Frustration

Today we've been filming the last of my scenes for Greg's project, "Hope Springs", including a 'torture' sequence which I have a feeling will look really good. This morning I went to PC World and learnt that the only way to get rid of the virus which has basically slowed my PC to a crawl, will be to do a complete system restore. Which is never fun, because it means I have to copy all the data and a few programs onto a seperate hard drive, then reformat the PC and put them back exactly where they were before so they'll work. It's taking a while because I have a few big files, mostly movies and 'source' files from stuff like the Narrative Image Making project which are just too big. So, I figure I can keep all my movies, but some of the footage might have to be recaptured.

Once this is all done, say, tomorrow night, I'll be able to upload the 50 minutes of footage I shot last week and begin editing it. It also should mean I can edit a bit quicker, so I think I can catch up. On Thursday I'm hoping to get almost everything left to do, done. A whole day of shooting and swapping locations, which will hopefully run smoothly. It'll be experience in a proper shooting schedule, as most of the time I do a scene a day, not 10 hours of filming like real directors.