It has been a long, awesome afternoon working on the Londoners films – the second in a row. I cannot tell you how lucky I feel to have all of a sudden found myself working on this project: not only does it utilise the very art form I wanted to get into – film – it also focuses on the city, which also captivates me. Today we began the process of editing down the footage we shot last week in the park. It was pretty slow going, yet I found it exhilarating. At last I’m working on films; at last I’m part of a team, helping to create something. I’m using the art form I love to help create snap-shots of the metropolis, filmic fragments of London which, once online, will combine to form a portrait of the maelstrom. I love this project because it harks directly back to Walter Benjamin, echoing my love and fascination for the city. The brevity of each film reflects the fragmentation and alienating effect of city life benjamin wrote about; yet these films as a whole form a picture of life in london. As I wrote yesterday, it is thus precisely what I was looking for: a chance to get out and film, using the art form I love and have written so much about to contribute something quite fascinating. The good news today is, there’s a chance I will be able to continue working on it after the current films have been completed. I cannot believe my luck.