And obviously, because the universe hates me for not turning the tap off when I'm brushing my teeth or something, it decides a fair punishment for me is to SCREW UP MY FOG MACHINE!
This is after testing it in length the day before a completely 'hot boxing' my living room. It was foggier than a Welsh winter's evening. But the very next day, when I was supposed to film the fog scenes of my music video, it just refused to produce anything! No fog came out! I was extremely enraged about that, but I was also annoyed that I wasted my my two cast member's time. That had come all the way to my house and for nothing.
So the next day I got my technician to have a look at it and praise the Lord, he was able to fix it! So I begged my actors to come back and film it before they went back to Devon. It wasn't really what I wanted, but it was marginably useable. So I was content.
What I have learnt from this:
I won't buy cheap equipment unless I know it will work. Other than that I will make the sacrifice and invest in better equipment. I will also make sure that my technician is available for the shooting day, and that the equipment is fully tested before hand to make sure it still works.
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