Another shoot looms

I can honestly say that the intermittent bursts of filming on Rosie have been harder than the long sustained effort on previous shoots. It is not so much the physical or organisational effort but the mental one. It is similar to when my friends have done part-time study. It doesn't operate in a prioritised area of my life. It becomes a secondary thing. This is a difficult thing to admit, but a natural one.

I don't believe this has led to a lack of quality or focus in this project, but simply lacks the creative emphasis that a short production window can bring. I found this similar to when I recorded a musical project called 'Sagittarius', where the recording was done in a week, but the mixing to weeks and (in my opinion) created a reduction in the 'timeliness' of the project, and made it relatively sterile. I am keen to see that this does not come to a similar fate. I don't think it will as there is an energy about the project and it's experimentalist approach that I think will keep it edgy.

I am aware that I am using very flowery and emotive language as opposed to the cold and scientific. I wish someone would create a formula for soul.

Filming dates

We have a very fine window with which to shoot the remainder of the film. The dates have now been set and we hope to complete filming with a couple more filming days. In my mind I have no idea of how this shooting ratio translates to minutes onscreen, but I am certain that this film will be around 60 minutes long. That is a horrible length, as it is neither fish nor fowl. But that may be one of the possible outcomes.

I have to keep reminding myself to be open to this process, and not try to predetermine it all. It is like trying to kick old habits!

The Boy Who Collected Sound

Such is the disjointed nature of getting films made, that I have been focussed far more recently upon finishing a 6th draft of a feature script called "The Boy Who Collected Sound". It has been a long slog and it is three months later than I thought it would be. But it is done now and my mind this morning shifted back to "Rosie", which we aim to finish shooting in early May. I've only briefly revisited the footage that we have already shot and it excites me to see it. I don't know why, but I am particularly excited about the editing upon this project in a way that I have never felt before. I guess it is all the variables that we have introduced.

On a different note, the observant amongst you will notice that there is now Google Adsense material all over the page. I'm experimenting with it out of curiosity as everyone always asks me whether the films make money (because we measure success upon profit don't you know?). Well, this seems like as good an income stream as any other so I thought I'd explore it. Apologies if you automatically think I'm becoming a corporate capitalist whore... I'm acutely aware that the polar opposite of measuring success by profit is measuring success by lack of corporate intervention. It's a continuum that I couldn't really care about, as long as I get to tell stories.