Cut Cut Cut

Its the New Year. Holidays over. Raining. Cold. Dull.

A normal January then!

I'm cutting the US project with a colleague. We have two suite running 10 hours a day. Its a lot of work, but its going fine and we're getting round the NTSC vs PAL vs HD tech crap and the films are all looking pretty sweet.

I think January is one of the best times to be in a grey box editing. No windows. A/C. Bad coffee. Baked potatoes for lunch. Perfect. Who would want to be outside in the cold? If it was July I'd be rather more reluctant!

Editing is actually a very rewarding process. Some people think that the magic of film making happens on set. I think there are definitely brief moments of magic on set, but usually you're too busy to enjoy them. The real magic happens in the edit if you ask me. Everything comes together. The music, script and pictures bond together into a strong, dynamic, piece of work that has an attitude, an impact and hopefully exceeds expectations. Cool.

The joy of BBC iPlayer means I can catch up on great TV while I watch the render bar creep up the screen from left to right.

Speaking of which...A History of Scotland, mmm, perfect.