David Chiu

I’m now officially back from vacation. I took last week off from my day job because I had accumulated the max amount of vacation time allowed and would not accrue more if I did not use it (gotta love the corporate world). H and I didn’t really go anywhere on our vacation, we just chilled at the house and took the time to go out to eat, see Star Wars Episode III at a 10.40am matinee on a Tues morning, put up a new mailbox and watch a bunch of movies from Blockbuster. Thursday afternoon H and I took our two corgis to sheep herding class. I also attended to a bunch of acting related errands during the week such as picking up and delivering proofs to both of my agencies. I also spent my vacation time ordering filmmaking gear and getting addicted to Ebay. So now my filmmaking toolbox consists of a Sony PDX10, 2 professional 500w Britek lights and softbox, and a couple of Tiffen filters to try to simulate the elusive “film look”. I’ve also looked into building some custom camera rigs. I also spent the time to learn basic lighting techniques with the DV Enlghtment DVD.

Now I’m ready to take Hollywood by storm :)!

Oh, almost forgot. I also completed a rough cut of the short film “Do Something” in Premiere Pro. I’m finally getting a grasp of how cool Premiere Pro really is.