the heart attack
Today was grueling. As the days get more and more frustrating, I'm less inspired to write. I'll try to recount some interesting items of the day, however.
Today, the jib went haywire. Totally nuts. Whatever o-rings they've been using to replace the actual belt in the jib servos is obviously not working out. I lost total control of the pan and tilt tonight, left with only pan left and tilt up by the end of the rehearsal. That's no good. The shots sucked. I'm a good shooter, a good camera op... If I have to work with faulty equipment, it makes me look bad. We may be breaking the jib completely down tomorrow morning. I'll be back to running handheld 'til we get more equipment in. All of our stuff has yet to come in. A wide angle lens fried two of our four cameras yesterday. Video is NOT on top of our end of the show right now. Not by any fault of ours, but by the company's. Ugh.
On the bright side...
We went back to Backstage tonight.
I spotted Luke Wilson hanging out with who I think might've been Jude Law with a beard. Backstage had karaoke going on and it was absolutely terrible. So terrible that Luke Wilson and (what might've been) Jude Law left soon after they arrived. I was outside on the phone with Kayla when I saw them leave. Luke started across the street and then had to break into a full-blown run to keep from being run over by some stray LA motorist. They then ducked back into the Sony lot across the street. It's kinda neat being on the Sony lot. It really gives you a feeling of importance. I mean, it takes all kinds to make a movie/concert/tv show happen. Each person plays his/her part in getting this stuff out there. Luke Wilson, Jude Law, Steve, Nick, and I all needed a beer after a hard day's work to kill the edge and allow for some chill-time.
We left Backstage and the horrible karaoke to hit the hotel for a shower... then back out again. We went to a bar recommended by one of the craft services people. Big Wang's. No picture. Sorry. With a name like that, I really should've had a picture of the logo. A really (ahem) "happy" fellow was really excited that he just met "an American idol", he said. I looked the direction he came from, but didn't really recognize anyone. But then again, I've never really seen an entire episode of that show. I had a dish called "the Heart Attack" tonight. Fries covered in alfredo sauce with hunks of bacon in it. It was deeee-licous. As were the couple of tums I needed to relax after that wonderful menu item.
This really grossed me out this morning. Click and see the visible layer of smog surrounding downtown LA. Yuck. I could never live here.
This is the jib that screwed up. They'll either be sending the head for repair or I'll just run handheld with the camera attached to it. Through the legs of the jib, you can spot Kenny Ortega, director of HS Musical.
*Note: I fell asleep writing this last night and had to finish it up this morning.
Today, the jib went haywire. Totally nuts. Whatever o-rings they've been using to replace the actual belt in the jib servos is obviously not working out. I lost total control of the pan and tilt tonight, left with only pan left and tilt up by the end of the rehearsal. That's no good. The shots sucked. I'm a good shooter, a good camera op... If I have to work with faulty equipment, it makes me look bad. We may be breaking the jib completely down tomorrow morning. I'll be back to running handheld 'til we get more equipment in. All of our stuff has yet to come in. A wide angle lens fried two of our four cameras yesterday. Video is NOT on top of our end of the show right now. Not by any fault of ours, but by the company's. Ugh.
On the bright side...
We went back to Backstage tonight.
I spotted Luke Wilson hanging out with who I think might've been Jude Law with a beard. Backstage had karaoke going on and it was absolutely terrible. So terrible that Luke Wilson and (what might've been) Jude Law left soon after they arrived. I was outside on the phone with Kayla when I saw them leave. Luke started across the street and then had to break into a full-blown run to keep from being run over by some stray LA motorist. They then ducked back into the Sony lot across the street. It's kinda neat being on the Sony lot. It really gives you a feeling of importance. I mean, it takes all kinds to make a movie/concert/tv show happen. Each person plays his/her part in getting this stuff out there. Luke Wilson, Jude Law, Steve, Nick, and I all needed a beer after a hard day's work to kill the edge and allow for some chill-time.
We left Backstage and the horrible karaoke to hit the hotel for a shower... then back out again. We went to a bar recommended by one of the craft services people. Big Wang's. No picture. Sorry. With a name like that, I really should've had a picture of the logo. A really (ahem) "happy" fellow was really excited that he just met "an American idol", he said. I looked the direction he came from, but didn't really recognize anyone. But then again, I've never really seen an entire episode of that show. I had a dish called "the Heart Attack" tonight. Fries covered in alfredo sauce with hunks of bacon in it. It was deeee-licous. As were the couple of tums I needed to relax after that wonderful menu item.
This really grossed me out this morning. Click and see the visible layer of smog surrounding downtown LA. Yuck. I could never live here.
This is the jib that screwed up. They'll either be sending the head for repair or I'll just run handheld with the camera attached to it. Through the legs of the jib, you can spot Kenny Ortega, director of HS Musical.
*Note: I fell asleep writing this last night and had to finish it up this morning.
posted by Josh at 1:44 AM
1 Comments:
Dude, I know all about the faulty jib crap. Remember the Mighty Clouds of Joy shoot we did where the jib shit the bed on me? I ended up looking like a hero, though, because I pulled it out in the clutch. People understand that it's not you that's fucking up. Don't worry!
-Keeves
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