into the white: The Big Smoke

It was still 30c when I left Hong Kong. I forced myself to sleep a little on the plane back as I had to work the same day. The plane landed about 5am and the outside temperature was 5c. I spent the rest of the day on a recee and prep for the shoot, Tidal Barrier and was up for 18hrs.

Just finished shooting the last leg of that film and I will miss it. We have been shooting on and off for 6 months. Especially now that the other feature, Horace has fallen through, in a manner of speaking. It got postponed probably till the new year and they want the DP- whoever they find- to operate. If they don’t get a second camera- I won’t be on it. It’s been a whole year since I got that gig and now it’s just vanished into smoke. I was relieved that It got postponed as now I can go to this year’s Camerimage. Woo hoo. Although it’s costing quite a bit of money I really don’t have- but then, I cannot- not go. To be among Cinematography peers, films, bars, Lodz light and beautiful Polish women, is hard to pass up.

I’ve given up on Horace and am looking for other work. Financially, Horace would have set me up to go to Beijing for 6 months very comfortably.

I’ve stayed good to my word and each morning now practice the little Tai Chi I know. It places my outlook on the day in a good state. Even with a call time of 7.30am, I would awake at 5.30am. I would like to continue the Tai Chi and Tango lessons but with work suddenly pulled out from under me, I don’t have security funds. We’ll see.

These days I am missing someone. An interesting sensation which isn’t that welcome, nonetheless has arrived through the mist, unannounced. Digital pictures from the shoot. More later.