"most people in America don't even realize there's actually a city of Guantanamo, they only hear about what's happening in the Guantanamo Bay prison...guess the McDonald's fell on that side of the fence..." - paraphrased from Cuba documentary
Today I began work on a project which will be close to me for the next six weeks out here in SF. I began editing with Tyler MacNevin on his untitled documentary following a recent road trip through Cuba to get a good shot at Guantanamo Bay. This is a really eye-opening project and one that I am very grateful to be working on this summer. For the next six weeks, I'll be reporting to an office space Tyler has set up in the Mission district. I'm really glad to be a part of this not only to help out my editing skills, but to inspire me more as a filmmaker as well. I think this is one of the coolest, most creative ideas for a documentary I have seen. I look to be putting my post-production skills to the test with this project and feel that I definitely have what it takes to produce a quality cut of this documentary.
The editing approach I will be taking reminds me of when I created, Ghost Town this past year.
Ghost Town was a documentary I created about the city of Fitchburg, MA and dealt with how an old factory town torn apart by World War II is trying to make a comeback through the arts despite an influx of low-income housing and crime in recent decades. While the subject matter is different, the process I see myself going to use for this will probably be similar.
more to come on this project as I continue work on it!
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