Comic Book City, Portland, Oregon USA

Primary interviewing finished

Last week, I wrapped up the primary interviews for the film. In all, I have some nineteen hours of footage from the summer that will be the platform for shaping the narrative, and guiding the rest of the shoot. The final documentary should be an artistic expression of the relationship between people and place. What I've learned from my subjects is only the first step towards finding and developing that expression. First, though, is the necessary work of logging all of that tape. I want to thank everyone who participated. I also want to thank all of the people who worked as crew: Anne-Marie, Tanya, Alex, Danny, and Charley.

I've been blogging informally about the production at Mediated Worlds.

Interviews begin

Yesterday, the first interviews for the main part of the documentary were recorded. Thanks to Paul Guinan and Shannon Wheeler for their time and to Kaebel Hashitani for letting us use The Sequential Art Gallery for the afternoon. I also got to welcome Tanya Schiller and Danny Sprinkle to the crew.

UPDATE: more about this stage of production on Mediated Worlds.

Note: this link takes you to an archive of my old Vox blog.

Stumptown shoot

Continuing with our accelerated production schedule, Anne-Marie, newly added production intern Alex Kunkle, and I spent the better part of Saturday recording footage of the Stumptown Comics Fest. We focused on the exhibition hall, but also shot segments of one of the festival's many panel presentations (the one we were at focused on the business of comics for independent creators, publishers, and store owners). I was also able to introduce myself to a number of people who I hope will participate in the film. More than anything, I'd like to think that we were able to capture the energy of the event, and will be able to represent the variety of exhibitors and attendees.

From here, I should be able to return to pre-production research, and am particularly looking forward to getting the survey circulated.

I want to thank the Stumptown organizers and volunteers, and especially Kip Manley, for working with us and giving us access to the fest.