Week 11 Update

This past Friday, the whole group and I met up and took a drive to Wallace, NC to interview Emma's aunt, Kathy Lord, who lives in River Landing, a gated community with homeowners of various ages. We gathered some b-roll inside her home and then took her golf cart for a spin around the neighborhood, getting driving footage in the process. Anthony and I also worked on a 90-second clip for my River Run Film Festival pitch of the film. It basically features soundbites from various interviewees about the idea of owning a home or moving into a retirement community and how retirement has treated these people. The rough cut, which we will work on today, tomorrow, and Tuesday will have a similar approach, but expanded further. To save time and hassle, Anthony discovered a feature on Premiere Pro that allows you to combine and sync a two-camera set up together. Our interviews of Cathy/Steve, Doug, and Kathy had interview footage from two cameras. This feature allowed everything to be more concise and easier to edit for rough cut assembly. Today, Anthony and I filmed the sunrise on the beach and will hopefully film the sunset in downtown near the waterfront soon. We also need to schedule out Carolina Bay events to attend to capture residents socializing together. I would like to get back up with Cathy and Steve and see when they plan to spend time with friends, so that I can hopefully get some b-roll of them interacting with others, as well.