23/01/15 - In the Editor’s Chair

A bit of luck has come my way in regards to acquiring an editing position for my second collaborative role. During the primary production meeting for Colour Blind Aisling and Gery informed me that the editor of their previous short film in the first term has also opted to change role for this term and so they offered me the editor job for Colour Blind, which I happily took.

I consider it to be an added bonus that I will be working both my collaborative roles on the one production. It means that I can work exclusively on my own Major film for a number of weeks because there is a three-week gap between both films in the shooting schedule. Conversely, it also means that by the time Colour Blind gets into postproduction I will have done a good bit of work on my film, which will hopefully allow me to prioritise my editing role with the girls for a few weeks. All going to plan of course!!

A Blind Choice

So today we began the process of deciding what projects we would like to work on in a collaborative capacity. Frank has opted for an ‘open meeting’ structure to select which films and which collaborators will go together. This means that we simply turn up to the primary production meetings of any (or all) of the projects that interest us and that we’d potentially like to work on.

I chose to attend the meeting for a drama called Colour Blind. I worked with Aisling and Gery, the Director/Producer partnership on the project, as DOP on their minor film, Just One, in the first term. We worked well together and they wanted me to stay with them for the major film, which I’m happy to do. The project looks promising from a visuals perspective and during the production meeting some nice ideas for shots were discussed, as was an overall visual style.

I am also looking to see if I can get a role as an editor on one of the projects this term as I regretted not seeking an editor role during last term’s selection process for the minor films. I did want to get more experience on camera and I also took a role as a sound recordist, as sound recording/sound design is a key area of interest. However editing has always been my favorite part of the overall production process during my three years of study and I think would like to work as an editor professionally. So I have put the feelers out so to speak to see if there are any vacancies or to see if anyone who edited one of last term’s films wants a change of role this time around.