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Happy new year everyone!!

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Ok, back to work for me!!
I was very lucky to be able to visit friends & family in Australia for 6 weeks, getting home just before the new year. I haven't even looked through all the footage i took in Australia, but hope i have what i need to put my film together. Hopefully once everything settles down here with work, i can sit down & get started on the editing.
I hope everyone had a nice holiday season, & everything is working out well for you all with your edits.
Regards,
Bryce

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Got Stuck , the idea isn't flowing music isn't happening

Footage is in the bag , now to get the inspiration to edit it .

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Good to hear you had a nice time, Bryce.

I got a little setback today. My computer desided an early retirement with a C-drive refusing to start up.
Already filmed a little and plan to film more this weekend, but no idea when I get a chance to edit.

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Finally got an idea. It’s very challenging and parts of it may be above what I can do.
Need snow and since we had some decent snow cover I thought no problem and now it’s almost 50 outside!
Bye bye snow!

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Hey Kevin I don't have that problem They are calling for another 4 to 8 inches of snow tonight.. My problem is I don't have a solid idea yet.


Gordon

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Gordon,

Wish we had that here! We have zilch now!

Script is locked, music is licensed, just need snow and time now

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Well Kevin they missed their forecast and we only got around 2 inches of new snow. The chinook wind hit last night and it's 3ºC (about 37ºF) now so there will be some open ground before long. I'm usually just shooting stuff, then seeing what I can do with it. Once in awhile I have a vague idea that I try to work around but I never have it where I have a list of shots to get.

Gordon

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First read of the script came in at 5:08 and everyone feels it still needs to breathe more.

Still no snow, just cold. -15 Tuesday

Did go out and get another shot for Lament of the Milky Way to get it ready to enter a film festivsl this month.
Need a couple more shots and I think it’ll be ready to be submitted.

Everything hinges on snow this round or it’s shark tank for me.

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Had a Nightmare today that the deadline was 15th of Jan woke up at 4 am :)

Then remembered that the deadline is 31st so a bit relaxed, got the 2 shots i needed to open the story, wrote down half of the script, have start and ending frames pinned but the flow is not coming out as wished , will leave it for a day or so and revisit it to see if it flows.

Music man thats the thing i am missing still, even though the location sounds are recorded and in.

Guess its been so long since i last submitted a film that i even forgot the length of the film needed.

Kevin,
Snow will return
Your idea of choosing music first might have been a better way to approach this round but now i am searching.

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Narration came in at 5:20. Last of the props I need we’re just delivered so hopefully we can get some decent snow and get this in the can!

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Kevin, talk like a homesick runaway train! Problem solved ;)

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I still need to make my idea more definite - still a bit general and undefined. Will work on the script/idea some more.
Decided to do some filming this afternoon - testing a new piece of equipment, and got some practice using it. Definitely need to practice some more - results were decent, but some tweaking is needed. I only scared a few kangaroos in the process ;-)
Hopefully I'll get out later in the week - just not when it gets to 40 Celsius on Friday.

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Hey Kevin, you want show? Come on down to Atlanta, Georgia!!

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Earlier I mentioned I was working on something special for this uwol challenge, and today some news can be announced:

For UWOL 45, we will have an external judge, just as we had in the early days of the challenge.
The judge has previously participated in several challenges, and has accepted the honor of being our judge.

Welcome back to the UWOL challenge, Catherine Russel, Spike Productions :)