Archive - Apr 2010

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Truth On The Line teaser clip

Truth On The Line Teaser

This is a brief look at some moments from Truth On The Line's pilot episode, which is in post-production and planned for completion this summer. more information at http://truthontheline.tv

Note that in this teaser there are some post-production rough spots, especially the audio and color correction. Thanks for your patience and imagination in filling in the blanks!

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Truth On The Line Teaser

This is a brief look at some moments from Truth On The Line's pilot episode, which is in post-production and planned for completion this summer. more information at truthontheline.tv

Note that in this teaser there are some post-production rough spots, especially the audio and color correction. Thanks for your patience and imagination filling in the blanks!

Cast: steev hise

Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style

Don't Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style

author: Randy Olson

name: Steev

average rating: 4.05

book published: 2009

rating: 4

read at: 2010/04/20

date added: 2010/04/20

shelves: filmmaking, politics

Utter Despair

I've been editing video with Final Cut Pro for 9 years now, yes that's NINE YEARS. Yet today I'm wrestling with a problem that brings me to the brink of complete, throw-up-my-hands frustration. Absolute utter despair that makes me want to just give up being a filmmaker completely, or at least being an editor.

It's pretty much too complicated to describe here quickly and not have someone mistake it for a stupid mistake.  Trust me, it's not a stupid mistake.  I'm not an idiot, and, like i think i mentioned, I've been using FCP for NINE YEARS.  Trust me when I say this is a completely new and weird fuck-up that is a total mystery and that you would probably have no idea how to solve either unless you have as much intelligence and experience with this software as I do. 

In other words, I'm not posting this to ask for help. I'm just screaming my frustration.   Thank you, Apple, for once again leading me to believe that I could trust you and your products. sigh. Read more>>>

Post Sound

This is a quick update just to briefly note that post-production is still rolling along.
We're in the middle of working on audio and our screen looks something like this most of the time.

We also recently had a plan for a soundtrack composer fall through and are now looking for someone else. If you know an experienced or semi-experienced soundtrack composer who might be right for this project, please contact us.

Steev "Trailer"

About one year ago I attended a weekend-long Creative Capital artist's professional development workshop. We were asked to give a 5-minute presentation about our work. This video is what I created as my presentation. It's a tongue-in-cheek overview of the sort of stuff I do, at least as a maker of motion picture culture.

Cast: steev hise

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Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives

Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives

author: George Lakoff

name: Steev

average rating: 3.87

book published: 1905

rating: 5

read at: 2010/04/10

date added: 2010/04/11

shelves: own-it, politics

Midnight on the Line: The Secret Life of the U.S.-Mexico Border

Midnight on the Line: The Secret Life of the U.S.-Mexico Border

author: Tim Gaynor

name: Steev

average rating: 3.12

book published: 2009

rating: 2

read at: 2010/04/04

date added: 2010/04/06

shelves: border, politics

They Really Want You Guys To Play

created for the Vimeo Weekend Project, weekend of April 3 2010.

The voicemail is from a friend who was arranging a music gig for me in Portland, Oregon about 8 years ago (see detritus.net/​steev/​images/​april1702flyer.jpg )

The video footage was shot this past weekend of Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta, a Tucson mambo band playing at the Festival En El Barrio Viejo.

Cast: steev hise

TOTL Comic #6: Meta