Back after the hols!

Happy New Year to all!

It was back to filming yesterday and today after a break for Christmas and New Year.

I have spent much of the holiday editing and learning about Authoring. I'm not ready for that yet, but I figured it would be good to know what I will have to do, in case it affects the way in which I edit some of the footage. Fortunately it all seems to make sense - maybe I'll find all the pitfalls when I actually come to do it!

I can tell you now who my Sponsors are - some of you will already know - it's Festool. They have been incredibly supportive, and I now have a few nice new Systainers with super-duper tools in them to play with. Nothing has disappointed me yet :) .

I've also had generous help (not just products, but technical help, too) from JSP who manufacture safety equipment and Bighead who make specialist fasteners, and a promise of support from another UK company, too. Watch this space.

We have FINALLY got the sound sorted - at least I jolly well hope so. I have bought another radio mic (is this the fourth?), and ironically I found it at my local independent AV store, Nottingham Audio Visual, within walking distance of my home! I wish I'd gone there first. They were very helpful, let me try it out first, and even the price was good too. Altogether excellent.

The last one went back to Lancaster just before Christmas. That reminds me, I must check that they have actually refunded me, I've had no paperwork back yet...

That's it, really, not much to report, as it's more of the same in the studio, really. But we are getting faster at filming (at least we are when I can remember my script) and setting up for shots is quicker too. I can just say "Bob ,we need a green shot", or, "Drill press next, Bob", and he sets up the hardware whilst I get the props together. It's becoming quite smooth.

Oh, just one more thing - we might have our first commercial video commission. Bob's son takes after him as a good musician and plays in a band. We are going to have a go at making a pop video! OK, so "commercial" is perhaps being a bit optimistic, but it will be doing it for someone else, not just me!

I can see a whole new career opening up before me!