“You take it on faith, you take it to the heart. The waiting is the hardest part.”

We shot last Saturday, during the big blizzard. Monday I took the film into the lab. Wednesday I sent over instructions for the colorist. Thursday morning the colorist called me pre-session for some clarifications, and that afternoon my account exec called me to let me know the worktapes were going out FedEx that evening. Today is Friday, and today is the day the FedEx man is supposed to bring me my transfers; eight cans of film and a long day’s work distilled down into four of those tiny MiniDV worktapes. (Don’t worry, the “real” transfers are on Digibeta.)

I’ve already screened, loaded and cataloged the interviews (shot on video.) It’s good stuff; some of it is very good stuff. But today will be our first look at the sex, and the sex is why we do what we do, and that’s why the waiting is the hardest part.

-T.C.

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