January 26, 1998
My return session at Nice Shoes finally materialized today, now that the
makers of Super Bowl commercials have gone home. After getting off
to a slow start because some switches had been set incorrectly, we had
a fast, easy night--Lenny let me correct three problem shots that had bothered
me the first time around, and the final product looked fairly blemish-free.
Then, near the end of the session, we saw some little flashes of light
that marred the final scenes. They weren't exactly like the optical
track bleedthroughs that marred the last session--they
covered the whole frame, not just the right side, and they were briefer
and less frequent--but they were definitely noticeable. Once more,
the damage appeared to be on the film and not on the video tape; and, once
more, I had never seen the problems at the Lab-Link screenings, though
this time the flashes are unobtrusive enough that I can conceive of not
having caught them the first time around. I can't get enough perspective
to tell whether this problem is a big deal or not, but it definitely had
a bad effect on my mood as I carted the film and the video master home
again.
On the bright side, I got a good price today from a duplicating house
that Michael Gitlin recommended to me: $281 for 100 VHS tapes. Because
this company can make VHS tapes directly from my D2 master tape, I have
to make a protection copy of the D2 before I send the original off to them.
All this will have to wait, of course, if I decide to do anything about
tonight's problems....
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