back again for my 2nd post of the day. I wanted to share this web resource that I've recently joined called
The D-Word. Its a collective of doc makers with all kinds of forums, resources and they even have guest experts who give conferences on all things documentary.
Also, I feel bad that I didn't mention what kind of progress was made this weekend, so here's a summary: Hotel rooms booked in Brussels and Kigali, wrote up a basic itinerary, read up about the Southern and Western provinces of Rwanda (where much of the filming will occur), found 2 prong round plug converters, and made a giant checklist of to-do's.
Major to-do's include:
- find a hotel in Butare (Huye)
- find some decent maps of Kigali and southern/western provinces
- figure out how much cash money i need to bring along
- draft up some permission to film and consent forms
tomorrow i get my second round of Hep A/B vaccine which is a shame because my arm was finally starting to feel better. Also, it turns out I am not resistant to measles so now I need that shot too!
So, every Friday night I have to work until 3am on standby in case anything catastrophic occurs which would put us on the air. Tonight I decided to use my free time to organize my production binder. Using my handy skills as a career PA, I printed, copied, whole punched, collated, even made printed divider tabs for my binder. And as sad and pathetic as it may be that this is how I spent my Friday night into Saturday, I am a little proud.
