06-11-2007, 12:12 PM
Sorry about the Procopius quotation Robert. I had a chance to search for it last March, but it just isn't there.
We should calm down about the DVD. It takes time to shoot them and edit the whole thing together. I envisage filming the rest of this year and editing it over the winter. I'm not a film maker or a director, and Comitatus is not a production company. But it was an ambition and one that is coming true. I considered the locations carefully, and have a professional cameraman who can do sound. We have over an hour of good footage already,with lots lof areas left to cover. The weather rather limited what I could get at Lunt, but Arbeia was a great weekend. Against expectations it all went to plan and we were on time to the minute. It is amusing watching Roman efficiency tackle the modern art of film making. While one scene is shot another three are being prepared to keep up the pace. I have never being so exhausted after a weekend away.
Hopefully the DVD will be for general sale. I'm already looking forward to the opening night! Some stills are available on the events pages of www.comitatus.net
We should calm down about the DVD. It takes time to shoot them and edit the whole thing together. I envisage filming the rest of this year and editing it over the winter. I'm not a film maker or a director, and Comitatus is not a production company. But it was an ambition and one that is coming true. I considered the locations carefully, and have a professional cameraman who can do sound. We have over an hour of good footage already,with lots lof areas left to cover. The weather rather limited what I could get at Lunt, but Arbeia was a great weekend. Against expectations it all went to plan and we were on time to the minute. It is amusing watching Roman efficiency tackle the modern art of film making. While one scene is shot another three are being prepared to keep up the pace. I have never being so exhausted after a weekend away.
Hopefully the DVD will be for general sale. I'm already looking forward to the opening night! Some stills are available on the events pages of www.comitatus.net
John Conyard
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A member of Comitatus Late Roman
Reconstruction Group
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