For the
most part the film was a one-take wonder, but even then we logged over
6 hours of footage.
Still, 6 hours of footage for a feature film is ridiculously low, but it's what
we shot. Graham brought to the production a career's-worth of
experience shooting news for CNN and other in Russia, Lebanon and the
Middle East, so he knows a few things about getting the shot right the
first time. His footage was amazing.
Near the
end of editing I used a feature in Edit that pulls all unused sources,
and when I executed the command the bin came up completely empty. I
used every setup!
Sound was
a lot of fun. As a freelance editor I have a small library of sounds I
always have on-hand, and I massaged and looped and generally mixed
everything I had in the category of Horror, Gore, and Special Effects.
I'm particularly proud of the sound of an ax chopping off the head of
the police officer near the end of the film. Listen for it and let me
know what you think!
