James: Gab has been over in Dublin for about three days by this stage and we have only just plucked up courage to watch the film. I guess this puts the film in perspective doesn’t it? You’d expect us to be really eager beavers to watch our baby but we really are to close to it and loathe it still.
I actually enjoy the work that Gab has done on it. There are a few tweaks to be made, but on the whole it is good. It doesn’t feel too laboured, or unbalanced in my opinion. I think Gab felt then, and still does to some extent, that the front drags for a few minutes too much and the end is dealt with too quickly. I believe that it takes an audience a while to acclimatise to the rough style and therefore the minutes aren’t too precious at the front, as they will stay with you for a while just to see where you are going.
Gabby: I think that there is still loads for changes to be made and loads of cuts that are awkward. The sounds is still over the place and I can remember thinking that I would never like this film.
James: Gab has done all this with limited access to the equipment since I’d left so it is a good achievement. Whilst in Dublin she gets offered my old job, so it is all kind of timely.
Gabby: Yeah the limited access to equipment was a pain. I promised I would get on to the recut when I started the new job.
James: Our good friend and on-line editor Gareth Spensley called a couple of weeks later whilst I was in the car on the way to a party in Galway – he said the same thing. Ahhh, great minds and all that.
