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.

 


Comments

Mom

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:06:38

Just revisited your site after a lovely morning working in the garden. I forgot I can talk back to you here. This is my first blog ever. Hope I hit the right keys. The "selects" make it all come alive again for me. Look forward to your progress with shaping it all together. Every new day gets me closer to what will be my normalcy.

 

Patrick

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:00:21

Is this film the reason you aren't teaching any classes this fall? Is it? Well, it had better be damn good. *Humph

 



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