Heading into post-production
I’m excited yet daunted by the next phase: Post-production.
We still have to get one more day with car interior scenes, and if everything goes right, it looks like we’ll be able to get that on Saturday. Then principal photography will be done. I simply can’t believe it.
I’l digitize the next few tapes this week so that I’ll be all caught up. It takes me about 2 hours per tape to get it into the computer, and we amassed three more tapes in Oklahoma. I’ll also fine-tune the trailer and we’ll get that online probably next week.
It’s going well so far, and seeing the rough version of the trailer has me pumped. We’re actually going to have a movie here! This wasn’t all for naught.
But then I’ll dig right into the real editing. I’ll simply start at the beginning and work my way through. And this is the part I love, when it starts to actually take shape and form the story. I should have plenty of stuff to work with, Jerod did a great job of covering scenes. Just putting it all together will be the challenge.
And that means I’ll pretty much be chained to my computer for the next couple of months. Then after we get a rough cut, we’ll tweak and fine tune, do color correction then head into audio work (my least favorite part). We’ll add music and layer the sound design. It’s also going to take some foley and ADR work (basically dubbing the dialogue that will be unfixable). So this film’s journey is long from being over, just the first step will be done.
And it’s a monumental step, believe me. Putting the trailer together, I was amazed at the scope of this thing. It’s HUUUGE. We did a lot with very little, and my amazing crew pulled it off. I just don’t know how we did it. It was ambitious, to say the least, and at times I thought I would go crazy.
But we just chipped away a little piece at a time. And that’s what we’ll keep doing. But I will be ABSOLUTELY thrilled that I won’t have to mess with any more scheduling (well, mostly — we’ll still need to cast a radio announcer part).
It’ll be interesting to see the audience reaction to the rough-cut trailer at the film panel I’m participating in tomorrow. I’m kind of nervous. It’s the first time anyone will see any of the film. OK, I’m more than nervous, but it’s good.
So, exciting stuff, and I need to move myself into a different mind set now. Post-production. We’re finally here. It’s gonna be a movie, baby!
Onward,
-r.
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