My Dcoumentary has been on my mind these holidays - I have been watching movies I have made -  Art Works  and a documentary called St Kilda Lives. The documntary I am going to link to my blog because there are aspects of it that I really like that are relevant to my current work- the humour and the texture. I am in the proces of uploading St Kilda Lives to You Tube, however I am having problems with the file being to large. They say size matters and it does  - Oh well - What's technology without hours and hours of commitment?

I have been trying to find music  for my Marysville Documentary that fits well with images of regeneration and devestation. To that end I have been listening to my tape collection - I'd forgotten what was there- I knew it was valuable to me - but to start listening again for work is great.

I have found some obscure Jazz and Reggae tracks. Some of the songs make my hair stand on end. That's a good thing. There some Soul, Funk and Hip Hop that makes me dance - Lucky Me. I am going to have to digitise some of these tapes. It has been great listening to them - but I think only a few beats and instrumental sections could be used - looped to create what I want to achieve.

I am not sure what's going to work with the images I have filmed. But in my quest to marry image and sound I was duly impressed with a sequence in the Swedish film,  LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, towards the end of the film some beautiful classical - orchestral - music is included in the soundtrack and  it is was very moving - powerful, in an emotional way. That's what I am after - for my work - something that adds beautifully and enhances the meaning of my work.

These holidays I have seen REDBELT, in the special features section David Mamet was being interviewed about writing and directing the film. Mamet's responses about the soundtrack, the editing process, the locations and much more was helpful in my thinking about the work that I am doing.

Since listening to Mamet and after seeing THE MAN WITH THE MOVIE CAMERA, Oh and listening to the making of CALIFORNICATION, I have thought a lot about the fact that I want to work with someone -  Mamet talked a lot about collaboration and working with people in creating REDBELT and that notion appealed to me - I want to work with people and collaborate.