wow what a day, mics, who knew

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I am tired:
Man I am exhausted, it has been a very long day. The shoot went very good, and everyone had a very good time while we were there. Though I had a very hard time with the sound tonight. I was working with a wireless lavaliere mic, and the first thing I do is plug it into an XLR output. At first I could not get any sound form the mic. So I check all the connections and then I look at my camera and notice that I had the sound set for the interior mic. Thinking this was the problem, I change it to exterior mode. I went from no sound to low sound. The mic was picking up such a small amount of sound that there was no way I could use it. So the next thing I tried was switching out the XLR cord for a mini 8 in. cord. Now in school and the rest of the real world this is a no no. Mini plugs are way riskier than a XLR plus, in my opinion, it also sounds better. I said a small prayer and hook up my wireless with my plug and booya, it work. Oh the joy of making things work. Anyway after that the shoot manly consists of taking multiple shots and getting enough footage to make a video. I will be editing all day tomorrow in hopes to stay on schedule. So here is to staying on schedule and having a rough edit by Monday.

My last filming with Ellis:
I had borrowed some equipment from a good friend, Ellis, and return them to him after I was done with the shoot. Yesterday he ask me to help with a shoot he was doing for his move to L.A.. Basically he thinks he can help others, who are leaving everything behind, with there dreams of becoming the next best thing to hit L.A. My job was simple, just ask a few questions and let him talk into the camera. This only took about ten minutes and the rest of the time talk about projects and anything under the sun. I must admit I am going to miss this cat. He has a passion and talent for film that I have never seen with any other person around Memphis. I have known a lot of people who just love film but would not dare try to learn the craft like Ellis has. If there was something he didn't know, he would research it and make sure he knew how to do it by weeks end. This guy is one of the sharpest people I know and I think he will be one of the few that can actually make it in L.A.
So I crack open a coke and toast to you Ellis. May you become successful and famous.

Tomorrow:
I will try and not wait till 11:23 at night to post. I will make a post after I put in a day's work of editing. I will also make a list of equipment of things I need the most.

Reminder:
After saturday I will pick a new person to follow but this week I am still following thenetlixhorrorguide. Go check him out

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