As of today, the rough cut for the new ‘Marijuana Radio Back in Time’ video is approximately 4 minutes 20 seconds(no joke), but will wind up a few minutes longer.

Yesterday I spent many hours for another round of video editing, and came up with something that’s interesting to watch.

It has been a maddening process for a host of reasons. I often wind up at the end of an editing project pleased with how it turns out, and in many ways, this new video is no exception thus far. The video feels like a creative step up with the collaborative help of a very creative crew, but it still feel like the production end of things is not being executed well enough.

I can’t help but anguish when things are not perfect. I will often stomp around the studio screaming when video isn’t shot properly. To me no frame should ever be throw away.

In mastering this process, I am trying to learn a system for storyboarding that will greatly enhance the outcome of the final project. I find that when I’m in front of the camera, I can’t concentrate because my mind is on so many other things. Instead of being in front of the camera, I want more often to be behind it.

One of the most positive experiences doing this new video was that both Dan-K and McKenna have a natural ability for acting. Dan-k can best be described as a cult of personality, and working with him in front of the camera has been a blast. My wife and I noticed right away that McKenna has the most distinguishable expressions on her face. I feel like this crew has strong potential and I hope we’ll get more time to see how far Marijuana Radio can go.

Don’t misunderstand me, I am thrilled to be doing the things that I am for a career, it’s just that I have an obsessive drive for perfection. I want this drive to push me all the way to making a full feature film.

I feel like the number one thing standing between me and bringing my media to a new level is money. Of course my biggest problem is money, because I would otherwise hire a dozen people and rent out new office space right away. I am not just thinking of this in terms of media production either, I have had a developer lust to make a special website for a long time. I have been going over an idea in my head and the time is ripe. I’m looking for the benjamins.

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