In our last minute crunch to get this project done a funny thing happed. Apparently the VIA 2 lab needs to close every now and then so that those who work there can get something called sleep (a concept I am unfamiliar with). With our project just requiring a little additional editing, we decided to head down to the teleplex lab to try our luck at procuring the use of one the 3 functional edit suites. As you can imagine, this did not go well as a solid 98% of the production students at Ball State had gotten the itch to do likewise, leaving us in a queue that would eventually land us in an edit suite sometime in early January 2082. Stressed and out of options, we decided to journey to the nearest available Mac we that we knew of that had Final Cut 6. Thus we began a two hour trek to use my Mom's MacPro in the magical land of Plainfield, where the grass is green and speeding consists of 1 and half miles an hour over the limit.
Hoping our bad luck was at an end, we broke into my parents house, chloroformed the dog, raided the fridge, and attempted to get to work. Unfortunately, we were about to learn a valuable lesson about operating systems. For some reason, that only God and Steve Jobs are aware of, OS X Leopard will not open Final Cut 6 files that were created on a system running Tiger. After venting some Shasky-esqe frustration, we decided we had no other option that no re-edit what we had done, split a case of Red Bull, and pray for a miracle.
On a positive note, I think our script and our footage is really good and entertaining. We have an awesome story, some cool effects, and good ideas. However, Leopard's stubborn-ness has put us farther behind than we already were. If this project get completed in a satisfactory manner and posted on the server by 9am tomorrow, then a miracle of biblical significance has occurred. May Krishna, Budda, God, Tom Cruise, and the Force be with us. We'll need it!
-Jim "Last-Dash-Heart-Attack" Black
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