(notes i make to myself. myself from yesterday).
A number of ©Digital Heaven plugs were used in the editing of “chasing KEINO”. Not the least of which being the ©DH Subtitles plug. I was only advised of it after having re-subtitled “KEINO” for the third time. I highly recommend it – after having torn all of the hair from my head after the second re-subtitling… Hat’s off to Martin Baker, Managing Director, Digital Heaven (www.digital-heaven.co.uk).
1. Sam Peckinpah Interviews – Kevin J Hayes
2. Palestine Peace Not Apartheid – Jimmy Carter
3. Let My People Go Surfing – Yvon Chouinard
4. Finding George Orwell in Burma – Emma Larkin
5. Everybody Talks About the Weather… We Don’t – Ulrike Meinhof
6. Colossus – Niall Ferguson
1. Kunze Kwadoka – Oliver Mtukudzi
2. Four Days Gone – Buffalo Springfield
3. Elle A Le Swing Au Corps – Charles Avnavour
4. Snoopy’s Search/Red Baron – Billy Cobham
5. There Wasn’t Anything – Eluvium
6. Out of the Picture – Son Volt
7. Vuelo Al Sur – Gotan Project
8. Scare Easy – Mudcrutch
9. Wasn’t Born to Follow – The Byrds
10. Going Down – Jeff Beck Group
11.Burning Spear – Burning Spear Live in Paris 1988
We used QbB as a test location for a “work-in-progress”, to see if we could capture what the script encapsulates, visually. We set-up at 6:30AM to avoid on bridge foot traffic but also to shoot in the intense morning light that bathed the structure. We filmed with a ©RED One fitted with a ©RED Prime 18~50MM 2.8 CF lens with some stunning results. The Red cameras make very pretty pictures indeed. Splendid, in fact.
I met Moses Kororia this summer in Santa Fe whilst filming “chasing KEINO”. He was one in a family of 13 children in foster care to Kenyan parents. Moses placed second in the 2007 Los Angeles Marathon and thirteenth in this years race in LA. I asked Moses what he thinks about as he approaches certain mile markers in a marathon:
Special thanks: Scott and Vanessa Robinson work especially hard to assist these athletes in the US – financial support is always welcome at AmeriKenyan Running Club (contact: amerikenyanrunnibgclub.org).
Joseph Mutinda, Super cool dude. Incredible distance runner. Santa Fe, NM.
AmeriKenyan Running Club.
Some production shots from “chasing KEINO”. Santa Fe, NM. 21 May 2009.
Director and actor John Huston in his role as Noah Cross in Chinatown told Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson): “Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get more respectable with time, Mr. Gites.” To which Nicholson replied: “It’s Git-tes”
The Kenyan runners, schooled by Brother Colm O’Connell in Eldoret, say that running flatfooted is preferable to the traditional “heel-to-toe” running prescribed largely in the US. The reason being – flatfooted mechanics actually are less stressful on the lower leg and produce less injuries. This orientation actually allows for quicker turnover.
The Kenyans are big proponents of training smartly. They:
a. Stay off of hard surfaces. Hard surfaces are reserved for competition.
b. Warm up very slowly on runs and gradually pick up the pace. This allows the muscles to warm up and be used more efficiently and with less risk of injury.
c. Make sure that running shoes are not at the end of their recommended life (mileage), as this can bring injury.
d. Engage in very rigorous post run stretching.
e. Feel a twitch in a hamstring or IT band they will take the day off and ice it rather than trying to push through it and run the risk of taking four weeks off because of an injury.
f. Listen to your body.
g. Resting is as important as exercising.
h. You beat me today – I’m going to beat you tomorrow.
Hello All,
We are very nearly finished with film duty on the current project “chasing KEINO”. The prior edit of “chasing KEINO” was selected by the International Film Festival South Africa and was nominated for “Best First Film”. It was also selected by COMMFEST Global Film Festival in Toronto, Canada.
We are, likewise, very much looking forward to starting a new picture that will be more to feature film-like but shorter form. We are currently working on the script and hope to have it finished by late October in Sun Valley, Idaho. We have a very interesting cast of characters tinkering with pre-production and are hoping this combo will produce some noteworthy cinematic results. We are also hopeful that ©RED will be able to maintain the original delivery schedule for the ©Epic and ©Scarlet series cameras.
We also have a website that is up: http://www.vaughan-studio.com.
Best,
Eddie
