Crunch Time

Ahhh Blogging. I can't seem to quit you. Believe me, I've tried. You see how I go for days, weeks - sometimes years - without talking to you? No avail! Somehow you always seem to reel me back in.

Especially during insomnia time.

Especially during crunch time.

It's crunch time for the documentary. We have until the end of April to produce some kind of rough cut to buyers so that the film can be in theaters nationwide by summer this year. "Yay!" when you think about it, "Boo!" when you actually have to do it. 200+ hours of still unedited footage and no script needs to be bogged down to a feasible hour and 1/2 of movie magic. And we already have 1 hour edited to liking which does not include the 200+ hours of other footage.

Also, Robert (executive producer) is telling me and Justin that, since we'll be part of the marketing/publicity push, we need to start drilling ourselves through fake interviews and preparing for the media rush we are about to endure. Can you imagine?! Media rush! OMG THAT'S SCARY!

I can't even remember two syllable words while writing quietly in the night... how could I put together a sentence in front of multiple camera crew?! And I'll have to shut down my blog! And my myspace!

Oh well. Let's HOPE it gets to that point. It won't be a bad problem to have in this world if the only thing you can complain about is the media not leaving you alone. That would mean you were doing pretty ok. :)

So... since I'm not just Producer now, I'm also Post Supervisor, my list of "Things to Do" has grown exponentially:

Things to Do:
Log last Interviews (Me, Jessica, sometimes Nikki)
Research & Development for facts (Leslie, Ale - soon, sometimes Me)
Make sure Translation/Captioning done by next week (Ale, Sergio, Norm)
Cut footage (Sergio, Norm)
Get stock footage + organize licensing (Me, Robert)
EDIT THE FILM (Justin, Lior, Nikki)
Sell Film, Publicity, Marketing, Distribution (Robert & His Team)

and... wwwwwaaaaaaayyyyyy at the bottom

Register Car
Get new Driver's License
Go to Doctor
Go to Dentist
Start Own Business
Get Business Cards
Make Website
Fix credit

*sigh*

It's kind of weird loving my work. Days will go by where I'll come into work in the morning and suddenly it's 10pm and I still haven't had lunch, but I don't feel tired and I'm happy. A few weeks ago Justin set it up so the studio is half photo studio with the guitar/drums/piano in the corner and half industry-standard movie theater. Now on breaks or at night we sit and watch films and during the day he edits on the big screen. Kinda cool. Robert and Andrew held the first big "Executive Screening" in there of some of our edits for the investors and they loved everything they saw. Andrew cooked Mediterranean that night... again, awesome.

(Did I mention Andrew learned how to cook from an Indian Chef? And that he also does most of his food vegan-style? Hells yeah! And Robert is the best ever because even though he's our boss he barely tells us what to do - he just lets us learn for ourselves and steps in when he sees we need a little guidance. I know that's helped Justin a lot.)

Don't get me wrong... crunch time is not all fun and games. I mean... look at the insomnia and the To Do and the fact that I work long hours (worked all Easter weekend - but really that was mostly for making up the days I had to get my tooth pulled). And crunch time itself is hardly ever fun while it's happening.

But you know - I still go home happy. Cool.

Random:

-YAY Auntie Luz & Uncle Fin!! It was awesome having them here. Pics will be up as soon as I have time (they got to participate in Wii night and I bet Angel & Bim would love to see that).
-It's been years since I've seen Uncle Fin.
-Haha Angel locking her purse out of the house.
-Congrats Cammie on Baptism!
-This Saturday is Keianna's first volleyball game of the season, a must see.
-Countdown to Mediterranean Cruise starts today because tickets were purchased today! Yay! By this time next year I'll be packing for 11 days in Rome/Italy/Turkey/Greece/Rome!!! Yay Meriel!

MY HERO

I want to be him.