A peek behind the scenes.
My own experiences with waiting for others inspired me to the theme of "The Wait". The whole concept of 'parallel action' developed as I edited the film and "The Wait" owes a lot to the power of film editing. And talk about art imitating life! - the development of "The Wait" was fraught with all sorts of delays and challenges. Here's a few:
One of the actors came so late to rehearsal that I thought
he wasn't coming and the following week he canceled at the last minute.
Meg Dunphy jumped into her role the day of the
shoot while she was on her way somewhere else...
I filmed in front of the Vitamin Shoppe and the store management wasn't pleased [that's an understatement] that we were filming outside their store. Because of this I didn't get to flesh out the very ending of the film as I conceptualized it to be. (You can see a little bit of it in the 2nd rehearsal, the Rehearsal with Bernard and Bill.) I did one or two takes and had to accept what I had.
After completing "The Wait" I came to understand that I needed a music release for the music in the film. I set about to change the music originally used in the film and in so doing lost the background street noise but I had found a new piece of music that fit perfectly.
DVD Menu
Two Versions of The Wait
Music by Ini Kamoze
Music by Blaminack
'Blue Mountian Top Rock'
Rehearsals
Rehearsal with Bill
Rehearsal with Bernard and Bill
In 2022 I decided to re-edit The Wait - to do more dynamic cutting in the buildup of the scene, and also to hold the actors' names longer in the credits. I started the re-edit but have not completed it due to a variety of challenges. I hope to be able to complete it.
July 22, 2024