Topic: Makin' Movies
I hate being ill. This cold is nasty!
But during this time I decided to make myself useful and recaptured all the tapes of footage I shot four years ago for the unfinished short “Flight Control” and started logging the shots (which means to go through and write down what every shot is, contains, what the setup is, and what qualities the take has).
There are bits I like and a lot of it I can’t stand looking at. My gut tells me it’s not salvageable in the shape it’s in right now, as a lot of the shots are badly lit or exposed, and there are consistency problems with the performance. But, I’ve committed myself to making a rough assembly of the complete film to get an idea of how what I have works, and see if I think it’s worth finishing as is (unlikely), or if I think it’s worthwhile to reshoot, or if I don’t think the story works as film and scrap it.
Will it work? Is it destined for the scrapheap? Stay tuned to find out!
