this past weekend I've put in a solid amount of time preparing my WISE presentation, relatively at-least. Last night I spent two hours editing 45 min of footage into a rough 20 minutes of quality footage. In the end even that needs to be narrowed to around 7 minutes. I was telling my mom last night, and might as well tell you tonight, how constricting it is to take an hour long interview and compact it into a cute 7 min. message. It's reductionism I tell you! I've learned that my job is to search for gems; those hard hitting one-liners that go something like. " buying local stimulates the local economy and is the quintessential act of democracy" (not a real quote). The problem is the message is so much more dense. I need to walk the line just right, between not oversimplifying or overwhelming. "Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." said wise Mr. Einstein
So i need to do probably 10 hours, at-least, of video editing.
I've got the intro worked out, but am still working out how the middle will be organized. Drizzy G I know you want a story board. I have thought of the major elements of my film and points I want to address, and how I will weave those points in with interviews, but I don't have a concrete movie making formula to follow yet. I do know that my intended audience is those who know little and want to learn, and those who know a lot and just need to be inspired/ reinvigorated.
As for my presentation I have decided to do it all on the fly. Better for the nerves that way.
Just playing, I took about 5 pages of notes of points I wanted to hit in my presentation (and movie). I am going to start by talking about what I set out to do, and why I set out to do it. Then I plan on diving straight into the subject of food, using that as a microcosm for the entire resilience movement. Food will lead into the importance of localism, which will lead into energy use, which will lead into transportation, and so on and so forth....
Well goodnight.
