The Way

Highs are really high, and lows are really quite low.

Today, it got low because some things are just done the same even though they look deceptively different. I suspect I can edit with half a brain now.

I pick shots because of similar visual continuity. It gets so methodical, I can just mark in and out a few times, dump the shots together, and somehow, it'll sync with the music or pace. I cut music the same way, even though soundtracks may be different. I do titles the same way. I animate stills the same way. My mood just sunk and I didn't feel like continuing anymore.

And things have to be done in this same way because its the way the director shoots, its the way the client expects, and its the way it has to be done because of time limitations.

In the end, the video looks different, but we know it reeks of the same thoughtless style, and we'll just ask each other why we always do it the same way. And we become sick of ourselves. I get so sick of myself.