavily influenced by his early work. but i guess i preferred to keep my impressions of david lynch simply on this level. i think he's an incredible director, but i'd like to keep his influence simply based on his films, and not how he speaks infront of an audience.

maybe someday i'll meet him on a more personal level, and tell him the story of how i was thinking of coming to see him speak, but chose to work on the film instead.

he'd prolly understand.