Yup, watching it now, it's only part 1 and will be taken down tomorrow night.
It's missing background music during when people talk to build up interest and flow, and also levels and background noise are all over the place.
Intro music wise something like the theme song from Halt and Catch Fire would be compelling and 80s and Kraftwerk/Synth like enough.
Beyond that, it needs better flow from scene to scene to tell a story, it feels like it's jumping around from one anecdote to another right now. Segue/story work basically. Also seems to need some humor/anecdotes to keep it moving.
i.e. would want it to start with an intro about what the Lisa was and the ideas behind the project, maybe demoing a real Lisa in the process and how it relates to the Mac and Windows 1.0 and MSFT Office, then into the design of the Lisa and what decisions were made and why.
I understand and know what the interviewees are talking about, but my kid wouldn't have a clue. That's the barrier that has to be overcome for this to be successful.
My interview was about 2-2.5hrs so hopefully the final product will include as extras all the footage (minus goofs/etc.) I'd certainly be interested in all the things Rich Page, Dan Smith, Larry Tesler, Bill Atkinson, John Couch, and John Woodall had to say, etc. assuming theirs would be that long too.
(This isn't meant to be a review or anything like that, it's way too early for that, just my first impressions, and don't take my views of it as anything of importance either. I don't know shit about the film making process, this is just my uneducated, $0.02.)
