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After the traumas and exhilarations of the 5 and half week shoot on "Do Elephants Pray?" Paul decided to write a weekly post-production diary, which although less frequent and more reflective in style is no less intense...

Read in sequence or pick a week at random...

Weeks 1 - 15 From Rushes with love

Weeks 16 - 30 From Trailer to Feature

1. Friday November 09th. Post shoot blues...

16. Saturday February 23rd. Showing the trailer...

2. Saturday November 17th. Chasing investment....

17. Friday February 29th. Financial crisis...

3. Saturday November 24th. Missing stills....

18. Saturday March 08th. Falling behind schedule...

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6. Saturday December 15th. Reflections on film making....

7. Saturday December 22nd. Rushes & the first edit....!

9. Saturday January 05th. Escaping the winter blues....

4. Friday November 30th. Where's Williams....?

5. Saturday December 8th. Waiting to edit....

8. Saturday December 29th. Watching rushes....

19. Saturday March 15th. Stuck in a post production rut...

20. Saturday March 22nd. Viewing the first assembley...

21. Thursday March 27th. Reflections on the edit process...

22. Thursday April 03rd. First week in the edit room...

23. Friday April 11th. Trimming the rough cut...

24. Friday April 18th. Planning a test screening...

10. Saturday January 12th. Cape Verde...

25. Friday April 25th. Getting nervous...

11. Saturday January 19th. Designing the poster...

26. Friday May 02nd. Test screening the rough cut...

12. Saturday January 26th. Developing the future...

27. Friday May 09th. Elephants as a Koan...

13. Saturday February 02nd. Preparing for Berlin...

28. Saturday May 17th. Cannes Film Festival - Sales Agents...

14. Saturday February 09th. Berlin Film Festival...

29. Saturday May 24th. Cannes Film Festival - Highs & lows...

15. Saturday February 16th. Post Berlinale...

30. Friday May 30th. New problems & new arrivals...

Weeks 31 - 45 From Highs to Lows

Weeks 46 - 60 From Midnight to Goodnight

31. Saturday June 07th. ADR, Music & more financial woes...

46. Saturday September 20th. ... If only Michael Winterbottom knew...

32. Friday June 13th. The continuing difficulties of the UK film industry...

47. Saturday September 27th. ... A time to learn...

33. Friday June 20th. Recording the Foleys...

48. Saturday October 04th. ... Coming full circle...

34. Saturday June 28th. Backs against the wall time...

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39. Saturday August 02nd. Recording with The Wolfmen...

35. Friday July 04th. Premixing the dialogue...

36. Friday July 11th. A Magical Musical Moment...

37. Friday July 18th. Grading the picture - slowly...

38. Saturday July 26th. Making a Post deal...

49. Saturday October 11th. ... Back in the pre-mix...

50. Saturday October 18th. ... The last hurdle is always the hardest...

51. Friday October 24th. ... A Kafka-esque corporate nightmare...

52. Friday October 31st. ... One year on...

53. Friday November 07th. ... Things are changing...

54. Saturday November 15th. ... Finishing the sound mix...

40. Friday August 08th. The worst week so far...

55. Saturday November 22nd. ... A Midnight breakthrough...

41. Friday August 15th. It never rains but it pours...

56. Saturday November 29th. ... At last some good news...

42. Friday August 22nd. Like the Mary Celeste...

57. Friday December 05th. ... Back in the grade...

43. Friday August 29th. Waiting and chasing...

58. Wednesday December 10th. ... Completing the grade...

44. Saturday September 06th. The get up and go got up and went...

59. Saturday December 20th. ... Handing over control...

45. Friday September 12th. Finally (some) progress...

60. Sunday December 28th. ... Goodnight Midnight...

Weeks 61 - 75 From spot to stop...

Weeks 76 - 90 From lack of action to legal action...

76. Saturday April 18th ... A confession...

61. Sunday January 04th. ... New Year & nearly over...

62. Saturday January 10th. ... Looking forward to the final push...

77. Saturday April 25th ... The never-ending story...

63. Saturday January 17th. ... Still no money...

78. Saturday May 02nd ... Anyone have £10 to spare?...

64. Saturday January 24th. ... The end of Midnight...

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67. Saturday February 14th ... Family before film...

