TOPIC: After a while of silence (see digression one below) I guess I should inform you that I am currently working on a short five minute documentary about a local craftsman, Raymond Rawls, who has a link on the side of my blog. I've already shot the interview, which turned out great besides some slight audio issues (see digression two). There are some more scenes/ sequences I need to shoot and then hopefully I can have it done soon after that. I should also let you know that I intend to post the doc I made for the World Music course I took this summer, but it really needs a re-edit.
DIGRESSION ONE: Even if this blog had more exciting content like maybe stories of my life as an unlikely stripper, it still wouldn't get very many hits because I don't update enough. I guess I'm not really addicted enough to my blog to warrant anyone else being addicted to my blog. However, for the few people that read this thing and check it every once and a while for updates, I'm sorry I'm so infrequent, and thank you for coming back.
DIGRESSION TWO: I stupidly recorded the audio with the shotgun mic attached to the camera. This was partly due to, partly to over confidence (thinking it would work fine), oversight (not thinking about it long enough), and my inadequate shotgun mic. However, I am happy to say that the audio is completely usable, and in reaction to my mistake I took the plunge and bought a Rode NTG-2 Mic, built a homemade boom pole, and am planning to pony up a little more cash for a shock mount and quality windscreen. This is brining me ever closer to a nice little production kit. All I need now is a unit dedicated to audio recording (most likely a Marantz PMD660), and a small light kit (most likely similar to the one I used at NYU, which was from Mole Richardson). One day...
