Hindsight

More selections from my Japan trip in May. An exploration of the World Expo in Aichi.

Many hours and 12 pages later, a full log list of three miniDV tapes is completed. I can now begin batch capture on 95 percent of my next video.

Though this may seem like old news to some, it’s a practice I took up in a linear video production class back when I was attending college. That is, the process of logging: writing down all the cuts on a videotape based on timecode. Some say it saves time and money in the long run, and it’s probably true. For digital video editing, I would consider it a must.

Sure, it takes a long time. But it would take much longer if, say, you didn’t save the timecode/shots on paper and had to re import your footage to computer. Importing the entire tape is just wasted space, additionally.

In any case, what seems to be the most tedious part of the process is (more or less) done. And I can move forward from here.

Last month’s excursion from Kyoto to Nagoya (and Aichi). The World Expo.

Continuing selections from last month’s trip. Kyoto Station.

Week One selections from Last Month’s trip to Japan:

As I’ve said in posts years ago, I am not [once again] down and out. I’ve just been busy.

In previous trips to Japan, the jet lag didn’t seem as apparent as it does now. It’s getting better, but I still find myself waking up to the time of six or seven in the morning. It let’s me start my day early, so I haven’t fought it by trying to sleep in.

eBay. I’ve been keeping myself occupied by trying to make some side income. Currently I’m out of work (oddly, by choice). Whereas I used to work with Rockstar San Diego, I decided to part from the studio in hopes of finding something a little closer to my current career goals.

Before I returned to Los Angeles County, I made a few decisions and one major purchase while I was in Japan. I’ll start to share with you some of my favorite pictures from the trip as well as an update on the present. Bare with my pace as I try to catch up being here, too….