Edit Progress and feedback

The documentary began to take shape during the edit, as we worked the footage and audio of the shop and the abandoned areas of the building to at times contrast or compliment each other. For example, We cut from a brightly lit static interview shot in the shop to a dark handheld shot in the abandoned area, but by cutting the original interview audio over this cut as Bally says ‘we’re kind of rebreathing life into the building…’ creates a connection between the two places and communicates the passion and vision he has for its restoration. We tried to capture the energy of the shop, and realised we needed music to help create this. SATU, A musician friend of Sophie’s, wrote us an electronic piece for the film, and we edited the footage to the beat of this. The music was energetic and helped layer the sound combined with the interview audio. We received feedback that the middle part of the documentary focusing on the abandoned areas of the building was too long compared how much we had in the shop, and that there were some problems with audio and some shots, but overall feedback was fairly positive.