Wrapped up shooting on the doc project on Friday. Ultimately, I think it will work, but it was an ordeal to get what I needed. I'm in the process of logging the tape I just shot and beginning to lay some material down. I'm hoping to have some sort of rough cut in another week or so. Something to look at and then bring it to completion from there. Each project is a learning experience. This one was more of a challenge due to potential legal issues. I just need to hire some people to handle this shit.

I have been trying as much as possible to get back to watching as much film as I can. It has been at the sacrifice of other things, but it has been fruitful to just watch more, in particular, documentaries. There is a lot of interesting work being done out there, and it's instructive to see the working methods of others, whether recent or not. I just saw a very provocative documentary called The Bridge. The filmmakers spent a year following the stories of people that have jumped of the Golden Gate bridge to their death. Very interesting to see how someone approaches a subject as difficult as that. I also have just made my way through the all of the Up films. I had seen 7 Up and 14 Up a few years ago. Very interesting to see a series of films made over the span of over 40 years in a matter of weeks. Well worth the time. Whether watching new things or rewatching things I had seen years ago, it has helped me to keep moving forward in developing ideas.