Week 4: Archive Editing Begins

This week has seen us start the really exciting process of bringing archive footage into our edit timelines for the first time. After 3 weeks of working the story through the voices of our contributors, Steve McQueen finally appears in our suite!

Our archive producer, Richard Wiseman, has collated some incredible footage over the past 6 months from all over the globe to allow us to tell our story in as beautiful and varied a way as possible. The highlights have been newly discovered unseen documentaries in an LA garage and a Parisian basement. A huge array of unpublished on-set photographs are available for use, and we’re really excited about the discovery of unheard Steve McQueen audio cassettes. This will allow the voice of Steve to be a constant presence throughout our film – who better to talk us through it!

This is now a case of diving into my log books and pulling out the bits that we think are worth using, and trying them out. Do we need music at certain points? Can the archive say things for us that changes what others need to say? Things will change, some things work well, some need more archive material – and so Richard will be sent out again!

The plan is for us to have a version of the film ready by the end of November. After this we will have a version that we can really build on.

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