Eh...Houston, We Have A Problem...

This should have been a post, which logic would have expected, to be about editing. Having wrapped-up and finished with production, logic could have only expected one thing to be discussed at this stage.

However, a single act of idiotic naivety by Gendrick, my lovable but ill-advised group partner, has shocked my dear friend logic into doubting himself forever and ruined what this post was to be about, as my brilliant partner, has lost the SD card which contained the final day of shooting.  

Now, if Gendrick had listened to my friend logic before he lost the SD card, he would have either backed-up the files on his computer, or put the card in a safe place that would have enabled it to be secure during transit, where the card was supposedly lost. Yes, by now, I'm guessing some kid who was watching out for processed doggie treats on the pavement has come across the card, and is now laughing at our footage, with plans to record over the footage with episodes of Spongebob. 

It isn't all bad, I must say. As a believer in the power of logic, I often am compelled to listen to it, and the loss could have been far more worse than it is. You see, after the first and second day of filming, I took home the camera and SD card, and with logic making too compelling a case, I saved the footage onto my computer. So, it isn't all bad.

Now, we are forced to move from "Post-Production" and back into "Production" again. The wave of triumph that all within the group were riding on since we had wrapped-up, has been replaced with an unexpected sense of blistering annoyance. 

Listening to logic, he tells me that as a result of this schoolboy calamity, it may not be as straight forward to simply re-record the scenes that were lost. You see, he tells me that there may be a massive problem in maintaining continuity between the second day of filming with the future day of filming, as the time in-between these two periods will be 9 days. 

Let me give an example of the problem logic foresees. The second day of filming consisted of recording myself - who plays the main character in the video - getting off the train and out of the station. The next day of filming to rectify the lost footage comes 9 days later. The next set of sequences that are to be recorded again, will show me leaving the station with a close-up of my interaction with an information board. Once the video is edited together using footage recorded 9 days apart from one another, the character's hair and beard will have grown incredibly through one train journey. Thanks a lot, Gendrick. 

Perspicuity and not logic this time, tells me that the factors of mutual, enthusiastic participation that we had before, may be harder this time to guarantee again - which would certainly be the biggest inconvenience to come about from this situation. But if logic gets through, we may have a chance at least.  

Once we re-record the scenes that were lost - and most likely the ones we already have - logic tells me that I should hold onto the card containing our precious footage, once we wrap up again. 

Logic is a wonderful trait to the beholder and helps make life easier. But when the beholder does not hold any, then life is made difficult - for everyone. 

Ceysun Dixon KU ID: K1326851