The project came with an element of challenge for Joe, being so connected to the subject of the film and its emotional weight. On this project, every creative decision had to support the story instead of getting in the way of it. We had hundreds of hours of footage and thousands of index cards covering every possible direction the story could take. Working with Igor Kovalik, who's edited Linkin Park videos for years, we kept asking ourselves the same question: are we telling the story as we actually lived it? On how the band felt about returning after losing their friend, Joe calls it "A huge leap of faith.