So I’ve just finished a (very) rough cut of my film, and I’m looking forward to finishing the next stage, which will be finessing what I’ve got and cutting it down from 15 minutes to 10. The editing process has been both fun and extremely tedious at the same time, but hopefully I’m past most of the tedious part as I’ve gone through the 300gb (around 30 hours I think) of footage and collateed all the best bits. The weird thing for me at the moment is the experience of watching my own film. If I watch it after a day of editing I hate it and see loads of mistakes, and I can’t see it linking together at all; if I watch it after a couple of days of not seeing it I don’t think it’s too bad and it seems to flow better… Maybe I’ll leave it a couple of weeks and I’ll think it’s really good!
Anyway, it’s an interesting learning experience and I’m enjoying the creative process. And, on top of that, hopefully it won’t be too long until I have a finished film that I can show people. In the meantime, here’s a photo of a strange insect that hopped into our camp one day on location. It’s a species of plant hopper, but I have no idea which particular species so if anyone knows, comment below!
Tom Richards 