Spent the day looking for Ken voice over to fit over the New Years sequence. I watched the cut up to this sequence, which ends at 38 minutes, and I was really pleased with it. Ken is just so funny and human, and I think his character will form a bond with both an English-speaking audience and the Japanese. I allowed myself a daydream of grandeur. Maybe Tokyo Cowboys will give Ken what he dreamed of. Maybe it will make him recognizable to 50% of the Japanese viewing audience. Then I came back to Earth. It’s good to dream. Ken reminds me of that.
PJ and I are doing the old one-two punch technique of editing. When I feel like I’m not doing enough on Tokyo Cowboys, I have to remember that he’s cutting. And, when he’s not cutting, I’m looking at the footage, thinking and figuring out where to go to next. I think we are well on the way of having the first cut by mid February.
