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I’ve been editing all day on tape (not by choice, not for this show) and it’s killllling me…you have to render in real time ARE you kidding.  

I’ve never not known digital and have stated that if I had to use anything but, I wouldn’t do it.  And I wouldn’t.  HD either, but I’ll get to that in a sec.

Tape is arduous and messy all around.  One time when in talks with a potential partner for this show, this guy said he wanted to give me a film camera to shoot landscapes out the window while I drive.  I knew at that moment there was no way it was a fit; said he should buy a coffee table book for that.

Now regarding HD, a theory:

You know how the big media broadcasting guys were the only way to reach people, then the internet came and crushed that, right.  So remember last year when they announced, “if you want to have your stuff shown on our network, it must be in HD”.  Well with that one new rule they eliminated so so many, myself included, from ever having their stuff broadcast and [ya still] really reaching people.  

Also:

1 – So now you can see the crappy content clearer… why not make better content
2 – The rendering and storage of video files is already cumbersome… why would I want to increase either of those things
3 – It’s going to get very compressed anyway when you stick it online, who cares

In short: I think HD should marry Tape and give each other syphilis. 

may 19 2009

Okay okay one more thing, look at that.  It’s the system I devised to fast forward the tape because even just that took crazy long and like, I had to go about life.

I dedicate this post to @motionblur

may 19 2009

From filming today:

may 17 2009

It’s a narrative thread to amalgamate a bunch of footage that doesn’t warrant its own episode. 

On the left are two old pendants I forgot all about, so I strung them on a new ribbon and’ll wear them when I film this afternoon.  On the right up there… you see… ahhh… okay out with it: that stuff is American and I use it all the time. 

I’ve been chewing that gum for 10 years and using that lip balm for double that.  And I feel like I’m letting down my title a little by doing so.

But I’m almost out of both, both have been discontinued in Canada (correct me if I’m wrong) and so last night I wrote to an American friend asking him to send me a gross of each.