Documentary film production site of (tentatively titled) "The Drift"

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Another year



It remains to be seen, at this point, whether The Drift will see the light of day. It certainly won't be 2008

The coming year will be different. My immediate plans are to move and apply to graduate schools. Looking down the barrels of recession and meager wages, I have to figure something out and fast. This film, it seems, will be on the back burner until my short term plans are determined. 

There are moments of inspiration that I have to finish this film. Unlike a writer, I cannot merely pick up a pen and write or edit. Filmmaking, at this point, is not a wholly portable medium and it requires chunks of time set aside for shooting and editing. If it is 'on the fly,' it is only so in the pre-production moments of writing or, if one is lucky, production with flick of a switch on a camera. At the moment, I am typically exhausted when I am home and editing or inspiration in general is just not happening. 

So, for the coming year, where the political climate will be more habitable and perhaps reasonable, this film may be finished. I worry that its relevance may be over and the political moment in which it was shot is essentially extinct. We have only one president now and it isn't Bush. 

I'm still looking for opportunities to finish and time to let the film complete itself. I refuse, however, to finish in a state of haste and rush it out to festivals. It needs to be finished on its own or not at all. 

It may be possible that a rough trailer and some clips may appear in this space soon, so keep checking. In the meantime, I will be quite busy and possibly unable to touch The Drift until the new year arrives. I'm hoping a year from now, all will be done.