Monday, December 1st, 2008
Mr Producer
It occurs to me that the better things go in post-production, the less exciting this blog might be. I’d like to pretend that we were invaded by pirates but or that me and director Chris had a big punch-up but we haven’t. Chris is working really hard and the only problems we’ve had is compatibility between various editing and post-production software (so I suppose that technically sounds like a fight!) There are also less photos to post (unless you want to see images if people sitting at computers?)
As this is my first real role in more of a producing capacity (as opposed to being ‘writer on set’ or just ‘writer on other end of phone if needed’) it has been very interesting getting the right work balance with people. As the one person overseeing all the different aspects of this project, I have to make sure they all fit together - but, on the other hand, I don’t want to tread on anyone’s toes and essentially want to let people do their thing too. As is always the best way in situations, a third way is usually the best way forward so what I have started doing is leaving very specific notes for Chris and Heather but then leaving freedom within it. This way, I know that the finished thing will fit right in but I also get a nice surprise when I’m shown rough cuts and versions of everything!
I have written drafts of all of the blogs by now but really need all of the pieces so that I can start putting the whole thing together. The one thing that is apparent already is that the blog entries are quite long. So rather than three days written by Verity and one day written by Tom, I have now re-written the blogs across five shorter days written by Verity and two shorter days written by Tom. Each entry now has a more specific point from the main Nigel plot and a main point from Verity’s own personal plot as well as a specific feature - be it a video clip or a link to one of our other sites. This has made the whole thing seem a lot bigger but, oddly, it now also reads a lot faster!
Oh, and I suppose there are still plenty of pictures to see. Cookie has done a classic job on illustrating Saxophone Deity to the point where (as promised) the panel below is now my desktop wallpaper on my laptop and will be for some time 
There’s so much nice artwork going on on this site, if we get a chance at the end, I might actually get some of it turned into downloadable wallpapers. And maybe print a few novelty mugs, t-shirts and mousemats!!! Or…maybe just the wallpapers…
