Archive for category Day Today
Escape from London
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on August 12th, 2008
All time are approximate. Except for the ones that aren’t.
8:25am: In Moksha, getting scripts into a form Localisation can work with. Takes longer than expected. Notice ‘LU’ is twice as long as other scripts. Could be an issue.
10:30am: Baffled as to why video that took 20 minutes to render, and is apparently 94Mb in size, runs for 11 seconds instead of six minutes. And why eight of those 11 seconds are one image, frozen.
10:50am: Secure petty cash for London trip. Surely it will be enough to cover a few cabs.
12:15pm: Leave the office feeling like a Sherpa, with three bags slung over shoulders.
12:34pm: On train to Bedford… which I get off at Farringdon.
1:56pm: In Liverpool Street, having that “I’m over here under the big news screen… I’m the one carrying three bags… I have a beard” conversation that you tend to have with total strangers when rendevousing in public via mobile phone.
2:15pm: At costume designers, seeing things which just one week ago were outlines given shape and taken form. Impressed.
4:00pm: Have now seen what a woman painted grey-blue looks like. Life complete.
4:30pm: Making executive decision on length of hemline. In this case, has to be longer.
4:40pm: Swapping casting stories.
5:15pm: Watching costume people accomplish the impossible.
6:08pm: In Cab 2 of 2, en route to photo shoot. Grey-blue woman is in Cab 1 of 2.
7:15pm: Helping to move lights.
7:30pm: Eating chocolate and nuts.
7:45pm: Watching through a laptop attached to a camera. It’s like a live magazine spread. Except when it stops working.
8:37pm: Hurrying things along.
8:45pm: “Too… porno face.”
9:09pm: Seeing the pair together for the first time. Stunned.
9:50pm: Realising we have 25 minutes, not 40 minutes left. Chop chop!
10:05pm: Acting as impromptu wind generator.
10:07pm: Fired from above position.
10:15pm: “Less Bruce Lee hands.”
10:35pm: Ordering cabs.
11:15pm: Choosing best photos off on the way to Liverpool Street (via Brick Lane). Not so easy in the back of a cab, against the clock.
11:23pm: Saying goodbyes, see you next weeks.
11:45pm: Fending off Italian drunk kids with “I’m tired.” Reply: “I have worked eight hours in… [garbled name of shop.] I am tired too…” Check phone. “I’ve worked… fifteen hours right now.” He backs down.
11:53pm: Walking towards Victoria Line in Oxford Circus. Tannoy announcement: “Due to planned engineering works there will be no more Victoria Line services from this station tonight.” Wonder if the guy watching me on video somewhere can hear me swearing.
11:57pm: In cab on way to Victoria Station.
12:05am: On slow train home.
1:18am: Moaning aloud. Pain in calves is delaying progress home.
1:23am: Bed.
1:50am: Finish blog entry.
Sniffle
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, MMO-related on July 7th, 2008
What ho. So the illness, which started off as some sort of bizarre muscle pain and then just decided it was a cold after all, is now running its course. Lemsip. Strepsils. You know the drill. As my wife delights in pointing out, apparently I have some sort of Super Immune System when it comes to colds, so she has zero sympathy.
We’re busy at work. Very busy. Busy in that “So much to do, what next??” kind of way. It’s almost all to do with Leipzig. I’m teaching myself the intricacies of Final Cut Express by cutting together videos for the Bristol Comic Expo and UK Games Expo, which is teaching me how I’ll be able to hack together promotional videos for the show. At the same time, I’m dealing with our casting (almost done now) and helping the community guys with their crazy ambitious plans. As one of them put it today “How come we knew we wanted to go to Leipzig a year ago, and we’re still running around trying to get it finished a month out?” Ask me that again next Easter.
Anyway, this is preamble to say that posting will probably be light here for a while. Keep an eye on Twitter if you want semi-regular updates. (By the way don’t be offended if you ‘follow’ me on there and I don’t follow back. I tend to keep Twitter fairly one-way, otherwise it’s just more distractions throughout the day.)
More stuff coming. It’ll just be slow.
Saturday evening with my feet up
Posted by Rockjaw in Day Today, Events, MMO-related, Weird self portraits on May 31st, 2008
Ye Gods, you have no idea how good it feels to be in a prone position with my feet up. Aaannd… relax.
Busy – and then quiet – first day at the show. As a result, looked like a blockbuster of a day first of all, then settled down so that it ended up in the ‘decent’ category. Still, if the same happens tomorrow I’ll be happy with the weekend as a whole.
Draw the World Together went really well it seemed; Karl Kopinski took to the process like a duck to water. Neil and Andrew both of course did great stuff too. Karl did a knockout sketch of Callista that I’ll share soon enough. Suffice to say it contains three figures… but simply looks amazing. We were all green with envy.
Right, now it’s time to get off to the curry house with artists and a few players in tow. (I can tell all the ‘regulars’ are here because my hits today are so low!!) I’ll leave you with me and a box of money.
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