New direction
After rough editing about half of the film, we’ve decided on a new direction. I just wasn’t sure that the pieces we were working on would fit together correctly, and some of the feedback we received confirmed that. We’ve decided to let the narration be the voice of the stadium itself. So much more of the story makes sense now. It means mostly trashing all the editing we’ve done up to this point, but it will be worth it.
When you think about it, who better to tell the story? The stadium is the hub for all the spokes of the story, and the stadium is the one piece of the whole puzzle that touches all the others.
I’ve also been working on some music sketches, and have three or four that I feel confident will end up in the finished show.
This phase of post production is the most difficult, by the way. It doesn’t feel like the busiest, because it’s the only part of the whole project that takes place in one location. Later on, when trips to the recording studio and post house mount up-that will feel the busiest. This is the toughest, though, because all of the decisions that will determine the content of the show are taking place. After more than a year of working on the show, it’s easy to feel too close to the whole thing.
I did some composing yesterday, and found in my sketchbook a theme that I wrote a year ago to the day. That theme will make the show for sure. It’s nice to see something from that far back that still fits. A documentary like this is such an organic endeavor-one that changes constantly as new ideas pop up-so it’s unusual for things to survive that long.