This and that...

Well, my prediction has came to fruition.  I'm not sick, I'm super sick... I haven't felt this bad since... Well, LAST FALL when the exact same thing happened to me, as it always does.  Only this time I know Victor's ailment was the culprit.  All of next week will form a challenge with production scheduled to wrap on another awards show production for [the client] and a midweek shoot in the auditorium which has yet to seen a crew assigned.  With my current batting average with [the client] I can say with near certainty I'll be asked to carry equipment from the storage area down to the auditorium, setup cameras, balance myself on a spider-pod for two hours operating the cameras, and break down equipment once the meeting adjourns, and haul it back into storage.  Considering the number of productions that take place in the auditorium I'm surprised management hasn't installed permanent robotic cameras in the walls in the locations where we usually setup manned cameras so the technical director can call the shots from the control room without utilizing additional staff resources and cutback on excessive time wasted setting up, testing, and breakdown down equipment... Besides, I'm sure event organizers don't want a coughing, sniffling, snorting camera person interrupting their festivities.

In other news finally purchased a CRT preview monitor for the home studio.  Only $70 from a local pawn shop -- so finally I get to enjoy real-time preview playback of my time-line and composite animations without compromising the input settings on my LCD monitors... speaking of which I'm finishing up a video walk-through of master control at WWSB.  It'll ultimately it'll be used as sweetener in my demo reel. I'll likely post a clip tomorrow when it's complete.

More this and that.. I've been contacted by a client in Detroit about filming sequences with animals from certain zoo's throughout the southeast.  I'm still ironing out the final details but the end product is for an educational interactive DVD to be marketed towards elementary children.

And lastly... it saddens me to announce Nintendo has announced last week that they are discontinuing support for the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) after twenty-three years.  A Nintendo spokesperson stated the reason behind the companies decision was the scarcity of replacement components for the two decade old gaming console.  I'm sure everyone has fond memories of the NES and various ways it helped to shape and develop the technological interest of three generations of technical elitist across the globe. 

R.I.P. NES
1985 - 2007