I completed the conversion of the images I captured for “Contingency” into video files this week.
It really was painful.
I got about half the images done the week before. For some
reason, the last half took more time. I found the technique of overlaying a
negative of one image worked well. It was easy to tell when I had a frame
aligned properly. By the end, I got pretty good at it. Nevertheless, with well
over a thousand images to adjust, it took a long time.
I didn’t notice it before, but this week I found the work
was painful. I had to sit in the same position for hours while I made very
precise changes with my mouse. That gave me repetitive strain injuries. I had
my arm all tensed up at the same time, which created pain as well.
They say that an artist must suffer for their art.
One of the things that surprised me about filmmaking was how
physical the work was. Even if you are the director, you are up and about all
the time, even if you don’t do any of the heavy lifting.
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