Lots of progress
It’s been nearly a month since I last wrote, but lots has happened. Except for a very important chapter on the history of the Mustangs, we have a rough cut! We’re very happy with the way most of the documentary flows, and very happy with the test viewings we’ve had.
We’ve employed a split screen of sorts during a healthy portion of the film, and that helps both with pacing and our desire to use as much of the great footage as we can. It’s a lot more work editing, though-when you’re using three or four shots at a time it really adds to the time it takes to make sure everything is in the right place.
I had a meeting with Gregg Lohman recently, a good friend and Nashville musician. It looks like we’ll be recording most all the music in Nashville, with musicians who are cohorts of Gregg. I’m really looking forward to both the experience and the resulting music. Should be fantastic.
Matt Passalacqua, a rising country singer, has also agreed to allow his music to participate, and I couldn’t be more excited about that. He’s a great guy, a fantastic musician, and a wonderful writer.
It’s been suggested to me that this is the perfect time for a documentary like this one. With so many clouds hanging over baseball, it should be a real breath of fresh air to see something that celebrates the essence of baseball. When you think about it, baseball is about family, it’s about sights and sounds, it’s about dreams, and it’s about a game that invites deep thought. I agree-this is a time that we should all be reminded why we love baseball, and I can’t think of a better illustration of that than Cobb Field and the good people of Billings, Montana.
This film will be unashamedly positive, and will be unapologetic in its warmth and enjoyment of the minor league baseball experience. We’re not denying the problems elsewhere in baseball, we’re just focusing on what is right and good about the great American past time.