Danny (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} dannybradbury) wrote,@ 2006-04-04 14:27:00 |
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Hey ho, back again, vroom vroom vroom.
Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. I've been away and working madly. Just got back from the last (I hope) filming trip for my forthcoming documentary. It's been forthcoming for some time, but hopefully it will finally come forth this summer, so that I can go forth and do something else. This time round I was interviewing Pulitzer prize winner Richard Rhodes, Lynn Eden and Martin Harwit, the latter about his part in the Enola Gay exhibition that was canned in 1995. All of them fascinating interviews. Now I just hope that I can turn them into a film that does them all justice. But before I try, I have to turn some article ideas into cheques, so that I can pay to finish this whole thing off. The stock footage alone (which I just spent 2 weeks gathering at NARA - thanks for your help Jim) is really expensive. And let's not talk about the music rights. While I was at NARA I ran into Kevin Rafferty, who made Atomic Cafe, which isn't a million miles away from what I'm trying to do. I kept stumbling across the same footage that he was looking at 25 years ago, so it was an honour to meet him. It's amazing how "I really loved your movie" comes out as "arugha-ough-wagh" when you're feeling a little overawed and nervous.
I had 1.5 weeks to research my stock footage.
"How long did it take you?" I asked.
"Five years. And I had two people helping me," he said.
"Oh. Bugger." I thought.
Anyway, onwards and downwards. If you've mailed me and haven't received a reply, sorry about that. I'm going through my emails in the next few days. Sit tight. Especially on a personal note Trish, Teresa, Seth, and the two Tonys. All of whom I've owed mails to for months.
In the meantime, amuse yourselves with Google's Mars map, which I discovered while browsing the excellent Billy Goat Curse, while researching another article.
And for journalists, see if you recognise any of your antics here. I know at least three of the people mentioned in these posts. Glad to say I'm not in there! Give me a few too many early morning cups of coffee and some extra deadline stress and I'm sure I'll make it in eventually.
Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. I've been away and working madly. Just got back from the last (I hope) filming trip for my forthcoming documentary. It's been forthcoming for some time, but hopefully it will finally come forth this summer, so that I can go forth and do something else. This time round I was interviewing Pulitzer prize winner Richard Rhodes, Lynn Eden and Martin Harwit, the latter about his part in the Enola Gay exhibition that was canned in 1995. All of them fascinating interviews. Now I just hope that I can turn them into a film that does them all justice. But before I try, I have to turn some article ideas into cheques, so that I can pay to finish this whole thing off. The stock footage alone (which I just spent 2 weeks gathering at NARA - thanks for your help Jim) is really expensive. And let's not talk about the music rights. While I was at NARA I ran into Kevin Rafferty, who made Atomic Cafe, which isn't a million miles away from what I'm trying to do. I kept stumbling across the same footage that he was looking at 25 years ago, so it was an honour to meet him. It's amazing how "I really loved your movie" comes out as "arugha-ough-wagh" when you're feeling a little overawed and nervous.
I had 1.5 weeks to research my stock footage.
"How long did it take you?" I asked.
"Five years. And I had two people helping me," he said.
"Oh. Bugger." I thought.
Anyway, onwards and downwards. If you've mailed me and haven't received a reply, sorry about that. I'm going through my emails in the next few days. Sit tight. Especially on a personal note Trish, Teresa, Seth, and the two Tonys. All of whom I've owed mails to for months.
In the meantime, amuse yourselves with Google's Mars map, which I discovered while browsing the excellent Billy Goat Curse, while researching another article.
And for journalists, see if you recognise any of your antics here. I know at least three of the people mentioned in these posts. Glad to say I'm not in there! Give me a few too many early morning cups of coffee and some extra deadline stress and I'm sure I'll make it in eventually.
