Workshopping the current draft

I am very excited because I have a chance to play the current version for a group of people who know nothing about the story. I am working this summer at a place where everyone is involved in film or photography. It is obvious that the instructors and students in the workshops are creative, but in fact everyone is. The TAs and interns and staff all needed portfolios in order to get hired. So they have started doing artist lectures for the seasonal staff. Anyone who wants to share their work can get a block of time on Wednesday evenings. I expect it will be a very good group for providing critique.


I think I'm close to moving from rough cut to fine cut. That means I have the performances I want. I have the story I want. At fine cut the task is to look at each edit point and make sure it's happening on precisely the right frame. It's also the time to look at transitions and titles. The look of them might still get tweaking, but the timing and pacing of them need to be in place when you go from fine cut to picture lock.

One of the things I love about editing is that even though it's been 10 weeks since we wrapped I still get to spend time with my performers every day. I frequently watch a moment in a scene and wish I could just hug them.

Scene 3. We could have used more extras, not even to show life in the hall, but to absorb some of the sound echoing off the lockers.

Scene 4. Magic hour lasts about 20 minutes really, but if you catch it it's gorgeous.