Powell learns he’ll soon be evicted from the motel and realizes he needs to reconcile his past and potentially return home to survive.Directed by Ramiel Petros and Nick Freeman, the documentary was shot over 130+ days. Editors Petros, Freeman, Alex Jablonski, and Davis Coombe relied on Premiere Pro for everything in the edit (temp color, sound mixing, and light VFX), and Productions was essential for the editing team to work on the project simultaneously and share sequences. Check out our full conversation with Petros, Freeman, Jablonski, and Coombe below for an inside look at the making of the film. How and where did you get into directing?Petros: Growing up, I was a voracious reader and loved to watch adaptations of the books I read. Repeatedly, I would find myself upset that the adapted films were not the films I had imagined in my head, so in the 7th grade, I decided I would become a director. From there, I would make the odd video project here and there with friends, but I wouldn’t get the chance to really direct until I went to film school. Freeman: I’ve been making movies since grade school and always tried to convince teachers to let me do video projects instead of tri-fold poster presentations. Also, my brother, who is a musician, bought me a camera and asked me to make his music videos. I really got the directing (and editing) bug from there. I got my career start after film school, directing and editing...
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