Life isn’t easy, it never is. Jesus never said it was going to be, he just assured us that whatever was going on in life, he had overcome it already. Comforting words, but far too often I forget and because of that I fail. I’ve been in a bit of a depression the past few days. Just bummed out, tired emotionally, spiritually, etc. Sorta closed off, I’ve been pretty quiet. Even at Vintage tonight during the message and my e-groups after I just felt really dead, like somebody had performed a lobotomy on me in my sleep…ugh. I’m feeling a bit better now, nothing a good dose of JC can’t fix 
He fights for me when I or the enemy gets in the way…thank goodness or we’d all be toast.
Work and such is moving along fine. There are some quibbles about some things, but I’ll keep my mouth shut. Things are fine, and working at home is a Blessing so I have no right to complain. I’m looking at my bank account and I’m pretty amazed at what God has done to help me financially since Dec. It’s amazing, and it’s going to help me finish Standing Firm which is even more amazing. I’ll be taking a chunk out of the investment money soon here as I get a new G-Raid for my computer. I own a 1TB version of it already that holds the Standing Firm files, but I need a new 4TB version…yes you heard me, FOUR TB. I’ll need it for when I go to Texas in a month or two so I can continue to work on any stuff if I have to or get to any critical files. That 4TB will allow me to backup all my files on my computer, then take it with me, then when I get back, replace what’s on my computer here via the backup and switch to using the files on my home computer. Sound confusing? O well, lol. Either way it’ll make me feel better to know I can backup EVERYTHING and stick this thing in a drawer every week or so. It’ll also free up HD space on my computer itself so I don’t have to use my other TB drive in here as a backup anymore. Yay!
Standing Firm’s color-correction is going very well. It took me a while to get my monitors all setup properly today to keep on going but that’s ok. I’ve gone back through the first reel and fine tuned things. Basically I have 4 places to view the film at one time. I have my computer LCD, a CRT Production Monitor, a normal SD TV, and my 50in Plasma for HD viewing when I feel like it. I plugged in the normal SD TV because I need to see it as an in-between for the Production Monitor and Plasma. Color-correction isn’t so much a “get it right” process…it’s more of a “get it close/satisfying” process. There is no way to know that what your looking at will work for every persons TV, so you have to strike a good balance of levels, rely on your scopes, and be conservative. My Production Monitor even when properly calibrated as well looks a little off so I’m glad I have these other sources to judge between as a point of reference. Some of the CC is pretty difficult, particularly the church interiors. The walls are a creme color that has all sorts of different light on it like tungsten, fluorescent, and daylight…all of which have different color-temps so getting the walls to match has been a challenge. The church scenes above all are a nightmare because the pieces to them were shot in different days/months/years/seasons. It’s all over the place. But with the magic of editing, everything looks like one place/time Awesome…
Please be in prayer for the film and it’s completion. Pray for promotion of the film, that all the stuff I got cooking (and that God has cooking that I don’t know about) would go along smoothly and be helpful to the films success and sales. Also pray we strike a deal sometime in the next few months with a vendor that can take the film to the CBA, CBD, etc. markets (nationwide bookstores). This would be our ticket to securing a release date and likely doing well financially. We’ll see what God does! I gotta get a disc in the mail to the one guy I have in mind. Also there is a guy named Benji who is going to try and write a song for the middle montage of the film. There was a Third Day song in there but the cost is just too great to use. I need something powerful and of quality. I also need music for the end credits possibly and another portion of the film so please pray that I find music that is good and cheap to use. Money isn’t exactly growing on trees for this film, never was, lol. One last thing, my sound-mixer and composer have a lot going on in their lives and need as much prayer as they can get. Pray their efforts on the film are done with the utmost dedication to the Lord yielding a powerful result. Thanks everyone! There is much to pray for!
Lots going on…your support is appreciated.
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