Challenge 2010 Rewind 3

As an editor, there are two ways a project can be very difficult to manage. 1) if you don’t have enough footage, and 2) if you have way too much footage. Challenge is definitely the latter. With just 3 days of shooting so far, we have over half a terabyte of source footage in five separate acquisition formats, 3 different resolutions, and all of it has to live in one searchable project with appropriate markers and metadata. Just keeping a handle on what we have s a huge task on this project.

So, at about 9pm, after a full day of shooting and data wrangling, I had basically nothing in my timeline in terms of story for this rewind. I knew I had great content, but couldn’t get it to weave together. Worry was beginning to set in, but soon thereafter God provided.

After a short walk outside to reset my perspective, the helpful input from some friends, and the sheer Grace of the Spirit, this edit came together faster and more clearly than the others so far. The joy was palpable. At one point, I even startled a convention center janitor with my singing… turns out we both thought we were alone. Pretty funny. Very gracious.

So, enjoy the rewind. I know I did. As time goes on, I have a feeling this edit will stand out in my mind as a milestone of God’s grace not to be forgotten.

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