After a hiatus over winter, the next set of Venn episodes is now in pre-production.

There have been two meetings this week; last night's was a meeting of the script-writers. We spent most of the time adding weight to the characters, discussing the major story arc and what each episode would show.

Change in role

This was my first time being involved in the initial stages of a script. Usually, I'm happy to be reviewing and commenting someone else's work. It's a different feeling to be part of the script-writing script.

I wrote last week about how DIY equipment for indie movie-making is becoming more important as the recession takes hold. Many prices are increasing, but incomes are stagnant and even disappearing. Before you dive into building your own kit instead of buying branded equipment, have a read through this list and figure out if DIY kit is for you.

With the recession firmly in place, more than ever it's now time to keep an eye on costs. But we still want to move forwards, still want to produce the epic sagas we've always planned. Right?

Well, the equipment for even modest indie film production quickly gets expensive. I'd say that now it's prohibitive unless you have a supplemental income stream. None of that should stop us from starting or completing projects. It does mean that we'll have to think more about how we'll achieve them or even which aims we're going to achieve now.

Background

These files were recorded using the Build Your Own Clone Overdrive pedal. This is the now-discontinued version featuring 3 knobs. The newer version (Overdrive2) features 4 knobs, a toggle switch and two footswitches.

Signal Chain

Background

These files were recorded using the Build-Your-Own-Clone Triboost pedal.

Signal Chain

The signal chain was an Eggle LA Pro (closest popular guitar is a Fender Fat-Strat in S/S/H configuration) into a Matamp 1224GT and a 2x12 Vintage 30 cab. Any reverb is ambient or from the amp itself. No effects (i.e. no reverb, compression, chorus, etc) have been added. The only processing was to align the signals of the close mic and the room mic.

Background

These files were recorded using the Build-Your-Own-Clone Tremolo pedal.

As mentioned in that article, the internal trim-pot was a little too high, however the distortion is still musical in quality so I thought it worth recording.

Signal Chain

Episode 2 of Venn has been released.

I've recently received the video for the 1st episode of Venn (the previous release was a pilot and called Episode 0)

Again the episode is by Spinneyhead Presents. Episode 1 picks up from that and plays on the theme of the celibacy bet. The content is better than Episode 0, the scripts are better and from my perspective, the audio is so much better. It's definitely better than the first series, Memory.

In Page 1, I introduced a few organisations structure and my thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of each.

Preference

I mentioned some ideas about setting up a production company in order to complete the Side Project that I want to do.

In this article, I'll expand on those ideas and document a few issues that will have to be handled at some point in the organisation's lifetime.

Background