Poland...Day 5 (Video Production SUCKS!)

Hello to all...

Hope things in the states are going well. Sorry about not getting this blog up last night, but the internet here went down for about two hours so...didn't get it back until about 1:25 in the morning. What a day!

The whole day was spent editing...I worked on a video from about 10:30 until about 3:00...only to break for lunch. We decided we needed some more b-roll footage of the guy we had interviewed. I grabbed a camera with a tape and battery, and headed over to the basketball courts to get a few last shots.

I got what I needed, and when I got back, the decision had been made that we needed to re-shoot the entire video. Mind you that the video I had been working on was due for that night. We had even gotten most of the translation done...which takes FOREVER!

The head video guy here sat down to watch it while I was gone and noticed a slight high tone frequency in the audio from the mic. It was only for part of the video...the battery died about half way through the shoot, and we had to replace it. We decided this was the cause of the high tone frequency.

So, there, my whole day...gone. I guess you can say that is video production for ya. It happens...all the time.

We had gotten the re-shoot all scheduled for the same night, got it set-up, and got the shot. I began dumping...finished about 11:30. The only problem was...it was in POLISH! If you haven't figured it out by now, I DON'T SPEAK POLISH!

The only guy who could cut this (he did the interview...spoke the language...and knew how he wanted to story to go) for us...was about to leave! I had to get the footage all sunk for audio purposed, get it onto a hard drive and get the MacBook Pro all set-up. As soon as we got it together...about 12:30, he headed home to cut this video, along with another video!

Crazyness all around. So, now...the next day (today for me, but for story purposes, the NEXT day for you) I am sitting here in the office/studio waiting on the man with the Mac to come back so I can get the video done for tonight. The endless game of waiting...waiting...waiting! AHHHH!

More stories and pictures to come tonight...assuming if I get this video done tonight! HAHA.

Enjoy the stories my friends...can't wait to share more!

Alex H.