Editing, Editing, Editing. Most of my life now seems to be spent editing. However, last week I was invited to speak at the Chichester Film Makers CIC Winter Event, so I hastily knocked together a teaser trailer and a short talk explaining what we’ve been up to.

The Chichester Film Makers group is excellent — much bigger and far more “professional” than I’d realised. The meeting kicked off at 2:30pm with some networking, and I was pleased to bump into a number of familiar faces, including Angela, Keaton, Mark, Mike, David and Hazel from the cast of Automatic.

We watched a couple of short films, after which those involved came up on stage to talk about their experiences of making independent film. There was also a really useful introduction to DaVinci Resolve from someone who teaches it professionally – great stuff.

By the time it was my turn we were running a bit short on time, but we managed to watch the trailer and I waffled on for a few minutes about the making of the film. We received some very positive feedback, including praise for Tom’s poster design. There were over a hundred people there, and the atmosphere was genuinely collaborative.

Oh! Did I mention? I’ve finally treated myself to some proper monitor speakers. I’d had enough of wearing headphones all day – and apparently they give a false impression anyway.