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Cut 8: the fine cut, and what is left of market day
The film is down to 21 scenes and thirty-eight minutes. Here is what I added, what moved and what finally went.
Cut 7: losing the market scene
The scene I loved most is out. Why I cut it, and how I knew.
Cut 6: the potter’s wheel carries the middle
One sound that ties three scenes together, and how far away I put it.
Cut 5: an interview I had to stop using
Seven minutes with a retired schoolteacher, and the one line I kept.
Cut 4: the kiln door, and how long to hold a pair of hands
Eight seconds of hands on the clay did more than two minutes of talk.
Cut 1: the assembly, one hour and twelve minutes
Every usable scene in shooting order. It is too long and it is meant to be.
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The Cut Log
One documentary, cut by cut: what changed this week, what went and how long the film is now.