Monday, December 3, 2007

Bangers & Mash

The In Rainbows B-Sides disc leaked today. Listening first time through now, inevitably searching for that "should have been on the album instead of House Of Cards" track. So far Last Flowers is that track.

Spent the last three and a bit days feeling on the verge of a flu without the damn thing just kicking in and getting itself over with. Tiredness in every muscle. Lack of concentration. Getting up early to drop off sound gear yesterday didn't help. Been editing the film responsible for this sickness (three near-sleepness nights leading up to the shoot thinking/worrying about everything from shots to equipment failure) and things are coming along slowly but, as of this morning, with some encouraging signs. Pretty much finished with the Tony-Velouria bit which has surprised me in actually working about as well as I'd hoped, with the exception being where some guy stops when he sees the camera. A few concerns elsewhere but mostly the types of things which some careful cutting has already ironed out in places, so optimism remains. I can say without a doubt that no amount of theory can compare with what you learn actually going out and shooting stuff. Made a lot of mistakes, underestimated a lot of things and feel a lot more confident about my next shoot for it. Will certainly write something reflecting on all the stuff I've learned on this project soon, but right now I'm going to use whatever remaining hours of lucidity this semi-flu's allowing me today to continue chopping up the movie.

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