High standards

When I called "wrap" Last Saturday, deep inside I knew that not everything I wanted in the music video was shot. This fear was confirmed when I laid out what we shot to the song time line. A few critical things were things were really missing. Sudesh was back in LA. Balu was busy at work and I wasn't sure if Suman would be available. Anyways, I called Sudesh and explained the situation to him. My solution was .. maybe Balu and I could try and do the shooting here in the Bay Area. Not the right solution but a possible one. It would probably wont match with Sudesh's work so far. But with out those shots, the video would tank. For voluntary work, reshoot is a dreaded word.

Phone calls happened, schedules and arrangements were made and in the end, we finished the scenes today. Sudesh and family drove up about 6 hours to shoot the scene at the San Luis Reservoir. Divya, Suman and I drove down to the location. We shot for about 2 and a half hours. We were done by around 8:30. For Sudesh and family they had a long 6 hour drive back home.



Why would we do such a crazy thing? This is Sudesh's idea of perfection. When it comes to work, there are no compromises. And for the work on this album, there hasn't been any compromise (its debatable;-) But I have no regrets). It was all worth it.

Its fun and very satisfying working with people who have high standards like this. It stretches you. Makes you take a different look at a situation that once you thought were not solvable. It also tells you that when you are working towards your dream, taking an extra mile is not a luxury but a necessity.

I'll be on my way to LA tomorrow to finish the editing. If you don't see that many updates, you will know why. But I'll definitely try to give you some juice about it.