update on Tide Film project

This is where we are up to regarding the fim and editing and sound:

Last week I went to see the film at FACT - its beautiful, Alex and Lucy did a lovely job. The duration will be around 30 - 40 minutes.

Ross has sent me all the sound that we recorded at Crosby - its also really good.

I have roughly edited this sound now and I will send some discs of what I have so far to the PICU for Touchstones participants to listen to.
They can then get back with any notes of what they might like to change (try to be specific on the timing and the beginning / ending points of what you dont like) - I know everyone will hate hearing their own voices of course, because everyone always does! But if possible, try to just listen to the content. I have had to chop out a fair bit of material already as we had well over an hour of sound and the film's length is looking like around 36 minutes. If you think it would be easier for me to come over to the PICU and sit with everyone while we go through the sound, that could be arranged too. I can edit via my laptop.

Once I hear back from PICU and Touchstones and make any further adjustments, I can send the 2nd rough edit back to Ross who can tidy up my edits, adjust the levels and add in some ambient sound of around 30 seconds in the breaks between topics (NB there is currently 10 seconds of silence between the topics).

Alex has compressed the film of the tide into about 30 minutes or so and will be sending over a DVD of this to me, so I can test the sound with the images.
Again, once I have the OK for the sound from Touchstones, and have tested it with the images, I can then instruct Alex of what we need to add to the footage in terms of fades and black ends......because I want the conversation to overlap the beginning and end of the film.

Finally I have decided to include the clip of sound where we all have a short discussion about how the film will work with the images and how there are to be 2 versions of the film. I really like the transparency this gives the viewer about the process of making this piece....

There will as discussed, also be a version with just ambient sound (birds, wind, sea) which is what will be mainly shown in the PICU.

I think the version with the voices will be really useful and a good momento of the PICU story

shoot

Luckily on Friday, conditions were perfect for filming - and also for a very enjoyable pic-nic! The sun was shining and a good breeze ensured dramatic skies and sunlight skidding across the sands.
Here are members of Touchstones who joined me at Crosby to record conversations about the PICU, memories of the coast and their own stories of "recovery" and what that might mean. These tapes will form the soundtrack for the film. Thanks to everyone who was working on the shoot - Alex and Lucy, Percy and Ross and to Angy from FACT for coordinating. Bryony and the Touchstones reps Alan, Jean and Gary for giving their time so generously and putting everything into the conversations.
The next stage of this piece will be for me to visit FACT and meet with Alex to study the film footage, seeing how the pace of the film works in various edits. We filmed for a solid 5 hours to record the rising tide. This footage can then be reduced to say one hour , half and hour or even 10-15 minutes - depending on what works best. We'll then loook at how the sound works in conjunction with the images. I'll be meeting Alex on 21st July.