A shot from the big doc I've been working on for the last year and a half.
I can't believe it's been that long.
Traditionally I'm a little more leveraged towards the 'Come UP with a bunch of good ideas...' side of the equation rather than the 'Carry those ideas THROUGH to completion...' side of things; but with this project I've actually got no choice.
It's so huge and so much is riding on it that there's no room (not even in my mind) for me to suck-out or whine about how hard it is or how much drudgery is involved.
I just have to keep doing the work.
The irony is not lost on me that there were times (many times) in the past where I WISHED I could be involved in something like this; times I would have given ANYTHING to be part of something this potentially huge and life-changing; and now I sometimes find myself having to PUSH myself to keep going with the level of stamina, focus and passion required.
(usually only two or three times per week)
But, there's the truth, right?
Making anything good (or even potentially 'great') involves pain, toil and a marathon-like approach to sustaining your work ethic long enough to get the job done.
I know this from renovating houses, from planting churches, from building a happy marriage, from raising kids, from sailing to a far off shore, from seeing a TV concept through from idea to reality and, now, from making an honest-to-goodness 'real', full-sized feature-length documentary film and series.
So, when I stumble (like in todays edit session) on a great shot that just 'happened' and that shows me (even in one simple frame) that I haven't lost my way; I ask my editor to screen-grab it so I can share it with you (and with me) and maybe learn from it...
So that I can encourage myself (and hopefully you) to keep going.
T
