We are still trying to find an editor for the footage that we shot in Round I. The search for a good, non-flakey editor has been very difficult. I'm sure it's because we don't have a lot of money to offer a professional editor, so the people who have responded have been very unreliable (or very expensive). I find that that kind of behavior would not be acceptable in most industries save the entertainment industry. Perhaps it is the freelance mentality of the indie filmmaking world that allows people to treat business encounters as casually as a one-night stand, consequences be damned.
When we first got together to talk about this project and discussed setting up a production company, I played around with various names for the production company. I'm a big believer that all of our actions, good and bad, have consequences (even when no one is watching). Good Karma Films was born with the hope that despite the dog-eat-dog mentality of the Biz, we could maintain our integrity on this journey that we have chosen as our career path. Perhaps it's just the naivete of the uninitiated and perhaps we would find ourselves compromising ideals in the pursuit of success somewhere along the way. I hope not. I feel extremely blessed to have found two other similarly-minded kindred spirits as my co-directors on this film...they too believe that integrity matters and live their lives accordingly. So choose your partners wisely, make sure you share the same vision--not just the destination but how to get there.
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