JOBURG FREEZES

Was the headline today in the papers! Believe it or not, it SNOWED today in the city--not a snow to blanket the ground at all, but snow nonetheless! Apparently it hasn't snowed here in almost 3 decades, so this was quite a spectacle. Unfortunately it will suck if it is overcast or snows during the shoot next week, so we can only pray, but this is very unusual weather here, apparently. This weekend we're shooting B roll of the city, mainly just the lead character walking home from work, as well as camera tests. We visited a couple of telecine houses today as well, and had great success, although we're not sure if we'll be able to transfer to HD. There's also the issue of PAL, but we think that we'll be able to standard convert to NTSC once we're back in the States, since no houses transfer to NTSC. Anyone have any insight? Most of the houses have only one telecine machine...again, we are SO SPOILED.

Here's a pic of the city at night. It was raining at the time, but the clouds were amazing, even at night. I also am excited to share a photo of my favorite drugstore. I mean, if a drugstore is going to use a unicorn as their logo, then these magnificent beasts must exist, hey?

This morning we stopped at McDonald's to grab breakfast for the boys. I swear it took 20 minutes to get our food from the Drive-Thru. Aiyah.

The pic of the hill with the lone bush was taken from the highway. As you drive along you will see manmade hills formed by gold mine excess.

Bedtime. Sue made delicious ostrich filets tonight for dinner. So ordinary by now :)