The Re-Shoot

My re-shoot of Dan Flowers' interview went well.  It's funny when you ruin the first interview.  In this case, it had been over exposed.  The first interview was heartfelt and emotional.  Now with the re-shoot, my subject spoke well but the emotion was not there.  What can you do -- hit him so he cries?  I'm hoping when I edit the interview into the documentary that it will be just right.  He is so well spoken.  He had such revealing stuff to share.  He really shows you how each person who has experienced homelessness is different.  They aren't all drug addicts and alcoholics.  This guy is one of the few performance artists in the documentary.  He is a guitarist and a writer.  He also was once an art director.  And yet, thanks to his divorce and some bad financial times, he ended up living in his car.

Well anyway, I don't want to give it all away.  It will be in the finished product -- with good sound and correct exposure.  :-)

This Saturday I will be editing this interview into the piece.  But this Saturday will also be very special because a new friend is coming to the station to see the rough cut, the whole 1/2 hour.  Her name is Pat McLean and the group, Family to Family, is her brain child.  Family to Family is the organization where I serve the homeless lunch the 2nd Wednesday of every month.  If she likes my little film, I'm hoping for an endorsement.  And get this one . . . her grandson works for AFI.  How cool is that?  She's already talking the project up to him.  She likes the idea of the documentary.  I hope she likes the final product.