01 June 2008
Elisabeth of Berlin progress
07/06/08 13:49 Filed in: In Production
Because of the redesign of the web page, it seemed a bit foolish to bring you through the production progress of “Elisabeth of Berlin” from the beginning. Filming is complete and now it’s down to editing and finishing. We have only a few weeks to complete the film and all of the necessary (!) fundraising. It must go to our distributor to PBS stations on July 31st. A rough edit will be available some time in early July.
So, today the critical issue is: time. I have to be out of town tomorrow through Wednesday. I’ll bring my laptop and external hard drive with me, and therefore get some work done in the hotel room. Sometimes this is very productive time. But the big problem is a certain loss of momentum. When the scenery changes around me, I lose track of where I am in the formation of the story. Ideas are harder to come by. And this is likely to repeat at several points this summer.
As far as editing goes, I have completed about eighteen minutes of the program. It starts off strong, then goes into a more relaxed section necessary to develop the tension points and the characters. I am now trying to construct a transition that moves us into the next important section of the film: the story of Elisabeth Schmitz’s “denkschrift,” or memorandum, that she wrote to the Confessing Church leadership in Berlin in 1935-6. This is one of three crucial turning points in the story, the other two being her resignation from her teaching position after Kristallnacht, and her letters to Helmut Gollwitzer at the same time.
We’ll see how this goes.
+Steve
So, today the critical issue is: time. I have to be out of town tomorrow through Wednesday. I’ll bring my laptop and external hard drive with me, and therefore get some work done in the hotel room. Sometimes this is very productive time. But the big problem is a certain loss of momentum. When the scenery changes around me, I lose track of where I am in the formation of the story. Ideas are harder to come by. And this is likely to repeat at several points this summer.
As far as editing goes, I have completed about eighteen minutes of the program. It starts off strong, then goes into a more relaxed section necessary to develop the tension points and the characters. I am now trying to construct a transition that moves us into the next important section of the film: the story of Elisabeth Schmitz’s “denkschrift,” or memorandum, that she wrote to the Confessing Church leadership in Berlin in 1935-6. This is one of three crucial turning points in the story, the other two being her resignation from her teaching position after Kristallnacht, and her letters to Helmut Gollwitzer at the same time.
We’ll see how this goes.
+Steve
Web site redesign
07/06/08 07:44 Filed in: Discussion
Greetings-
Well, once again I have decided to take on the dreaded task of redesigning the Vital Visuals web site. This site will have more video clips, more commentary, and more news about our current productions and programs. Now there’s a reason for checking back frequently!
Well, once again I have decided to take on the dreaded task of redesigning the Vital Visuals web site. This site will have more video clips, more commentary, and more news about our current productions and programs. Now there’s a reason for checking back frequently!