Posts tagged: freelance

Audio Production

I Want This as a Career

December 23, 2008 I recently completed my sixth project for Lineplot Productions, an animation studio located in Cambridge, MA.  I've been working as their sound designer on a freelance basis.  The people at Lineplot put strong emphasis on the audio side of things regardless of the hundred other issues going on with an animated piece. So, yeah, it's a great gig.  How did it come to be?  It goes a little something like this… I completed Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

A Reminder About What I Truly Love About Editing

October 1, 2008 It's been a hell of a week. I've spent a good chunk of it walled up in an office in Quincy, MA, working with director and CDIA instructor Greg Croteau on his first feature, The Aristocrat. The film had its first rough cut screening about two weeks ago, and it was at that point that we realized (thanks to the help of a responsive and thoughtful test screen audience) that a few scenes had to be reworked, and the running time needed to Read On...

Digital Filmmaking

The Nonstop Life of a Freelance Filmmaker

September 24, 2008 The phone rang. Without even looking, I knew who it was. "Urvi." I said answering the phone. "What's up?" "A couple things. Are you busy?" "That depends..." "Good. Listen, the Pro-Teck people want to discuss deliverables and compression, so could you please get back to them ASAP? Also, I have a favor to ask." "I'll call Pro-Teck when I get off the phone with you. What's this Read On...