True Sequence of Events, or Why the Universe and I Are in Love

1. Yoga Student brings New Friend passing through town to Yoga class one day.

2. New Friend happens to have recently met a local filmmaker looking for extras for a shoot the following weekend.

3. E-mails are exchanged, forwarded, and replied to and I arrive at said shoot the following weekend.

4. Whilst at said shoot, I meet a video editor/teacher at a local polytechnic.

5. When I ask if he knows of any short courses in videography, I am informed that he does...and that it starts THE NEXT DAY.

6. Said course runs from 1-4 p.m., the only available time slot I have in the afternoon between the morning and evening Yoga classes at the Sivananda Centre.

7. Twenty-four hours later I am sitting in my Video Course.

8. Twenty-four hours later than that, I have consultants and co-conspirators and an elaborate plan to digitise my documentary footage.

9. Twenty-four hours later than that, I am offered a random ride up to Auckland next Thursday by aforementioned co-conspirator.

10. Twenty-four hours later than that (today), though it was touch-and-go for awhile there, all of the whole NTSC vs. PAL* issue I was praying would not be a problem was revealed to be just that...not a problem. And for the first time, I was able to see my footage on screen...like...like...A REAL MOVIE...

I Have Learned So Far...

...that I LOVE editing! Even though of course I hate it too. But at least I have answered one of the big questions about this film - whether or not I was going to buy the equipment and learn how to do it myself or try to find an editor. Defo going to do it myself.

Two things I decided to accept fully and completely today:

1. This film is going to take a lot of money to make.
2. This film is going to take a very long time to make.

Once you can kind of get your head around that, it all becomes very exciting...

*NTSC is the American system and PAL is the Almost Everywhere Else In This Part of the World system. I purchased an NTSC camera assuming I would be producing this film in North America, which has (surprise) turned out not to be the case at this time. None of it should exactly be a problem because I shot in HD but it can also sort of be a problem except for sometimes it's not and right now it's not.