29/09/08
The sound mix has been finished on the film, which means I am finally on the last leg of the edit! I am "grading" the film to the best of my ability. Grading is the process of tweaking all the colours, brightness, saturation .etc to make the original footage look at it's best or tweaking it to suit a certain mood in the film. It is one of those processes that a film maker could easily spend hundred's of years on, changing each colour and nuance ad infinitum until they are happy with it. Unfortunately as Lucas once said, films are never finished, they are only completed. So, I am whizzing through the grade doing a job that I will be more than happy with, but a few years or hundred's of pound in a Da Vinci suite could still improve.
We have one more test screening (limited invite only) to gauge the film with a real uninitiated audience, then I have to do the credit sequence and then...
...well, we will have the Premiere. We have a few ideas of what we want and where, but why not let us know what YOU think we could/should/would do with the film at its unveiling and beyond. Know any good screening venues? Can you get a crowd there? How would you all feel about the Cornerhouse, AMC or Printworks? Any preferences? These questions and more, let us know what you guys think because this film is for YOU; all the people who have supported us from day one and are genuinely intrigued to see our DIY movie try and take on the world; or at the very least a cinema for one night only.
Peace & Love - Col :-)
