High-D Ho!
I couldn't sleep again last night. For no reason again. I guess logically I should've just knocked back a couple of shots and crashed, but I didn't. Instead, I tried to find things to occupy myself with.
Thus, I checked my email, ripped songs into iTunes, input composer and lyricist data, half-heartedly surfed for porn (this gets boring really fast), read some Murakami (Norwegian Wood rocks), flipped through the new Premiere, things like that. I finally crawled off to bed at 4.30am.
Only when I woke up in the morning did I feel like kicking myself for not doing some proper writing during those wee hours. Unfortunately, I couldn't do anything to rectify the situation, as I had to drag myself off to the HD course.
The course/seminar featured a Japanese cinematographer, Yoshitaka Sakamoto (a.k.a. Zensyo), an impressive-looking man with flowing white hair. Apparently he was instrumental in providing feedback to Panasonic in the development of their Varicam. And I certainly have to take my hat off to him. Despite his age, he shows absolutely no fear of embracing new technology, while people half his age balk at the thought of doing so.
Sakamoto-san is the white-haired man on the left, by the Varicam
He certainly seemed to be master of his domain, as he rattled on about the HD workflow, and the reasons and situations in which one would choose HD over film. I have to say, they certainly make the Varicam seem like an attractive camera. Hopefully we'll be able to use that on that new drama next year... fingers crossed.
They also had a little hands-on session where they had a few models come in to be the subjects. Now they were pretty hot. Unfortunately they also looked as if they were 16 and below - definitely no-go territory. Another minus point was that there seemed to be too many people in that session. I quickly got bored of hovering around the cameras and chatted outside instead.
Saw this guy Kane there (we'd met, briefly, before), who'd shot Homerun and the Singapore video for the recent IOC. While I personally hate that movie with a passion, I do think that it is beautifully shot. He's in the running to shoot that new drama I mentioned above, and I think I'd enjoy the opportunity to work with him. Here's a guy who turned down Homerun 2 just because he felt he didn't have enough prep time to do a good job. Anyone who's that serious about his craft I like.
He mentioned how in the past he used to get very discouraged after talking to the Local Media Giant, because they simply did not get it. Now he feels better, because at least he can communicate with some people there (i.e. me and my colleagues) well, and we seem to be on the same page. Hopefully the powers that be will get it soon, and perhaps we can really kick start something. God knows the industry needs a kick in the rear end.
On a related note, the wheels seem to be going into motion at work... Changes seem to be in the future... Good changes... The signs are there, but are we reading them correctly? Is the end of Palpatine's reign finally in sight? We'll find out, I guess.
Thus, I checked my email, ripped songs into iTunes, input composer and lyricist data, half-heartedly surfed for porn (this gets boring really fast), read some Murakami (Norwegian Wood rocks), flipped through the new Premiere, things like that. I finally crawled off to bed at 4.30am.
Only when I woke up in the morning did I feel like kicking myself for not doing some proper writing during those wee hours. Unfortunately, I couldn't do anything to rectify the situation, as I had to drag myself off to the HD course.
The course/seminar featured a Japanese cinematographer, Yoshitaka Sakamoto (a.k.a. Zensyo), an impressive-looking man with flowing white hair. Apparently he was instrumental in providing feedback to Panasonic in the development of their Varicam. And I certainly have to take my hat off to him. Despite his age, he shows absolutely no fear of embracing new technology, while people half his age balk at the thought of doing so.
Sakamoto-san is the white-haired man on the left, by the Varicam
He certainly seemed to be master of his domain, as he rattled on about the HD workflow, and the reasons and situations in which one would choose HD over film. I have to say, they certainly make the Varicam seem like an attractive camera. Hopefully we'll be able to use that on that new drama next year... fingers crossed.
They also had a little hands-on session where they had a few models come in to be the subjects. Now they were pretty hot. Unfortunately they also looked as if they were 16 and below - definitely no-go territory. Another minus point was that there seemed to be too many people in that session. I quickly got bored of hovering around the cameras and chatted outside instead.
Saw this guy Kane there (we'd met, briefly, before), who'd shot Homerun and the Singapore video for the recent IOC. While I personally hate that movie with a passion, I do think that it is beautifully shot. He's in the running to shoot that new drama I mentioned above, and I think I'd enjoy the opportunity to work with him. Here's a guy who turned down Homerun 2 just because he felt he didn't have enough prep time to do a good job. Anyone who's that serious about his craft I like.
He mentioned how in the past he used to get very discouraged after talking to the Local Media Giant, because they simply did not get it. Now he feels better, because at least he can communicate with some people there (i.e. me and my colleagues) well, and we seem to be on the same page. Hopefully the powers that be will get it soon, and perhaps we can really kick start something. God knows the industry needs a kick in the rear end.
On a related note, the wheels seem to be going into motion at work... Changes seem to be in the future... Good changes... The signs are there, but are we reading them correctly? Is the end of Palpatine's reign finally in sight? We'll find out, I guess.
posted by cinewhore @ 11:34 PM
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