Too much stuff!

            I opened my eyes this morning, sat up to get out of bed, put my feet on the ground, and it hurt, everything hurt. I had an exciting day on Sunday, but the aftermath is no fun. I guess that’s to be expected after running a marathon :). Joey understood and we got started on the cutting clips and soundtracks that we are going to use later. We know exactly what to do tomorrow as well if it is a similar day as today. We have watched four documentaries so far. We have done voice over takes for the two that we enjoyed the most. At this point I believe we may also do the two we did not like as much, but I am not sure if we will have time to include that. After meeting with Mr. Kwait last Friday we discovered that it is very easy to have way too much material. He stated that he usually has over 100 hours of footage and has to make a documentary no more that 90 minutes. We can already see how we will have too much material. There will be a lot of things excluded that we learned because showing all of it would detract from viewer attention. The number one goal in any film is to hold audience’s attention, and that may mean sacrificing material that you worked long and hard for. As long as we entertain and educate our viewers then our goal will be met. The hard work behind the scenes is just part of this learned process.