Saturday, September 27, 2008

Being late to your own party !

(I think I'm the one loosing his reflection in the mirror)
Hi friends. We are still searching for the freakin location to shoot the final sequence at ! I would describe the situation at this point as abnormally difficult but far from impossible. While wandering through the twilight of the ending of episode 2, my mind is filled with the rapid shift of the season from a long hot and humid summer to a more dry and colorful autumn. I have begun to notice the shadows in the late afternoon are much longer now. I've been running some visual effect time lapse tests with some of my existing equipment, and I have found the results to be less than satisfactory. I have now sourced a device which will properly record the essential sequences in the correct time lapse manner. However, the device is painfully expensive, but, as usual, non negotiable to the production needs of the work at hand. A humble film maker never seems to catch a break in this regard ! If you want to play, then you have to pay ! Many of the scene transitions in episode two are short time lapse sequences which must be shot all over Montreal. Time lapse sequences take tremendous amounts of time to shoot. Our line producer Tanja Nibbering is working very hard on locating and securing the final location required, and I must commend all of her efforts in this regard as Heroic. I have said from the very beginning we are on the 5 year plan with this production. I am beginning to see strong evidence of all 13 episodes in the first season taking this long to complete ! - But I hope not :-( Be that as it may, we press on !

MJ

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