Friday I leave for another residency, Blue Mountain Center. I’m very much looking forward to this one, and I’m a little bummed out that I will have to interrupt this month-long stint to return to NYC for A Life’s Work’s screening at IFP. It’s a good problem to have and I’m not complaining.
What do I hope to do at this residency besides play ping pong?
Continue editing. The sit down interviews are roughly edited, and that is the narrative spine. Now I need to place the images over them. And I have a lot of images to choose from (105 hours worth)! The footage we shot since April, in Waco, Arcosanti, and the White Mountains, has been logged and is ready to be incorporated into this edit.
Blue Mountain Center has a strict no cell phone policy and internet only in a common area. This means I’m going to be taking a little break from the blog. But I’ve lined up bunch of guest bloggers that will offer their unique perspectives on the film or something related to the film. (If you want to write a guest post, leave me a comment and we’ll discuss.)
I hope to put up some photos from the residency, and I’m going to try to report from IFP as well.
Studio: photo by Jan Mammey.
Niall David
Congrats on the residency David! Enjoy your time there. A strict no cell phone and sporadic Internet actually sounds like it may be a nice change of pace 🙂 Looking forward to helping you keep the blog alive with a guest post. Catch up with you soon!
David Licata
Thanks, Niall.
I don’t know how I’m going to live without checking Facebook every 15 seconds, but I’m going to try.
Very much looking forward to your guest post. This blog needs more beautiful images; thanks again for agreeing to contribute yours to this most humble blog.
Best,
David