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It’s an exciting time as we sit down for our very first edit session. Get a peak behind the scenes and hear about some other items in the works!
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NYC has been bustling the past week with the Tribeca Film Festival, and we had the opportunity to attend a viewing of the beautifully produced documentary, Keep on Keepin’ On. We had to hold back the tears as we witnessed the touching relationship of 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin and his mentor, jazz legend Clark Terry, aged 89.
The love and passion both Justin, and especially Clark, have for music and the pride they have in sharing that with others leapt off the screen. This has inspired us to share with you a performance by one of our blind subjects – jazz singer Frank Senior!
This was recorded on December 8, 2013 at Saint Peter’s Church in NYC, and it happened to be the first time we actually met Frank. As you will see, and hear, Frank also has a great passion for music – and a lot of love to share. It appears that jazz is good for the heart and soul!
We hope that Keep On Keepin’ On has great success on the festival circuit and that it will come to a screen near you soon! It is not to be missed. You can also learn more about one of the most recorded and beloved jazz trumpeters in the newly released autobiography “Clark: The Autobiography of Clark Terry”.
Being that we’re a first-time feature documentary filmmaking team, we’re learning new and vital production lessons with each passing week, grant application, and editing session.
This next video touches-on one new production aspect for which no one can really prepare you – what do you do when you fear your subject might be in danger?
Check out our thoughts on this one here. (Photography by Dennis Cahlo)
Are you an aspiring filmmaker? Is there an element of the production process you would like to know more about? Let us know and we can produce one of our production diaries that speaks directly to you!
We’re so glad that this next video captures a bit of what it’s like to work together, as part of this great crew. We’re really lucky to have forged such a strong bond so quickly. It also highlights some of the next steps we’ll be taking with New York After Dark, now that our first week of production has been completed.
We hit record on this right before we wrapped on our last production day. Boy, we sure do make this next phase sound easy! And, though our next several months of logging film, editing, grant submissions, more editing, blind training, fine-tune editing, extreme fundraising, promoting, and DID WE MENTION EDITING (!?!) may be a bit tougher than this video would suggest, we’re totally up for the challenge!
Our fourth day of production was a grey, foggy day. But we were greeted with only warmth and big smiles by jazz singer, Frank Senior, and his wife Millie.
It was certainly a great way to end our first phase of production. We know we are on the path to creating something amazing, as you can watch here, and we hope you continue with us for the journey.
Photography by Dennis Cahlo
