still going...

i have started editing some of the footage that I have gathered thus far. i am determined to get this whole thing out of the way by the summer - its just silly now that i've neglected it for so long and let it drag out. the problem i'm facing now is the one that i knew was coming - there are so many angles, so many subjects, so many performances and so many ways to tell the story of the label that at every turn and point of decision, there are endless possibilities of where it could be taken. definitely the last time i take on something this big! until next time of course... but to prove the process is well underway...

so this is what shooting so much stuff presents me with...




the edit suite in the corner of the living room which of course my better half loves having there...




lots of tea required to lubricate the creative process...




while final cut renders away...

renewed vision

its been a while since i posted anything here, for which i apologize, to anybody who is interested in my ramblings. its a new year - i can't believe it! i haven't really done any more filming in the last few months, save for a couple of aborted attempts to get 4 or 5 magicians on camera... i did manage to grab the moi non plus for an interview when they hit town in the autumn. very nice chaps they were too. but now i have it in my mind to put this whole thing together so i've started editing in a rather fool hardy fashion - not following convention.

normally, you would sit down and watch and log each piece of material you have collected and start to piece together a "paper edit" - mapping the outline and narrative of the piece so you know where to find the clips you need and form the story. but i'm not doing that. which is really rather silly. I have logged some of the material - interviews and such and it is very helpful but i have been getting by on gut feeling for now, making decisions, then deciding that those were the wrong decisions, then deciding that i went the wrong way etc etc. today, it seems like the project will result in a long form documentary. but that will change several times over i am sure.

i still have some more interviews and things to get but it is finally starting to come together. it is cathartic to see this, warts and all, as i review the great footage and moments we've captured, as well as the things i did wrong and have learnt from. the end is not quite in sight but i know its out there...