Korea
Japan
Hong Kong
But there are so many other places I may wind up... (hopefully not jail or dead).
I am using this space as a blog, and as a way to dump the dailies I take from my camera (Panasonic GH1 and Samsung TL320). I want those who are interested to get a daily-updated, unfiltered view of my crazy Asian adventure.
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Aaah THE DREAD!
Hey tumblr people! All like…9 of you haha. Thanks for following me! Here’s part 1 of that scary movie I’ve been working on (and have been bitching about the past month).
Enjoy!
的恐懼 | The Dread - Part 1 from Eddie Kezeli on Vimeo.
I wish there were a way to enable comments on tumblr? I’d love to hear some feedback.
Addendum
I mentioned in my last post that I pay $30/day in food. I meant to say I spend less than $30/day on EVERYTHING; transportation, food, fun, etc. My friends were right. In Hong Kong, its actually cheaper to go out for food than to cook it yourself. How awesome is that!
The movie is progressing slowly, but nicely. Caught a bit of luck and was able to salvage some footage I thought I messed up, plus I successfully edited a nice little climax ^_^ Unfortunately, I spent waay too long effing with just the opening title screen. Trying to do pseudo-motion graphics in FCP ain’t workin in my favor. Oh, and I forgot to ask around for Chinese characters help. Oh well, there’s always tomorrow!
Gonna to try a few more things tonight before I head off to bed… I’m going to give myself two days to finish this.
Here’s another vague teaser
The Dread
Its got a title! Tentative, of course.
Chinese friends, are the characters correct? All I have is google translate, and 1.3 billion of you around me. If no one replies by tomorrow, I’ll just ask a stranger when I go to Starbucks. Actually, that sounds fun.
Uhh…Hong Kong is awesome. Have I mentioned that already? Lemme add to the list of reasons:
David and I went shopping for glasses today. Did you know they’re cheap here? “How cheap, you asshole?” you may be yelling at the computer screen. Well, I got 3 pairs of prescription glasses (with UV protection, scratch resistance, anti-glare), plus a pair of prescription sunglasses, for $179 USD. Yeah, that’s right. $170-fucking-9 USD. I paid $300 for my last pair of glasses from lenscrafters. That place can suck a giant egg sack for the rest of infinity as far as I am concerned. You know what? I calculated it. If you want to buy four pairs of transitions glasses from lenscrafters, it would actually be cheaper to fly to Hong Kong, chill out for four days, pay for your meals, transportation, and lodging, and then fly back.
A breakdown, shall we?
If I remember correctly, it costs about $500 (after tax) to get a pair of transitions lenses from lenscrafters. That means four pairs will cost you 4x500 = $2,000
Now lets see how much a trip to Hong Kong would be:
$876 Round-trip ticket from LAX - HKG. You will fly out tomorrow.
$200 Will buy you THREE NIGHTS in a good hotel in a good area in Hong Kong
$200 Will pay for your meals ($50/day in food). I’m living like a king on $30.
$100 Will pay for your transportation (to/from airport, train, taxi). You will never even need this much. NEVER. A taxi half-way across the island costs $5.
$453 Will buy you FOUR PAIRS of transitions, prescription glasses. In good styles, too!
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$1,829
2,000 - 1,829 = $171 left in your pocket! Fuck yeah!
And actually, I could budget this entire FOUR DAY TRIP for just a hair above 1,500 (if you stay at my place <3)
Isn’t Hong Kong awesome?
Wait, do you even care about what i have to say or are you just waiting for me to finish my movie? Gah….it’s really taking a while. It’s hard to paint mood! Plus my days are very busy. This is my first attempt at something creepy, and its my first time experimenting with color grading, and soundscape. Shits takin days! I still gotta edit the last minute or so (?) of the film, but I have no idea how its going to turn out. I’m going to try some wild shit….maybe… … don’t get your expectations too high… what looks good in still may look like ass in motion.
Eh, I guess one more vague teaser couldn’t hurt, now could it?
Gimme a few more days to finish this bad boy. It may or may not be worth the wait, hahahaha
Yesterday we took a 2-3 hour hike up to the highest point in Hong Kong, called Tai Mo Shan 大帽山. I took some sweet footage there. Here’s a little teaser on what I’m working on now ^_^
