Happy Thursdays - Thursday 31st July

I'm very conscious that sometimes I babble on 'til the cows come home on here - so I thought splitting Thursday into two would be an easier task to read!

After interviewing Jana our producer - I had another idea about how to branch out the documentary...

Something which I haven't touched on on here, partly because I thought of it and discussed it before I had started up my blog - then completely forgot to put it on here (I will add more about this at a later date) I'm a little concerned how this project is going to very easily turn into some kind of very drawn-out commentary on the process from the inside by one of the insiders...

It has the potential to be very introspective, which could definitely exclude people...worryingly probably the audience most..!

The biggest problem is that I am so integrated and an integral creative input into the project - the whole idea of being objective and almost like an uninvolved, omniscient narrator is exceedingly difficult. I am trying, and I think at the moment succeeding with various ideas I have for how I'm going to put the documentary together, and equally as importantly what I'm going to say (oh God I still need to write that - oh God oh God oh God!!!)

Just as an aside - and serving partly as a reminder to myself for when I get back and actually get on to writing this thing (I so was going to be rude about it just then!) how on earth am I going to introduce myself as journo doing the doc, and musician in the project...crap (sorry language I know - but I could say a lot worse)

ANYWAY - Jana mentioned about the fact that Apple is basically sponsoring the whole thing (hence the Macs) - I think they're thinking it's great PR!!

So together with the TAC (Transatlantic Arts Consortium) who are funding it - we're getting the equipment like the Macs from Apple and they've taken a really big interest.

Well I wanna know why!!

So Jana's given me the number of the lady who the Counterpoint of Tolerance project's been dealing with - and, although I can't do it while I'm in the US, and it is going to have to be a telephone interview (**which I need to check whether I can include a low quality phone interview in my project...!!) as long as I have time - I'm going to try and get Apple's side of the story too...should be interesting.

Also along those lines - I've got those two journalists I mentioned the other day - so that adds an 'outsider looking inwards' element - again finding out why this project is so interesting...

Unfortunately, the New York times and LA Times were meant to be coming - but I don't think they're going to make it now - but that would've been a good tangent to go down out-looking-in-wise, which is a shame...but I am expanding it.

Do I need to expand it more - I don't know - I think that's going to emerge when I actually get the audio laid down...

Will I have time to get more audio on this when I'm back - God only knows.

I still need to try and get Peter Gabriel - ambitious I know - but he's done projects like this before (as Sue Steward so wonderfully reminded me when she came down to Falmouth the other month!) and he would be a GREAT voice on the documentary...

So much to do so little time.