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Aside from the Director, Editors fundamentally play the most significant part in the creative process of story telling. They are the Directors right hand person. The decisions they make in post-production ultimately reflect on the way the story is told. This, along with the meaning and impact can vary greatly by the choices they make in what Shots they chose, what version of Takes they chose, what combinations or parts of these are extracted and also what dialogue is chosen and discarded. Even in choosing what performance and the varying emphasis that the actors have used in different takes can further change the meaning. Editors also get to play with the pace and speed of a film and all this can make or break the directors original intent. Although an editor will follow a directors brief, the best Editors can take their vision further and surprise even a Director with what can be done with the raw camera footage.
EDITORS:
Terry Bosy, Ottawa, Canada
Terry editing the first of several Hurricane trailers in the hours well after midnight because in the day time he shoots for the documentary. For more on Terry, see camerapersons.
Steven Kleyle, Louisiana, USA
Information coming soon
ASSISTANT EDITORS:
Nancy Clark, Louisiana, USA
Nancy Clark's love for singing brought her to the Hurricane Choir in 2006 after she witnessed the excitement and passion of the choirs highly publicized performances of June that year. Addressing the mental health and trauma of desperate evacuees immediately after Hurricane Katrina, the vision of the choir struck accord in her heart. While pursuing interests in the local film industry, she learned through the Baton Rouge Film Meet Up group of an opportunity to become involved with the production of the documentary around the Hurricane Choir. Joining the team as an assistant editor, she is developing an important understanding not just of the technical aspects of production, but importantly of film narrative, story, characters and their development under the guide of the film's Australian director. Her desire for the others to understand the devastation that followed the effects of these massive storms, Hurricane Katrina & Hurricane Rita, has promoted her enthusiasm to share the vision that “music can bring healing to peoples lives" no matter where they are positioned on the world's stage.
Patricia Casiello, Louisiana, USA
Patricia Casiello has been an active member of the Baton Rouge Film Meet Up Group since 2006. While helping her own children pursue their acting ambitions, she found also herself invited to take part in local productions. She never imaged she would go from a home-schooling mom to working as an film extra in the growing film industry of Louisiana! As a loyal member of her church's worship team, Patricia joined the Hurricane Choir in the fall of 2006 when she was inspired by what she saw and witnessed in their highly acclaimed and successful June concert series. When a training role as an assistant editor on the documentary about the healing power of music and the mental health aspects of survivors following the destructive hurricanes that changed the Southern Louisiana landscape, she gladly accepted the opportunity to be part of such an important project. With a Degree in Psychology from Temple University and experience in the mental health field, Patricia has developed a special interest in the documentary. Sharing music from the heart is her joy and through this documentary others will see how vital music can be in the healing process after huge tragedies like Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Nancy & Patrica logging hundreds of hours of interviews and 2nd unit camera material
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Director's Acknowledgement:
Terry Bosy is very rewarding to work with. He has cut all seven trailors that the Hurricane Choir uses for promotional purposes. Most Directors will agree that editors never work fast enough, mostly due to their desire to see the results and, sometimes it is just a lack of appreciation of the complex process an editor actually has to go through. Terry sometimes required more time but this is not without good reason as he works with an open mind and tries all avenues to come up with the best solution. Which in fact may save time! At the end of each process, I knew the cut that Terry achieved was going be the right one. Generally the result would only need to undergo the usual tweaking and minor changes that directors want to ensure it had their signature. He has good knowledge of structure and achieves it with original ideas. His workflow in consistent, but more importantly he has an intuitive understanding of both subject and audience. Terry is great to work with on every level plus a lot of fun to have around which is important when working under pressure.
Both Nancy & Patricia came online after Hereward was invited by Susan Labry to address the 200 or so people of the Baton Rouge Film Meet Up group about the documentary. This Meet Up group has become one of the most consistently successful Meet Up's in the world due to the hard work and persistance of its coordinator, Susan Labry. Susan incidently, is also a member of Hurricane Choir. Nancy and Patricia have been a godsend to the post-production activities. They are both very reliable, fun and appreciative not only with what they are learning as assistant editors, but also of the central themes and subject matter which is born from their region in the world. Although they came with limited production experience, they have been very quick to learn the process. Nancy has asperations in the field of continuity and is developing an eye for it in this process. Being members of the Hurricane Choir has given them a special appreciation of the documentary. Both Nancy and Patricia are great to work with and are empowered with wonderful enthusiasm.
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Our one purpose is to
join together as many voices as we can from the communities
of southern Louisiana who were devastated by massive
hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Through coming together to sing, we will
continue to raise funds for Volunteers of America, build social
networks, raise awareness of singing as an instrument for healing,
and continue data collection for a world first research project
to measure the effects of choral singing on mental health.
