Originally Posted by georgia  a typical day here for me.
0600 wake up
0700 wake up again
0730 crawl out of bed, make coffee, take shower, feed cat
0800 turn on "west wing" on bravo, check emails, drink coffee
0830 drink coffee, check digi forum, read more emails, answer questions on forums
0900 check Gear Sluts forum, answer questions of forums, drink more coffee
0930 open up facility, turn on lights, check answering machine, drink coffee
1000 staff and interns arrive, turn on systems, clean facility, ...drink coffee
1015 go over plan-of-the-day with team.... drink coffee
1030 start first project of day, meet with client review project, write quote
1200 finish client meeting regarding feature film, on phone with shooting crew for series "Lowie VS America", planning shoot in midtown for INKHEART premier
1300 talk to Glyph about rescuing a clients DOA Lacie drisk drive for a feature doc.
1315 edit "Mob Like Justice" picture for Pilot episode, drink coffee
1430 turn over new cut to team to begin sound design, review sound concepts with team
1445 Look over "Pets in the City" picture and begin planning sound design and a couple of pickup shots for shooting team.
1530 drink more coffee, see how the various teams are progressing on projects
1600 talk to client about up coming feature animated mix with coffee on hand
1645 fresh coffee handed to me by intern. Begin design of HD rig for room in midtown. so I can start mixing a bunch of XMEN/Wolverine episodes in French.
1730 meeting with clients for new series and music show... take client out for drinks.
1900 get home, nuke a cold cup of coffee, check emails and forums
2000 order food for the first time of the day... I'm starving by now.
2015 muck around with some sond design ideas for the titles of "Mob Like Justice"
2100 review footage of "Lowie VS America" episode
2200 give up for the day, visit with cat, watch some Turner Classic Movies
2400 crash...
thats a normal day. I kid you not one bit.
other days might be getting up and mixing all day on anything from a feature to a local ad, fixing a computer system, troubleshooting a network, installing upgrades or new software, holding a training session for the interns, picture editorial on TV show or
Feature, creating graphics in photoshop, authoring a DVD, tracking and mixing some music in midtown or here, cleaning up a mess, taking a client to dinner or drinks, updating a website, going on a production shoot and directing or just going on a shoot and doing sound..... it varies... thats why I love it.
cheers
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