First attempt at the intro scene for the doc. Setting the turning point that made it all change in Charlie's life. Music is just a test for now, it will probably change. But I would love to hear any ideas and feedback on music, sounds, types of editing that can increase the tension of the scene, maybe send links with references of other edits etc. I have many other shots also filmed that are in a similar vibe (mud, dark, weird moving hands on a tree, running in the forest, emerging from underneath a pile of dead leafs...). Let me know your thoughts!

This scene is probably going to change depending on the scenes before and after but I wanted to test what VO could flow with it, the type of music... It is one of the most beautiful lights I got to shoot, so I was excited to make a little edit out of it. I'm open to feedback of course. I just wanted to show the type of content I'm working on right now for this documentary. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/t61vty6ppmnnvl7oz380i/Lucia-s-grave-Roots-of-play.m4v?rlkey=8i24dagx4bzkfeia1rznr46pr&st=qe54jfu1&dl=0

I'm waiting for my friend's confirmation about his name (I don't want to misspell it). This would be the final version for IG part of a series of short docs to promote the full length documentary about Roots of play. Let me know what you think ;) > It finishes at 2:45min, the rest after that is not important.

James projects: creating and holding the space for this online filmmaking community + reestablishing relationship with music. Feedback from friends: Stop deleting your work, we want to see more of it. Sean projects: Discovering a new journey on YouTube (long form content), posting longer form videos of his commercial work on YouTube, integrating more VO of his story on Instagram. Needs: feeling of community Has projects: Become proficient on DaVinci, editing the Alaska documentary, Brazil documentary and Nigeria documentary, connect with Benja about project of documentary "crossing the Atlantic". Needs: Accountability, feeling of community. Benja projects: looking for a producer, wanting to stand behind personal passion projects till the end, writing documentary about crossing the Atlantic on a sailboat in January 2025. Needs: support on how to finance filmmaking projects, accountability even when he doesn't seem very responsive. Tom projects: pre production for documentary about AI. "Too many things to work on", maybe look into why you feel this way, is it a planning/organisation issue, is it a priority between financial work and passion work, is it that you might need to take less projects on…? Needs: accountability on passion projects (music creation, production…), share more of creative soul to the world Nathan: Multidisciplinary abstract artist, working in luxury service department for a company, has a degree in graphic design, fine art photography, marketing. Can help with photoshop, branding ideas, logo creation… Nathan projects: offer an unusual reflective mirror for other's projects. Georgia projects: Content creation for Niall, edit content for James, edit personal YT video about transition from vegan to carnivore. Needs: explore together how to be a multidimensional creator working on social media platforms/algorithms, more/better sleep Ben John projects: downloading and learning DaVinci program, start editing The way of play documentary (brotherhood, trusting the process of creation and life, alchemizing heartbreak into purpose, letting out creative self…).

You are all invited to the Filmmaker Friends opening circle ⭕️ on Saturday 30th at 10:30am! It will be hosted on Discord - so if you haven't used it before, don't worry it's very straightforward. It's a bit like zoom, but better (imo) - make sure you've made an account and stuff before you join! I look forward to it confusing everyone 🫡 https://discord.com/channels/1307339640541282345/1308500409999953920 We will be discussing how the community is going to work from here, go over a few details, set some intentions and officially open Filmmaker Friends. It's also an opportunity to ask questions, and briefly talk about things we are working on - and how the space can support us in this! As a side note, on the 30th I happen to be turning 32.. so it would also be lovely to see everyone on my birthday! Hope to see you all there, and have a lovely week! Much love, James