If you go in, you won't come out...
...of the editing room!
After 3 days of waiting for the package to be delivered to me from the post office (it got there on monday morning and I just got it on Wednesday), I now have the footage to North Woods. So, now that it is here, the editing can begin. Now, I've seen a previous cut of the film (which has now been scrapped due to all the reshoots since) and know something decent can be assembled from it. But, my God, with all the footage out of order and no music/sound effects/etc, it seems like trying to make something out of it is like using a lighter to see how full your gas tank is. No surprise there but it's still overwhelming and can be frustrating. Sorting out what is what will be difficult. All day tomorrow, I'll be writing up an outline of the events in chronological order and where the footage can be found. It's going to take a lot of work but I'm willing to do it.
One thing that's going to prove the most trying though is touching up certain parts of the film digitally. You see, there's some parts where the actor's shirt is a different color or the blood looks too pink or someone's real hair color is showing through a wig. So, all of that will have to be digitally corrected. There's also shots where the lighting doesn't match the previous take so we'll have to day for night and/or darken certain scenes. Of course, first things first is getting the movie edited into a rough cut and then we can worry about digital/color correction touch ups.
Unfortunately too, some of the scenes I really liked in the script will either be cut down or cut out. There's just parts in them that are too weak or you can't hear the audio. So, ADR work may be required for some parts but others I don't see being salvagable. I'd prefer to have the movie perform with its' strongest points rather then brought down by weak moments. I would have to say 85% of the footage is good and can be put together well. The other 15% percent is slightly in question. I just want to see the movie finished though.
Well, I might as well get started on that outline since Larry and I start chiseling away at this monster that is North Woods come Friday when the editing begins. Please do not let us screw it up. Let us be able to do it right and make the most out of what we got. After all the hard work Chris (the director) put into it, I know something positive has to come of it. I can only hope we can mold it into that something positive.
After 3 days of waiting for the package to be delivered to me from the post office (it got there on monday morning and I just got it on Wednesday), I now have the footage to North Woods. So, now that it is here, the editing can begin. Now, I've seen a previous cut of the film (which has now been scrapped due to all the reshoots since) and know something decent can be assembled from it. But, my God, with all the footage out of order and no music/sound effects/etc, it seems like trying to make something out of it is like using a lighter to see how full your gas tank is. No surprise there but it's still overwhelming and can be frustrating. Sorting out what is what will be difficult. All day tomorrow, I'll be writing up an outline of the events in chronological order and where the footage can be found. It's going to take a lot of work but I'm willing to do it.
One thing that's going to prove the most trying though is touching up certain parts of the film digitally. You see, there's some parts where the actor's shirt is a different color or the blood looks too pink or someone's real hair color is showing through a wig. So, all of that will have to be digitally corrected. There's also shots where the lighting doesn't match the previous take so we'll have to day for night and/or darken certain scenes. Of course, first things first is getting the movie edited into a rough cut and then we can worry about digital/color correction touch ups.
Unfortunately too, some of the scenes I really liked in the script will either be cut down or cut out. There's just parts in them that are too weak or you can't hear the audio. So, ADR work may be required for some parts but others I don't see being salvagable. I'd prefer to have the movie perform with its' strongest points rather then brought down by weak moments. I would have to say 85% of the footage is good and can be put together well. The other 15% percent is slightly in question. I just want to see the movie finished though.
Well, I might as well get started on that outline since Larry and I start chiseling away at this monster that is North Woods come Friday when the editing begins. Please do not let us screw it up. Let us be able to do it right and make the most out of what we got. After all the hard work Chris (the director) put into it, I know something positive has to come of it. I can only hope we can mold it into that something positive.