Dark edit suite with two abstract timeline screens

November 2, 2026 · 7 min

The first cut is always too long

Dark edit suite with two abstract timeline screens

Letters

Dailies

A short letter when there is something to show: a new video, a breakdown, and what I am cutting next. Four or five a year.

Free. About once a month. 1,400 people read along. Leave whenever you like.

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  1. Drawing the video before shooting it

    A wall of rough boards, and what survives to the edit.

    Wall of pinned wordless storyboard drawings
  2. A singer, a stairwell and a magenta bulb

    A one-take video shot in forty minutes.

    Singer seen from behind in a magenta stairwell