65. Saturday January 31st. ... De-spotting...

66. Saturday February 07th ... Frame by Frame...

68. Friday February 20th ... Don't call me now...

69. Friday February 27th ... A dark week...

79. Saturday May 02nd ... Turning a corner...

80. Saturday May 16th ... Back in Cannes...

81. Saturday May 23rd ... Tears on the Croissette...

82. Friday May 29th ... Will it ever end...?

83. Friday June 05th ... Mouse Roulette...

84. Saturday June 13th ... Censored ...

70. Friday March 06th ... A darker week...

85. Saturday June 20th ... The necessity of other work...

71. Friday March 13th ... A moment away from it all...

86. Friday June 26th ... The worst week possible...

72. Saturday March 21st ... The dirtiest reel...

87. Friday July 03rd ... Nearly clean...

73. Saturday March 28th ... Spotless...

88. Saturday July 11th ... How long can this go on...?

74. Saturday April 04th ... Just when you thought it was safe...

89 Friday July 17th ... Darkest before the dawn...?

75. Friday April 10th ... Progress (at last)...

90 Friday July 24th ... An epic affair...

Weeks 91 - 105 From complication to contemplation...

Weeks 106 - 120 From competition to (almost) completion...

91 Friday July 31st ... "I'm sick of this..."

106 Saturday November 14th... I think we will have to create a DCP...

92 Friday August 07th ... "It’s impossible to make films here...”

107 Friday November 20th... A industrious week...

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93 Saturday August 15th ... "Never surrender. Ever...”

108 Saturday November 28th... Outstaying our welcome...

94 Saturday August 22nd... Never going back...

109 Friday December 04th... The oxygen runs out...

95 Saturday August 29th... A connection once made...

110 Saturday December 12th... “I can’t believe you guys, you never give up..."

96 Saturday September 05th... How difficult can we make something that should be so so simple...!!

111 Saturday December 19th... Two woollen mice ...

97 Saturday September 12th... Mate I don’t want to stop, start, I want to finish...!

112 Thursday December 24th... Deserted and covered in snow...

113 Thursday December 31st... Eating, reading & watching...

98 Friday September 18th... WE HAVE FINISHED THE DE-SPOTTING!

114 Saturday January 09th... Tears in the falling snow...

99 Saturday September 26th... Happy (2nd) Anniversary...!

115 Saturday January 16th... “The best film I’ve seen for years”...

100 Friday October 02nd... Documentary disaster...!

116 Friday January 22nd... Blind alleys and lacunas...

101 Saturday October 10th... I will do my utmost to not lose this one!

117 Saturday January 30th... Someone in Santa Cruz loves us...

102 Friday October 16th... The video version of the film is complete...

118 Saturday February 06th... Phuket ! Let's go to Thailand...

103 Friday October 23rd... The charm is working full force...!

119 Saturday February 13th... Revisiting old chestnuts...

104 Saturday October 31st... I'm sick of defending you...

120 Saturday February 20th... Method in the madness...

105 Saturday November 07th... New posters...

Weeks 120 - 136 From premier to (actual) completion...

121 Friday February 26th... Missing our own premier...

122 Saturday March 06th... Poster competition...

123 Friday March 12th... The Indie Spirit...

124 Saturday March 20th... Bureaucratic nightmare...

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125 Saturday March 27th... LA (sob) Story...

126 Friday April 02nd... An award winning film...

127 Friday April 09th... So much red ink...

128 Friday April 16th...“What are you working on now?"...

129 Thursday April 22nd...“A bleak picture of the UK..."

130 Friday April 30th...“Best International Film..."

131 Friday May 07th...Is that 3 out of 3 or 3 out of 2...?

132 Saturday May 15th...On the road with DEP...!

133 Saturday May 22nd...“I have a good feeling about this...”

134 Friday May 28th...Starting the Endgame...

135 Wednesday June 16th... “The toughest festival in the world.”

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