it's 8pm n I'm ready for bed... my cold got worse today but i still went for the meeting this morning...
Oh last nite's dinner was a huge success... Pam left early 'cos of a migrane... Stephen left ard 9.30pm because the shire awaited him... Nathan n Michael Peaker left around 10.30pm and Em, Jo, Sam, Lise left ard 11pm.. Andrew came to pick Beth n the baby up so that i wouldnt have to drive out there again and boy am i glad 'cos as it is, i was already buggered n fighting the cold. Woke up this morning and felt like.... i dunno what word to use to describe how i felt... i was hot all over, had no voice.... and my nose and lungs felt congested... and u know the headache u get when u're all nasly n what nots? I'm glad i didn't have to drive into the city. Went in Brad fuller's car... BReakfast and the meeting was nice... had scrambled eggs on toast.. it ended around 11am and by the time we got back to the beaches and by the time i got back home, it was almost 12pm... thanx to the crazy road works on the wakehurst parkway... traffic was like that of a peak hour mornin...
Anyway i came home, chucked some clothes in the wash... didn't even have the strength to clean up the rest of the stuff from last night's dinner. Sat on the sofa and fell asleep but got up to hang the clothes... then spent the next 4.5hrs in bed... and got up when Stephen messaged me...
Had to get up to take a cold shower though, thought it might help the fever... after the cold shower, got down to doing business for this thailand trip...
God.... i'm so nervous... it's like my first big overseas gig!!! It would look quite good on my resume i reckon...
Initially we thought that i'd be doing small stuff like effects and then just documenting the trip on video... but after today's meeting, i was told that they wanted a multi-camera live shoot during the conference... and i had the responsibility of making a decision on the video equipment to be hired... by tonight... and there were going to be 3 projectors, 2 different switches for the screens, and i had to shoot voxpox stuff and edit them in the afternoon in time for the night sessions.... and there was going to be the WHAT IF? Times... just like CCC times... hmmmm think i might speak to Josh n Jeff about getting someone else on board... don't think i could do it all on my own... One thing i'm glad... I'll be working with Dan Sly (Sound guy) and Greg Yates (lighting)... pple whom i've worked with before... and feel comfortable with... The guy that's flying us over's very unasuming and nice... he's like the humblest person i might have met... he runs this big company thing... seems like he's got lots of capital if u see what he does in his company... it's called Opportunity International Australia and he seems to know quite a number of high-powered people... but he looks so... Nice... white-haired... dressed in berms and a shirt... and had... Butter n Jam on toast for breakfast... while the rest of us had like salmon, bacon and eggs, scrambled eggs... Oh... tried Watermelon and mint juice today... it was quite nice... Julie had a Watermelon, pineapple, ginger and mint juice... which i thought was quite wierd... she said it was nice but...
Anyway here's the current list for those of you tech pple who care...
2 x Sony Z1P + AC adapters and Batteries
2 x Miller DS-10 2 Stage
4 x Sony PVMD14L5A 14" Multiformat Production Monitor (Cam 1, 2, PVW, PGM)
2 x Panasonic AW-SW350 Video Mixer (main switch n centre screen switch) or Panasonic WJ-MX 50
1 x Sony HVR M10P HDV recorder/Player (PGM record)
1 x DVD recorder (PGM Backup)
1 x Sony SRXR110 Projector for centre screens 16:9
2 x Sony SRXR105 Projector for side screens
XLR cables
BNC cables
BNC cables with RCA heads
Sony MDR 7506 Headphones
Ambient Carbon Boompole
RODE NTG-1 or Sennheiser K6/ME66 Mic Kit
Tape Stock
63min HD DVC DVM63HD (need to know session layouts before deciding on amount)
60 MIN MINI DV TAPE DVM60EX
SONY 8X DVD-R DISC 4.7GB DMR47S2
Data Booster/Splitter Box???
Intercom sets? Clearcom single channel packs, station, headsets and cables? Projector screens x 3? Centre 16:9, Sides 4:3 n 2 side projectors?
Laptop
Stills Cam
Hope i didnt leave anythin out in this drowsy and sickly state of mine...
hmm... ok it sounds like it's going to rain... and the medication's making me drowsy... so i might leave it at that... just wanted to update on the thailand trip and dinner and to say to those who're reading and came for the dinner, Thank you thank you thank you...
I hope i'm better tomorrow... too many things to do...
