2011
– Last 100 Days
Prodigal
Altar Boy Countdown
T-27
Days to Go
4
December 2011
Goal:
1 hour per day working on the film
Details:
Listened
to Karen Everett’s filmmaker affirmations
Read
Karen Everett’s eBook “Documentary Editing”
Postproduction
Process:
- Assembly Edit
- Seven Tips for Hiring an Editor
DOVES
– Director’s Outcome Vision and Editorial Statement
Printed
copies of the DOVES worksheet
Total time: 1 hour
Goal:
30 minutes per day music practice
Details:
MojoCaster
warm-up
Grace City music
“Say
The Name”
“Trading
My Sorrows”
“God
of Second Chances”
“You
Are Here”
Listened to recording from Saturday (3 December) Grace City practice at Sky Loft and ran the audio through iChord to get the chord progressions.
Total time: 3.5 hours
Goal:
15 minutes exercise per day
Active
rest
Goal:
15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie
Details:
“Dies
Irae” – 25X on the MojoCaster guitar
“Dies
Irae” – octaves, dyads
Pat
Metheny Etude #1 bars 1-4 25X
R&B
riff work from Gospel Skillz DVD
E
– B/D# - C#min – A R&B chordal riff
work. Focus on smooth transitions and
tone.
Total Time: 30 minutes
Notes:
Twenty-seven
days and counting.
Gary Waugh's reaction to the ART T-28 Attack Module:
"Looks like you moved up to an FM radio!" (ouch)
More
Lessons Learned:
Never let your monster lay down. I stole this from the “dead wax” on theEagles album "The Long Run." Most of you “new-fangled
digital young-uns” may not be familiar with the concept of dead wax. Dead wax is the “blank” area of a vinyl
record between the ending grooves of the last song on that side and the
label. In that space, along with the
single groove running out there is usually an identifying number for that
album, and in some cases, a short handwritten note. Okay, enough ancient history. When I saw the words, “NEVER LET YOUR MONSTER
LAY DOWN,” it resonated with my understanding of the creative process. Each piece you create is a spark infused with
your spirit and nurtured. At some point,
that spark and your nurturing evolve into something with a life of its
own. For the creative process to be
complete, you have to step aside and let what you have created breathe and
expand. There is always the temptation,
when a creative piece does not go in the direction you first intended, to abandon
it and move on. While deciding when to abandon
a work is another discussion, the speed of how things move often pushes us to
abandon a work before it “pays off.” Do not let that monster lie down; keep
pushing it until it walks on its own.
