Outside of the lack of time and lack of space its actually a really fun production to work on. All of my co-workers are fantastic and just as overworked. We're all in the really interesting head space where you are constantly functioning and all of us are thinking super fast. Its kind of like this overworked zen space where there's no room for any day dreams or bullshit like that, just getting shit done.
As a result of this recent clarity - I really haven't been going on many mental tangents and I've got nothing I particularly want to write about. So I'll just do the smart thing and try to make a list of insights I've picked up working in each city so far on the tour.
Seattle, WA
- If your shooting in a museum type situation put some wheels on the bottom of your tripod. It will give the effect of the viewer actually moving through the museum and you don't ever have to get a close shot of a particular piece and deal with all the Rights and Clearances crap.
- Seattle Folk look like a lot of fun. Its all the good taste of New Yorkers without the pretension.
- Do an idiot check of your rental vehicle at the end of the day no matter how badly you want a beer.
- Losing a tripod equipment sucks.
Eugene, OR
- Where there is communal gardens there is pot/hippies.
- The iphone google maps application is useless when you can't tell what is North, South, East, or West.
- The Unversity of Washington Bookstore has EVERYTHING - including tripod systems.
- Tripod systems are way cheaper in the middle of nowhere.
San Francisco, CA
- Lombard street is dirty with tourists
Los Angeles, CA
- A schedule that doesn't allow for showering is f**ked.
- Anyone who says they don't want to be on a reality show secretly wants to be on a reality show.
Scottsdale, Az
- Arizona is hotter than a camel's grundel.
