First cut

Because the editor has been ham-fistedly putting scenes together while we shoot it doesn't take us long to get to a first proper cut. There were a number of scenes that we thought would be difficult, but by and large they've all been ironed out. There's a couple of places we know we need pick up shots (balcony, gig audience), but nothing we hadn't anticipated.

So with a very rough audio we sit down and watch the first cut, and, somewhat surprisingly, it seems OK. Straight away there's a few things I'd trim, and a couple of extra shots I'd add. Simon, the producer, finally gets round to adding something of worth by requesting a few more close ups of Stevie in the recording session. I didn't even know he was watching, but it's a reasonable idea so we'll add them.

Next up we're going to do a rough audio mix, put in some spot FX and atmos tracks, then finally add incidental music. At the moment we're using Belle and Sebastian's excellent soundtrack to Storytelling, but we have to make sure we don't get too attached to it as we can't have it. I can't work out beginning or end music either, which is most unlike me, so I'm going to try some tracks for size tomorrow. Then we'll do a very rough grade and that's when the fun begins and we can start showing a select few people and get their opinions. Then we can ignore their opinions and get on with the next version.