Editing 07/24/2008
 

I have done absolutely everything possible to put off editing, but I'm petty much backed into a corner now. My room is clean; I have done the dishes and vacuumed the house; I have started a facebook page and am jogging daily. With school over, though, I have all the time in the world to finally get going on this. Editing a documentary is an entirely different animal: there are so many choices it can be paralyzing. Today I did my opening credits, because it was manageable and basic. Tomorrow, I cut the first scene. I have three 2 foot by 3 feet foamcore sheets in front of me with frame grabs from every shot in my movie
 (an idea stolen from Walter Murch), which has been helpful for visualizing things. I also have a huge black board with all of my different scenes set up as color-coded squares that can be re-arranged. Maybe this will be helpful - mostly I did it to put off editing in earnest.

 
Princess Grace 07/24/2008
 

Unfortunately, I was not selected to receive funding from the Princess Grace Foundation. This was disappointing: the application was just about the best writing I've done in some time. SFSU faculty were exhaustive in helping me assemble it, and there had been a tradition of state students doing well at that stage. I'm moving on and applying for funding elsewhere.