This is the craziest way to make a documentary. No money and no time. But I jumped into Final Cut for the first time in months tonight and have been at re-cutting the first half of the assembly cut Karl and I put together over the last couple of weekends for several hours now. I had an epiphany that there was just too much continuous Kevin at the beginning and that I needed to intercut Kevin and Art as they tell their stories. It really helps the pacing. Also, it means a lot less cover will be required. It's telling how similar their stories are. Art is a great reflective character for Kevin. The difference being Kevin had a lot of his career ahead of him when the recession hit.
I threw in English Beat's "March of the Swivelheads" (you may remember this from the backyard chase seen in
Ferris Bueller's Day Off.) I know that it's frowned upon to get married to temp track, but I find that it's really helping me drive the energy level that's been lacking.
Here's an
article from the Detroit Free Press that features protestors at the closing of Timberline Dodge in 2009. The story as I recall was that a bunch of hot rodders showed up in full force. I also found this
Oregonian letter to the editor. One of the commenters suspects a liberal conspiracy in how the shut down dealerships were chosen.
Give me a holler if you're out there. -SPH
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