delve

I’ve spent the last few days in the film archives searching for imagery for the next video essay.

And I stumbled on some amazing futuristic landscapes - as well as some wonderful colours.

From the cutting room floor…

I’ve been working on a new video essay which is almost done.  As usual, once a rough cut is done I end up reshaping and cutting shots and even whole sequences. 

I’m still spending as much time as I can refining my process. One of the things I have realised just recently is that I have been mixing the creation and analysis stages of making a video essay together, which is a big no-no.

So I’ll often begin analysing a story design before I’ve even made a draft of it, and I’ll try and create and analyse on the same day. Your brain can’t switch from one to the other so easily, so now I’m updating my process to make sure church and state remain separated. 

Here are a couple of shots which I dropped on Monday, after realising they weren’t essential to the story. 

Deep into production on my next video essay for Fusion. I’m hoping to deliver a draft early next week.

Here are some snapshots of the story designs I’ve been working on for the story, including a script and thumbnail storyboard.