Bill Cammack

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Spent between 3 and 4 hours last night sifting through the hour’s worth of dialogue footage I shot. I probably got 2/3rds of the way through it or maybe 3/4ths.

I went through the music at the end first to see if it was useable audio-wise or video-wise. I’ll probably end up doing that over, since there’s no visual representation of the guitar. I’ll also probably do it in a different setup, because there’s no decent way to do it with my dialogue setup, unless I stand up.

Next, I went through the last takes I did… the ones that were closer to the camera. That’s because by that time, I had the “script” in my mind from deciding along the way which storyline I intended to keep. After I got that together in a basic timeline, I went back to the beginning and started looking for duplicate shots farther from the camera as well as lines that I just thought worked well and wanted to see if I could work into the piece. There were A LOT OF PAUSES in the front, and it was actually pretty funny watching it, because I remembered what I was thinking when I was sitting there. I was watching myself make my way through the dialogue like a swamp. :)

I’m back in action now, and about to deal with the remaining raw footage. I already had the movie scenes loaded, so once I get this done, I’m ready to start building the radio edit (= Making the show work as far as audio and timing is concerned. The next pass makes the VIDEO work with the selected audio).

Probable project time elapsed at this point (past concept development and set creation):
Preparing to shoot: 30 minutes (getting the set ready, getting myself ready)
Shooting: 1 hour (since I didn’t have a script, and therefore nothing to practice, which will NEVER happen again! :D)
Coming Down from shooting: 1 hour (since I wasn’t prepared for the toll it takes to do EVERYTHING at the same time)
Editing: 3 hours (Not really editing, more like logging the good takes so I can do what I need to do today)
TOTAL: ~6 hours

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