Mondo Beacho editing has re-commenced. I'm now working on the film over at the Northwest Film Forum's post-production suites.
I got a grant to use the suites last spring, applying for it at the same time I applied for the big equipment grant that I used to shoot the film.
At the time, I figured it might be handy to have the NWFF's newer, faster machines at my disposal in case I needed them... (but really, what could possibly go wrong with my 6-year old pre-Intel consumer-level iMac?)
The grant is for 20 hours of free time, but even after that is maxed out, the NWFF only charges five bucks an hour to use their beautiful new high-speed, state of the art computers. Three cheers for the Northwest Film Forum!
The only drawback to this whole setup is that the editing suites are just available on weekdays, and the Film Forum is a 45-minute commute from where I live.
I did manage to set up a good solution for music composition at home, though.
I'm using a hand-me-down computer very similar to my old, now-dead machine, and so far it seems to be working fine. Over the weekend, I finished a new vocal melody line for the second Farrah and the Fairies song, and sent the demo over to Kenna Kettrick, who will be recording final vocals for it next month.
I also took the Zoom portable recorder down to the beach on Saturday, and recorded some random ambient sounds. You never can have enough of that.
I should have more to say about the Mondo Beacho edit next week.
