Hmmm, tricky thing film edits. We watched our first edit this morning. Our 1st edit has everything in our film which we think we need to tell our tale of the angler's love of beautiful fishing tackle. It explores this idea by telling the story of Hardy's, the effect of empire, war and new technology on this and the personal stories of many people who worked for Hardy's all their lives. And then we want to show modern makers of great tackle because aside from their own intrinsic interest they are the only real way to actually see craftsmen at work and they come across fantastically well.
And so that's were it gets tricky. It's just too much - we need to remember that less is more. So we plan to spend this week refining the edit, concentrating on the beauty of the film, the poetry, to still tell our full story but to realise where to concentrate the firepower. Oh it's not easy this editing lark. Hopefully the 2nd cut will be finished later this week - we've high hopes for it!
The making of the film "The Lost World of Mr Hardy" from the end to the beginning. It's the story of a much loved family business, angling and the craftsman's passion for perfection.
Wags of interest
Truffles ahoy!
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I'm a filmmaker living on the South Coast of England surrounded by lots of grass and not much else. I have to make films to get out a little. It wasn't always that way.
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