White Flag

I'm sick to my stomach. I've been trying to cut some of the opening scenes of the film together. The performances are pretty good -- powerful emotion with some funny bits, too. Problem is that the two cameras are shooting incompatible stuff. By the time we shot these scenes I was exhausted and as such I let the cameras work on their own. They were tired as well. Understandably so.
Angles, energy, composition, continuity -- none of this matches between cameras. I don't see a way in to tell the stories. In the three scenes at the grill that happen continuously the camera changes every time. The biggest problem is the mismatch of energies. I can't move from a static shot to a shot that's jumping all over the place.
I'm considering putting together an assembly of the entire film regardless of these issues. Just lay it all out there as a record of the work we did. Put it on DVDs for everyone and make a decision about whether or not to pursue this experiment any further at a later date.
Right now I just want to vomit and go to bed.

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