Half way to a rough cut
We’re a bit over half way to having a rough cut. Our goal is to have the whole show roughly laid out by the end of the year. The last two remaining sections are the stadium’s history and the actual game.
The game is the most complex part of the documentary. When we were filming in Billings, I really thought the game was sort of an afterthought to everything that went on during the day. As we edit, it has become clear that the game is more the apex of the day’s activities. The game, after all, is the point.
I’m going to be doing some test editing in the next few days, looking for a visual style for the game’s part of the show. There is a lot of stuff to cover, and we’re thinking about using a split screen style to get more things involved. Our worry is that it might be too much information at one time. We’ll see.
There is a section of the opening narration that goes something like this:
“If this old ball park could talk, it would say this day brings with it the promise of something good, something wonderful. This day brings with it the possibilities of everything that is right and good about baseball.”
It occurs to me, as I spend hour after hour with the footage we shot in Billings, that baseball represents a great deal of what is right and good about life. Baseball, at it’s best, is about family, and time, and friendly debates, and togetherness. It’s about sights and smells that never fade, no matter how long ago they were experienced. That’s a lot of what’s right and good about life, you know?
If we can capture that spirit we’ll do just fine.