editing help wanted: documentary

[AllenLowe]

just checking to see if there's anyone out there within spitting distance of Maine who can help me -

I'm working on a documentary on music (not real specific there, I know, but it is coming together as a memoir/broadsheet); shooting in high definition, so far have interviewed Matt Shipp, Roswell Rudd, Jonathon Lethem, 7/4, Daniel Carter, Marnie Stern, my dog; planning on also talking to Paul Bley, Ursula Oppens, maybe Braxton if he comes out of hiding;will cover some dead guys like AL Haig, Curley RUssell, Joe Albany, Tommy Potter, Art Pepper, Jaki Byard; also will have some bits on murder (have two friends who've been lost to that particular thing); doing some performance shots as well - I'm hoping to cut together some rough footage over the next six months (there is some interest in a showing of some sort in Italy next year; might happen, might not) - will be a free-form memoir on some of the people I've known, plus my own strange life -

I have decided that, though I'm a good audio editor, the editing of video is way out of my realm - I'm not averse to paying for the service, but it would have to be significantly discounted or voluntary (think of me as the Mother Theresa of jazz); hey, might even give you a screen credit and a piece of the action (I'm working on a Producers-type scam here); all seriousness aside, I don't know what I'm doing, and yet I do, in a strange and un-natural way. Willing to travel to work on this stuff, the tech end is just more than I can handle by myself - email me at alowe5@maine.rr.com if this interests you as a side-project -

Edited September 1, 2008 by AllenLowe

[king ubu]

think of me as the Mother Theresa of jazz

good luck with your project, sounds interesting!

[clifford_thornton]

Yes, please keep us in the loop.

I'll email you shortly re other stuff.

[RDK]

You should drop Adam a line. He does docs.

[Jim Alfredson]

I did video editing for two years. The current crop of available software makes it pretty easy, if you have a decent computer. I can help with the technical aspect of it. The creative aspect is up to you, of course.

[AllenLowe]

thanks, Jim, will probably be in contact - was worried as I had a good talk with the guy who does my tech and he is worried re-my current setup and the amount of disc space that video takes up - problem right now is that I can't put the bucks into the kind of upgrade that would make it work -

thanks everybody for the various advice -

and what's so funny about that Mother Theresa remark?

[porcy62]

Sorry, actually it's my job, but I couldn't find a suitable road from Rome to Maine on Google map.

Feel free to PM me if you need any tech/artistic advice. Good luck.

Edited September 2, 2008 by porcy62