Scratch Editing

A useful thing to do when you are midway through production, a scratch edit. Basically, a very quick look at all the footage and an assembly of the film in a very rough way. On other words, no sound sync up, no smooth cuts and no corrections to ay of the footage. But it gives me an idea of what has worked and what has not. It also gives me an idea of what I need to do for the rest of the shoot...

Here's one pic from the rough stuff...



Jay, Kay, and a wrench covered with duck tape...what more could a director ask for?

Mid way through Production...

Today marks the midway point of the production process. One more day of shooting and that is that, there is no more second chances, so it has got to be good next week. And so today is spent looking at 'the rushes', to see what has been shot so far, to get a rough edit done and so to take a look at what has to be done next week. After all, despite the many takes, a film only needs one to make it...