Patrick and I have been sitting down in three hour periods, sifting through the footage, and attempting to place it in (roughly) the most logical order. The folks that I interviewed said a lot of really wonderful and interesting things, so it feels somewhat of a daunting task to imagine breaking down what was originally four hours (and is now two hours), into ten-to-seventeen minutes of film.
A rough outline of what the movie is going to include:
- what does it mean to be Jewish?
- what does it mean to be Jewish specifically in Maine?
- and what draws folks to being Jewish in Maine?
Through the interviews, we uncovered some very specific drawbacks to living in Maine as a Jew, some positive aspects and uniqueness to living in Maine as a Jew, general ideas about what it means to be Jewish, some wicked cute answers from kids, and some lovely footage of peoples' various pets. Though somewhat tedious to watch the same footage over and over, it is exciting to make connections between what different people have said, and to place the clips into an overall more-encompassing narrative about what it means to be Jewish in Maine.
A rough outline of what the movie is going to include:
- what does it mean to be Jewish?
- what does it mean to be Jewish specifically in Maine?
- and what draws folks to being Jewish in Maine?
Through the interviews, we uncovered some very specific drawbacks to living in Maine as a Jew, some positive aspects and uniqueness to living in Maine as a Jew, general ideas about what it means to be Jewish, some wicked cute answers from kids, and some lovely footage of peoples' various pets. Though somewhat tedious to watch the same footage over and over, it is exciting to make connections between what different people have said, and to place the clips into an overall more-encompassing narrative about what it means to be Jewish in Maine.
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