The Rental Experience #10 - The Way It Was

a blog-series recounting the making of "Seven Year Rental"

I went through all the interview footage, and all the security footage, and tried to find our film.  And I put it together, really, as it naturally fell into place – both similar to the outline we already had, and completely different.  Some parts were strong, some parts were weak.  But it was by no means a “final cut” outline.

I gave it to Jason, Bill and Richy - more than a little scared that they'd look at what we actually had, and really think it wasn't coming together.  But I needed to be confident, and at the end of the outline, I wrote, "To be straight with you, I’m going to finish this.  And I’m going to make sure it’s good.  And while it’s been tough, and there’s a long way to go yet, I hope you’ll join me for the ride."

We set up a meeting to talk about the new outline.  As confident as i wanted to be, I had this very real feeling that they were going to tell me it was time to give up.  And without them, it couldn't be done, and that would be the end of it.

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