Two extremely busy days, exhausting, darting between jobs. I started yesterday by filming for the Falling Apart Again video. One principle is to always try new things to some extent, but not to be too complex with those. New things can start simple and grow, evolve. For this video I had the idea of notes (rectangles, like piano keys) falling away, and those act as a mask for a video of a somewhat ragged self.
The filming took about 40 minutes, but the video longer. It's easy to do the complex part of making notes appear per-keypress. The hard part is all of the tweaking of levels, glow, and look. This was done today. The filmed aspect looked too good, too crisp, so I made it pixelated, broken into 4x4 squares. I think this will suffice.
Most of yesterday was a list of Christmas related, rather than work related jobs.
Today was a lot of admin. My 'Sleep' painting has happily made it into the Grosvenor Open, although (typically!) it is the only painting that isn't framed, so I must make a frame for it. I've had a submission request from Galleria Balmain's new website, and news from the Society for Art of Imagination.
My new Rode NT1 mic has arrived and I've tested it. It seems to work. It is rather light and cheap feeling. The packaging, the cable, the cradle, so much seemed to be top quality for the cheap £135 (I seem to remember this mic costing £400). It's amazing they can make anything for this price. It weighs less than my still wonderful (20-year old) NT3 (which cost £300 or more). Time will tell which mic is better.
I've had my blocked ear vacuumed, and I can now hear - yay! Though I now need to repeat the procedure for the other ear. About half a mug(!) of oily goop was extracted.
I feel I've done so little. Onwards I must push.
