Carrying the Project Together
BY HEATH McKINNEY, MESA, ARIZONA, USA - It's incredible how far this film is coming along in its pre-production. I am literally enthralled by all that is moving around us, the publicity and support ... the support keeps growing. Becuase this is an Independent Film, we are an extremely tight crew with an extremely tight budget. The producer, Cyndi, works endlessly and late nights trying to find the money we need so that all of us in this tiny crew can go. We all feel how important BAD T!MING and VOICE OF AN AFRICAN NATION can be for Zambia; so we all want to be able to get there to support the film to the best of our abilities. This is going to require the effort of hundreds of people, with the bodies of fourteen.
To some it might seem a little bit like we are biting off more than we can chew. At least we are willing to do it. We want to bring a Zambian story to to rest of the world. We all want to get the best thing possible out of this, and will do as much work as it takes to get it done. I love this crew, they couldn't have chosen a better group of people to bring this film to life. We all know what we need to do, and the duties that need to get done to make this a successful project.
I have come to realize that when it all comes down to it, the film industry may be one of the highest forms of art. Like an orchestra or a symphony, you have a large group of people who must bring the highest skill and best effort together and serve the larger piece of work as a group. Every artistic ability comes into play for each individual so the project succeeds for the group ... our small group and the much larger group known as the nation of Zambia.