Well, I took a week off work to go to Austin and try to muscle my way into getting a job on the crew, but by March everyone was already hired. Plus there’s the countless hours wasted surfing the net looking for info on it.
After a month or so, I got over it, cashed out half of my retirement $, and bought equipment (Sony PD150, Premiere, Audiotechniqua Mic, upgraded my machine, and some other random shit minus a steadycam) to start making my own movies. I hadn't been formally trained, but have taken some random classes (and there's a lot to be said of what you can get from books). Fast forward to now... I have two more days of shooting I need to work in and the rest is editing. My first gig won't be as great as I initially thought it would, but I think it will make a good effort. My biggest mistake is that I didn’t properly storyboard, so I’ve had to go back and re-shoot. I’ve also got my cousin working on a script for the second project (hopefully I’ll have this wrapped and we can get to shooting it by November). My goal is to have something festival worthy by SXSW next spring.
…er, I don’t know if you needed all that… but hey, I’m no longer obsessed with Sin City!
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