The Last Two

We're down to the last two weeks of production here on Charlotte's Web. It's going to be tight, but we're working quite a bit to meet the deadlines! Everything's looking so sweet.

As of now, I'm not sure which project I will be transferred onto. There are a bunch of projects coming in, but staffing is still being organized. I hope I'll be able to lead again on a significant project, but only time will tell. Many of the other leads will have seniority over me when being chosen for a project, as I have only had two under my belt (here at Tippett). Both of them commercials, with shot counts of under 20. My previous lead position on Ghost Ship was a surprise, as I was only there for the last several months, and was not expecting to become an influential part of the crew or even be credited.

I had a chance to read Kevin Tod Haug's Manifxto a little while ago. It's a great blog with some insightful takes on the state of the industry. I worked with Kevin back in 2003 on a made for TV movie that shall remain nameless. It was an interesting project, and I was brought in, like usual, near the end of the show, and had to correct errors that some previous compositors on the show had made. Kevin makes some excellent points on his blog, and I pretty much agree with almost everything he's mentioned. While not updated as often as mine, his blog goes into much more detail about certain visual effects areas, and his perspective as a visual effects supervisor is relevant.