I agreed to go help an old filmmaking friend make a documentary and flying out to the U.S. soon to make it. However, he tells me that 5 of those days, are for post production, and I am only shooting for five days. He asked me if I could help with the editing too. He is better at audio editing, where as I am not bad with video, so I told him I will take the video side of it. He wants to enter this project in for a grant, hoping it will get him the opportunity to make his own TV series. That's why he wants it to be a 44 minute long episode, like a TV show.
However, in order to get the grant, the movie must be completed in 10 days, after I fly out, otherwise the due date, to turn it in, will be expired. I wish he would have mentioned this before, but I guess I should have asked if when the grant do date was. I had no idea he cut it so close.
I have to get the video editing in just 1-2 days, since he will probably need the rest of the time to edit and mix the audio, and do sound effects, and color grading.
So is it possible to make a 44 minute movie and do a good job, completing it in 10 days!? I mean when I edit it, I will probably not have much time to think and once I make a cut, leave it, and move on, and that's it. But this is bad cause I have seen other's do this under pressure to get things done finished on a time limit, the movie turns out rushed or clunky. Is this possible, cause I want to get my time's worth and some of money, since I agreed to get my own food, as well as some other expenses, to help the project out. I mean I really want to help the guy out, but I feel he may have painted himself into a corner, and unknowingly, pulled me into it perhaps. So is it worth it, or save-able at this point?
However, in order to get the grant, the movie must be completed in 10 days, after I fly out, otherwise the due date, to turn it in, will be expired. I wish he would have mentioned this before, but I guess I should have asked if when the grant do date was. I had no idea he cut it so close.
I have to get the video editing in just 1-2 days, since he will probably need the rest of the time to edit and mix the audio, and do sound effects, and color grading.
So is it possible to make a 44 minute movie and do a good job, completing it in 10 days!? I mean when I edit it, I will probably not have much time to think and once I make a cut, leave it, and move on, and that's it. But this is bad cause I have seen other's do this under pressure to get things done finished on a time limit, the movie turns out rushed or clunky. Is this possible, cause I want to get my time's worth and some of money, since I agreed to get my own food, as well as some other expenses, to help the project out. I mean I really want to help the guy out, but I feel he may have painted himself into a corner, and unknowingly, pulled me into it perhaps. So is it worth it, or save-able at this point?
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