The Ticket
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Not O.K. Computer
Been up since 2:30 this a.m. We had footage shot/captured at different frame rates so when it went to the lab for color correction they say there were duplicate frames in the Quicktime.
Anyway - to cut a long story short I've been recapturing footage and realigning edits to accomodate minor changes in timing. Almost done - so the film will be on it's way to the lab again asap.
Right now I really miss working with film (what little of it I did). In the good old days you could hold celluloid in your hands and actually see and touch each frame. You could write on it with a grease pencil. You would cut it with a guillotine and splice it back together with tape. It even had smell (like vinegar- not pleasant but at least there was sensation). Working with film was like throwing clay on a wheel and shaping it into something with your hands. Now it's all about using a track ball and pushing buttons and something happens inside an electronic box. All terribly mysterious and bewildering. But in a positive light computing has come a long way. It could have been worse - according to the Rand Corporation those fortunate enough to live here in the future could still be using Fortran language and, yes, printing stuff on tractor paper.
Rand Corporation's vision of home computing in 2004. Man the helm!
Anyway - to cut a long story short I've been recapturing footage and realigning edits to accomodate minor changes in timing. Almost done - so the film will be on it's way to the lab again asap.
Right now I really miss working with film (what little of it I did). In the good old days you could hold celluloid in your hands and actually see and touch each frame. You could write on it with a grease pencil. You would cut it with a guillotine and splice it back together with tape. It even had smell (like vinegar- not pleasant but at least there was sensation). Working with film was like throwing clay on a wheel and shaping it into something with your hands. Now it's all about using a track ball and pushing buttons and something happens inside an electronic box. All terribly mysterious and bewildering. But in a positive light computing has come a long way. It could have been worse - according to the Rand Corporation those fortunate enough to live here in the future could still be using Fortran language and, yes, printing stuff on tractor paper.
Rand Corporation's vision of home computing in 2004. Man the helm!
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