Spring and summer have been fun. For the first half of June I was swamped during the pre-production and production for The New Romantics’ pilot episode – which had very long days, but the footage looks really good – followed by a two-week break all the way back home in Brasil. The last time I’d been there was over a year ago, and I really missed the people. Ariana tagged along for the ride and by the time we got back to Vancouver I think we were more tired than when we left.
The trip was just the perfect length, since by the last days we were already looking forward to coming back home and squeezing Finnegan. It was good to step out of my intense selling, filming, editing schedule for this long and it made reevaluate how I spend my time.
I turned my room inside out when we got back – I brought every single piece of gear I had left behind when moving from Brasil to Canada – and was determined to optimize where I’d keep boxes, rig parts, lens pieces and tools. Now things are looking rather organized and I think I know where each item is – or should be. On the next weeks I’ll be putting some effort into shooting more episodes for the YouTube channel and working on the Russian mod-set (Mir 1B, Helios 44-2 and Jupiter 9), with polished glass, amber tinting and oval apertures. The Helios 44-2 tutorial was received so well that I decided to expand the family. I’m also waiting for a lot of 10 Helios 44-2s for modding.
I’m also getting back to the USSR Lens Buyer’s Guide that went on hold before shooting The New Romantics. I have many lenses to talk about, countless pictures to take and choose from and a decent amount of pages to write before the project is completed.
Lastly, this was a little VFX stunt I started early this year and just finished now – rocks modeled and textured by Paul H. Paulino, animation by Fernão Morato, camera handled by Bruno Nicko and outstanding extra performance by Ariana Saadat in the background. My plan is to keep doing these small bits of eye tricks to practice and to have fun. I already have another one in the works!