Home of filmmaker, improviser, and decent dude Geoff Ross.

I missed the Boston Marathon because I was shooting my scene for directing class.  But I didn’t miss this.

Whoa!  Go, Street Sweeper, Go!

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My film came back from Fotokem and I’ve been editing ever since.  I’ve been trying a few things that are new (to me): Cutting on Avid and starting the edit with the ending sequence and working my way to the front.  Being a Final Cut Pro kind of guy cutting on Avid is somewhat of a pain.  Starting with the end and moving back to the front seems to be working in my favor.  The photo below is from that ending sequence a couple days ago.  I’ve made significant progress since then.  This excites you.

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There is allegedly some sort of storm for the ages heading towards Boston so school was cancelled half-way through the day.  Yes, I’m rocking out to School’s Out by Alice Cooper.

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The weather has been crazy in Boston.  On Monday it was freezing, by Wednesday it was 60 degrees, and now it’s snowing.

Pumpkins at work.

Liz and I went over the Charles River to Cambridge, MA this weekend.

I was in Boston last week to start the apartment search.  I didn’t find anything, but we got off to a good start.  Hopefully I find some place to sleep before school starts.  That would be nice.

Despite having my camera with me I didn’t take many photos while I was there.  Plus amongst the few photos I took even fewer were any good.  Here’s one: