Ready to return to the Sierra -tomorrow-?
Today, I’ll continue editing my rough cut for the newest documentary BACKPACKING AND MOUNTAINEERING IN THE SIERRA NEVADA (BMSN) and will be adding some music. I’ve selected excerpts from Ken Burn’s LEWIS AND CLARK: THE JOURNEY OF THE CORPS OF DISCOVERY and from W. Snuffy Walden’s score for THE STAND.
Here’s a shot of my loaded Black Diamond Predator 50 from last night’s training hike
Please take a look, if you’re exploring your options for participating in this wonderful sport!
I will amend it over time as my needs may change….
Enjoy!
In late October-November we’ll plan to head to the west side in SEKI (Sequoia/Kings Canyon,) and then do some snow camping and possibly an alpine climb in the Spire region in Nov-December to finish shooting for the documentary.
Special thanks to Ross Rivera and Joann Loo, for the nice job shooting video in the field.
We’ll be in the Little Lakes Valley area south of Tom’s Place, between Bishop and Mammoth Lakes, from 2-4 September. No one else on my crew has been to the area, it’s exciting to be the one to introduce them to it!
One of my very favorite peaks in the range is located there-Bear Creek Spire (c 13,700′).Hope to get some of them to try at least a ridge route on it….
In November the plan is to return there, to shoot in winter conditions.
Ivan Fall, a Russian actor from Stella Adler Studio in Hollywood, has arranged with me to shoot his scripted short film in early October from a set located in Hollywood/LA. We anticipate about 3-4 days for the shoot, which will co-star Tiedora Degrigo.
Following several weeks of intermittently working with the components of this collection, these are my observations:
I have so far found that Premiere Pro, Encore, and Audition seem generally to be functioning more smoothly than the preceding versions. In particular, moving between Pr Pro and Audition using Dynamic Link has been smoother and more reliable and Encore has performed better for output to DVD, without crashing. I like several of the new features of PrPro, especially hover scrubbing in Program panel, advanced keyboard-based edits, and adjustment layers.
I’m not happy that the presets are missing from PrPro’s and Encore’s templates, requiring and additional download with its attendant steps.
Recently, After Effects has started freezing upon startup- I’m currently exploring a fix for this other than re-installation…. when it was loading properly, it seemed to be functioning normally.
For my workflow, Firewords/ Illustrator/Flash are not especially useful but some of the new features in Photoshop are welcomed. I have taken advantage of the new video editing to output available there, as well as 3D capability, content-aware tools, and more speed via the Mercury acceleration I’ve grown accustomed to in PrPro.
The jury’s out as to whether I will work much with Prelude, but it may become a more usual part of my workflow if it proves easy to organize bins and truly contribute useful metadata in a way I would find more tedious in PrPro. Speedgrade seems promising for advanced grading, but I have not worked long enough with it to form a clear opinion as to whether it’s a major upgrade from PrPro’s capability for my projects.
We at DEP will be interviewing at General Assembly meetings held regularly at downtown Los Angeles, CA in order to provide updated material for this project, which began last Sept/October.
DEP will add some new crew, and continue preproduction plans for upcoming documentary and dramatic film projects for summer/fall 2012.
We will be using Adobe CS6 Master Collection as the base of our editing, output and archiving workflow.
An additional presentation will be held at a friend’s house north of San Diego that afternoon and evening. Please contact me for further information if planning to attend.
I can be reached at
William Hooks
benjaminlafayettesisko@gmail.com
(951)-255-9568
I will be showing the documentary at the REI store in Rancho Cucamonga, CA at 7PM and showings at other stores including the REI, Adventure 16 and Sport Chalet stores are being planned.
Shortly, posters advertising the presentations will be displayed at 2 climbing gyms: Hangar 18 in Upland and Threshold in Riverside.
William Hooks
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