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6:00 am - James wakes up and gets to work
logging
shots.
Shot logging means watching tons of raw footage clips that could range anywhere from 1 to 22 minutes per clip. Within each clip it is necessary to mark where a new shot, or discussion topic starts. James has had as many as 54 different locator marks to insert into a single video clip! That's a lot of logging. By the time James notes and titles each locator in a clip, it works out to be as much as 2 minutes of work for every 1 minute of footage. Now consider that there's over 151 hours of raw footage. That's a gigantic undertaking! 9:00 am - After a solid 3 hours of intense,
focused,
pain-staking, shot logging, James takes a break. This
usually consists of walking the dogs or going to the
gym - although recently a gym workout has been
difficult as the project never leaves his thought.
So leaving the project, even for a little bit, has proven very tough for James. Needless to say, he is back logging shots from his hard wooden chair in the dining room in no time. 11:30 am - Lunch time. Does this really need Further explanation? 12:00 pm - After lunch you'll find James
making business calls. These calls generally consist
of organizing other productions elements like
scheduling shoot dates with Rick Johnson who has
agreed to be the Host/Narrator of the RLT movie, or
planning the trip out to L.A. to meet Rick and the
Composer who will be working on the music for this
project.
At least one of the calls James regularly makes involves talking with Sony about one of our tapes that only seems to play in Fast Forward. The footage can't be captured this way and so James and Sony have to figure out a work around. Hopefully Sony will be able to help us recover those shots. 1:30 pm - James is back at the editing
machine. He continues logging shots only now he
also works at grouping them.
Grouping shots means to synchronize footage of a single event that was captured with multiple cameras. Remember we had 3 or 4 cameras going at times. When grouping is done James can access all the footage of that particular event at once without constantly searching through dozens of clips to find what he's looking for. Then with a simple key stroke he can cut from one camera to the next and back again as he chooses. 7:00 pm - Dinner time!
8:00 pm - After a nice, much needed break for dinner James likes to relax himself with some mind numbing TV - maybe 24 or The Office, anything to stop his mind from obsessing over the film. 10:00 pm - James sits back down on his uncomfortable wooden chair in the dining room where his editing system is temporarily residing and continues logging shots until sometimes as late as 1 am 1:00 am - As you can imagine with such long, detailed work, James has a hard time turning his brain off of the film. Bedtime is no different. Recently he's found solace reading in bed to help him unwind. Some great reads of late include:
So, James is trying a new, different kind of book. He's now reading The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. He seems to be falling asleep much faster now. |
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Thanks to author and new friend Scott Phillips, James
was able to meet with Cliff Froehlich, the Executive
Director of Cinema St. Louis, over coffee.
The talk went very well. They discussed everything
from James' childhood to the current RLT project. And
thanks to his trusty laptop, James was able to show
Cliff the 1st RLT teaser trailer. Cliff was enthusiastic
about the project as a subtle grin became a big smile
and that big smile became an invitation to showcase
the RLT movie at the St. Louis Film Festival this
summer!
On a side note, our Producer Chris Rankin was offered an opportunity to present a video summary of the RLT movie to a major networks morning show for consideration as a highlighted story on the show. So, the interest continues to build for this project and for that we are sincerely grateful. |
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Don't forget to check out the new trip clip feature and to
encourage your friends and family to sign up for the
RLT Buzz newsletter! One more final thing to mention: Michael Murray has
been doing a great job with the RLT
website. If you or
anyone you know had a need for website design, or if
you just wanna check out some cool stuff, visit motorradmedia.com!
Ride On!
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