… is really good. Holy smokes we were happy with where we’ve found ourselves with this film (besides being a bit behind schedule!). The home stretch has officially begun. One major change we made was we added much more of the actual contest – the speeches of the final 10, on the big stage in Calgary, weren’t getting enough play, and why not get deeper into them? You know, actually witness the great performances. It was easy to forget how good those final speeches were, as we got lost in the hundreds of hours of footage leading up to it. It’s all really compelling, funny, slightly odd, and moving.
There’s still plenty of work to do – the music needs to be added, needs to be cleaned up here and there… but when we leaned on our stars (competitors) and let them tell their stories, it’s powerful stuff. The World Championships of Public Speaking was so compelling in and of itself, we just had to get out of the way. Yep, I’m giving this rough cut, and the progress we’ve made, one of these:
Good to hear of your progress! Hope you’ve cut the limping guy out of the movie by now. He was annoying.