Working Visual Haiku

Sony Ericsson Walkman w600i
Originally uploaded by beatmania.

I traded my old phone for this new spankin' phone, Sony Ericsson w600i. It has only 256 meg memory for mp3s (not upgradable!), but it's good enough for me to take to gym. It also takes good photos with its 1.3 meg pixel camera.

Yes, my butt is getting larger because I edit all day in front of desk. Maybe I should try Mr. Murch's approach of editing while standing.

I'm currently cutting two trailers for TV pilots and I have to say it's more fun than making actual episodes/shows. I can be more creative and have fun with cuts and structure of visuals. And it's short turnaround. No laboring and agonizing for two, three months watching same footage over and over.

I always believed trailers & commercials are visual haiku equivalent of editing. And mastering short forms will strength me to work on long forms. But I guess I'm working backward as the work comes, and goes. As Koreans are fond of saying, you are better off enduring the punishment earlier than later.