Impulse

Editing this thing really shows me how important it is to think of the edit while shooting a film. Take this little clip for example. One of the riders in the race had just crashed. Nearly all of the aftermath takes place in the back room of the motor home as the racers try to figure out what’s going to happen. There are some lovely little moments, but they’re surrounded by long stretches of absolutely nothing interesting. To keep the film moving, I need to cut away to other people or locations. Had I thought about this more while shooting, I’d have gone to the other rooms of the RV to get more coverage.

Of course, this also shows how tough it can be as a one-man film crew. Had I gone to the front of the motor home to film, I probably would’ve missed some of these little interesting bits. But maybe there was also some interesting bits in the front of the van. Who knows? You can’t let yourself get caught up in that mind game. It’s like still photographers grieving over the shot that got away while changing lenses.