Checking In

There are eighty-two scenes in Made Crooked. We've logged and captured the first ten. I could jump in and start cutting anytime. I am taking the weekend off - going to Bend with my family to see Beck today and spending the remainder of the weekend in bed and going for quiet walks and meals.
I'm hoping to clear a few more nagging tasks off of my agenda before I sit down and get to work.
One of the things I'm trying to remind myself of is the idea that editing film is storytelling. Too often it is easy to look at editing as a technical issue. I get anxious to complete my previous ideas and work, rather than to continue the discovery process of making films. I'm pretty good at letting go of what I've written when directing. It's time to get some practice letting go of what I've directed in the edit suite.

I shaved my beard. Nice to feel my face again. It gives me an excuse not to rush into shooting our pickup scenes.

As I experience life after filming this one, it seems that my subconscious was at work on some crazy deep levels. I'm not getting too crazy in my assessments of it all, but it's there.

Considering,
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