Narration Snag

Glen Preddie has be under the weather and is not available to finish the narration. As a result I have decided to voice the rest  of the story line which involves the Stollmeyers and revoice some the names he mis-pronounced such as Zuzule (Zoo.Zool) and Peschier (Pay-She a' or Pesh. ee. a').
 You might ask, why was it that Glen didn't voice the entire script.? Well, due to imperfect audio during interviews, some of the sound bites had to be omitted. Therefore this group decided to wait until portions of the documentary were edited, then proceed with the story line to make our work easier.

I am not sure how that would sound but at this point I am desperate and need to complete the documentary.



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Deadline At Hand

This group intends to post this documentary by Wednesday of this week, provided that all goes well with the editing process. Lorraine's laptop is not reading some of the footage from Gerard Besson and within there lies the basis of our documentary.
I am trying not to panic. In the meantime, I will assist Lorraine by gathering all the necessary photos for the purpose of b-role.

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Gerard Besson Footage

The quality of the Gerard Besson footage is not the best, but that is not the real issue at hand. Lorraine is having issues with importing the settings and right now Besson looks like a ten cents floating on a black ocean.

Lorraine will try to get into contact with Christopher Aaron to rectify this issue by tomorrow.



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Changes to 4 x 6 Painitng

Upon delivery of the 4 x 6 canvas, I realized that the original and agreed details were altered.The artist included the Boissiere house but neglected to put in the Stollmeyer Castle.The direction of the horseman has changed as well. 

 

At this point nothing can be done. Although the cocoa houses in the back drop reflects the Stollmeyers who also made a living through the coca estates, this information will be given in the documentary. 

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Progress Report

After two weeks of excuses; Christopher Quammie was finally able to produce a 4 x 6 painting for our in class display. A small fee of $800 was charged for his intricate work and for this we are grateful. However, due to his tardiness I had to politely ask Quammie to return our down-payment. The very next day; the very next morning I got a phone call from Quammie saying that the painting was completed and ready for pick up. That saved us from executing plan B; which was create a miniature Queen's park Savannah along with the featured mansions in our documentary and the cemetery.



As for now Lorraine is in the process of securing all the useful sound bites so that when we meet next week; our focus will be the actual editing of the documentary. In the meantime I am tweaking the story line and sourcing other photos for the documentary.


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Dr Michael Anthony Take 2

Dr Michael Anthony this time around was most patient and accommodating with Lorraine and I this time around. He was most forthcoming with his knowledge in recognition that we were knowledgeable about some of Trinidad's history. He defined the Cedula of Population and read some of the clauses from his copy of the legislation.

More importantly, footage was in focus and Dr Anthony allowed us to capture on camera Cazabon's painting of Paradise Estate and the Great House of Madam de Beltgens; brole that will add to our documentary. 

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Progress Report Bon Dia!!!!!!

Our excitement and dreams of meeting the man who wrote and published over 30 titles including novels, young readers short fictional stories, history and travelogues, were shattered when we met him yesterday evening. he was cold and intractable. he even asked for money to do the interview even though we told him weeks prior and just before the interview that we were students.


The worst part of all is that Lorraine deleted the footage in error. I promised never to call on that man EVER again, but, I swallowed my pride and called him after 8 this morning, explained my plight and requested to do another interview, to which he graciously said yes.

Poor Lorraine, she feels awful, but I am far from mad with her. I think things happen for a reason. My plan is to improve on the interview. I neglected to ask him about Jean de Boissière's slave/lover Zuzule who is the grand mother of the owner of the Boissière House around the Queen's park Savannah. So next Monday afternoon I will be sure to get his take on Madam Zuzule; who I have developed a strange post humus connection with.


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