Feet Shuffling And Progress

 

Sorry for the M.I.A this past Friday, I was busy working on Foley work for the absent Director and warping up that project with him. Once he signed the contract and sent over the first half of the money, it was smooth sailing. I was able to complete the work in two days that we agreed upon and even did a little bit of tweaking of the feet on friday after he paid me the rest of the money. Over all the experience went well and he was happy with the end result and so was I.

I was able to get into contact with the director for the documentary. I was getting worried since I was suppose to get the trailer for the documentary last week and I never did. Luckily She got back t me and now I have a week to complete it before it goes to the client, but if I need more time she said she will stale for me. After viewing the raw mix, it's not so bad and can punch it out this week and still have time for revisions.

With all this work my Poison Ivy costume had to take a back seat for a bit, but now I'm feeling the crunch and need to step up on completing her before ECCC. I just need to hand sew (yes this is why it is taking so damn long, I really need to buy a sewing machine) the top portion and hem it. I am planing on beaning that out the next couple of days then starting on the embroidery for the top. I've ordered more leaves and need to start sewing those on. Oh and lets not forget about making that bustle, shall we... I think I will make it....I hope. If I plan on making the entire bustle this weekend I should be ok.

This weekend I did take a break from everything and went to my friend Arwen Cosplay's birthday at the EMP. It was great to get out of my work space/home and to try to remember how to interact with people. You should check out her facebook page, give it a like and say hi to her at ECCC. She will be appearing all 3 days in 3 different costumes. Click the picture below to get to her page.

So this week working on the trailer mix and trying to work on Ivy. I will post something this Friday I promise, have a good week little bots!

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Film Stuff And De-Fluff

Happy MLk day little bots.  I'm typing to you all from the ferry so this will probably be a short post. Are you all still buzzed over the Seahawks win last nigh, I sure am and still in a haze that we won.  Love my team.

This past week I had another women in film event that I had to go to since I am now the greeter/money take for all events.  The event was a presentation for "the art of the pitch" which should have brought in more people but with the heads of the bord for our region are so against social media, we got a smaller turn out than what we would like.  This coming Saturday is a member meeting to discuss how we can improve this organization.  WIF defiantly needs a new view point and heads of the board to make it successful.

The other part of my week I was busy cleaning up audio for the documentary film that I will be working on in March.  These pieces are for our client Shorline water front restoration who wanted clean audio from there beach walks this past summer.  If you know audio I can head you groaning about all the uncontrollable noise in the background.  It's pretty bad but I got most of the noise down and just need to go over it to duck or cut out some pop up baby cries.  

In other film new I recived a blind email asking me to do some Foley work. I've been emailing this guy back and forth all week trying to figure out what he wants out of this 2 minute foley scene which he cut it down to 1:40 in hopes to cut cost.  But what he seems to jot comprehend is the Part he cut didn't have that much Foley so it really doesn't change my original quote.  I'm having my doubts about this project since I don't have a company email and he stated that this was a labor of love for over 2 years. I get trying to get work for free when you re starting out but maybe next time plan out a budget and time frame before you start your film.

Besides film, I've been really good at sticking with my 30 day challenges.  I'm already feeling super strong in my arms, I can feel the muscles and see a little bit of them.  My abs are getting stronge which is helping my back so much.  The thighs feel stronger but can't see much of a diffrence.  I know I need to really up my cardio to see one of the results.  So far I'm proud of myself and can't wait to show you little bots my progress.

Well this is longer than what I thought it would be.  This week I will be at my moms to get some much needed supplies for my Poison Ivy Cosplay.  See you bots in a week!

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Foley Work And Crunch Time

 

           Happy Monday to you little bots, my apologies for not writing a rant or review this past Friday. Last week I was busy finishing up that project for Team Awesome to turn in by Saturday. Happily I was able to complete this task on time and even had the whole weekend to relax and catch up on some shows. I'm getting ahead of myself now.

           Monday threw Wednesday I was completely absorbed with Foley work and recording. Probably one of the most fun parts in post production audio, for me anyway, is working on Foley. Being able to get into a hot stuffy room with no air conditioning wearing only the bare minimum so I will not create extra noise as I preform is exhilarating. While it might not be the most fun during the summer months, I still enjoy it. It is rare for me to find work where the director wants Foley, but when I can do it I feel like a giddy school girl once again. Not that I was the most cheerful kid in high school, one might say I was a little bit goth mixed with skater punk. This was the years before emo kids became a big thing.

            When I wasn’t sweating my butt off preforming, I was fine tuning my recordings to make sure that they matched up to the picture. No matter what you always have to do some editing and cleaning up your recorded audio tracks. Even if it is off my a half a frame, it is noticeable and will throw you off. Which is why Friday I didn’t post anything, to busy double checking and tweaking my tracks.

             Once I finally finished and sent off my Foley and ambiance/background tracks I relaxed by watching season 2 of Legend of Kora and playing games with my man. Season 2 of LoK I felt the writing was weak and very dumb down for the audience. It was also rushed at the end and made me feel meh when I was threw watching it. I know they are doing a season 3 of this show but I don’t know if I will watch it, maybe if they have a sale on it on Microsoft market place.

           Hope you bots had a good Easter, I know I did. This week will probably consist of some Foley for Team Awesome, make changes to to my edits when I hear back from them and send out more resumes. God I hate writing cover letters.

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