Seven Step Program for releasing a Good Short Film

So, you want my opinion on the short film release? By the way, just right out of the gate I should say, shorts do not make money. They are for the purpose of promoting the director and getting experience and credit for the cast & crew. They might make enough back to pay for the production of the short but I do not expect that to fully be paid from any sales you might get from the film itself. They are, however, good practice for everyone and they can also help the director establish a distinctive style if enough effort is put into the craft of the film. 

So, this is how I feel shorts should be released, let it be said that I haven't fully stayed on track with "Death Do Us Part", but there it is…

1. Get a budget for the release of your short. It could cost from $800-$5000 depending on how big you want to go. Either focus on your local movie premier by putting on a party or attempt to get sent to Sundance. Either way you need to have goals based on what you want but mostly based on realistically how good your film is and how much money you can set aside to promote this film. 

  

2. Cast & Crew Screening (a Private Screening).

3. Festivals: if you believe the film is comparable in quality to similar kinds of films you've seen at local festivals, you should try to mount a festival campaign. A festival release must be done properly because prestigious festivals will help your film gain publicity better than other festivals. This is especially important since you will have a limited budget for submitting your film and for traveling expenses to festivals. Try to premier your film at the best festival you can, unless you are focusing on local festivals or you have a specific goal. If you think the film was a good practice for you but honestly does not work out all the bugs, then skip step 3 and go on the number 4.

4. After doing as much as you think you can with festivals have a Public Screening at your hometown to announce the movie's release on VOD or on DVD or both, and to celebrate the film's release!

5. Release the film on DVD/BD, or VOD or both. Vimeo on Demand is a good one for VOD.

6. Release the film online for free if you made a negligible amount of money on your VOD/DVD release.

7. Advertise your film on YT & FB for about $50 or so to get more eyeballs on your movie and to build relationships online around your film. I've heard the Ads are worth it!

Oh and all along the way, during all of these steps you ought to be posting on social networking sites... and trying to build relationships with other filmmakers and fans.

There it is… my current seven step program! ;)

Do you think these steps leave out something or do you think something about it is off? What do you think?

Joyce Newman R.I.P.: a life of acting and activism

I regret to inform our readers that Joyce Newman, our wonderful leading lady on "Death Do Us Part", has passed away on December 1st, 2012. She was a massive talent, a gracious lady and she will be greatly missed by local Tampa Bay filmmakers and talent.

There has been a memorial service for her in Tampa and it was beautiful to see all of her wonderful family and friends that I never knew. It was the activists and the film people together singing "Spirit in the Sky" as we released butterflies into the air. With all the things we did and all the things we might do to show her we love her, it is still not good enough for her. She was a dearly loved actress and she was always smiling and positive.

Her obituary on this site states her name as 'Newnam' but I know her as Newman and this is because she told me she only indicated herself as 'Newnam' on Facebook. So, I suppose she made her stage name 'Newman'. She was a natural talent and she was very focused and dedicated during the making of our film. I will greatly miss her.

During the memorial service I stated that I will try to screen our film finally, along with other films that featured Joyce, so we can see her at her best, together. We will see if we can screen it in the next few weeks so stay tuned!  I am hoping the screening will do her memory justice... at least a little.

The Official Trailers for Death Do Us Part

Here they are!! The Official Trailers 1 & 2 for the short film Death Do Us Part. So many amazing people helped us to make this short film, we can't thank you enough!

And a Happy Halloween from Jon & Rebecca Croft @ Liberty No. 5 Pictures!

Enjoy!!
:)

Official Teaser for Jon Croft's short film "Death Do Us Part"

Here is the official teaser on YouTube...



So, let me know what you think... 1. Is this good as a teaser?
2. Does it make you want to watch the movie? Also,
3. What do you like about it?

A lot of people helped on this movie and we cannot credit everyone now or in other promotional work- but you will get official credits in the movie- so don't be discouraged.  Speaking of other promotional work- there are...

Two official trailers are also coming on Halloween!
...It's all happening folks!
Wish me luck! :)

Don't Negotiate With Zombies

Barbara knows what she wants, and it's not a Zombie Husband.

If zombies could do more than just groan, gurgle, stumble and snarl - if they could actually talk to you - what would they say? Would they make degrading, undead demands in broken sentence fragments blighted by bad grammar; or with smooth speech, would they seductively convince us to let them consume our brains? Would they rant on their dry, scratchy vocal cords, about how annoying the living are with their delight in the "little things in life"; or would they grumble about the uncomfortable accommodations of the grave: the aches and pains which are a nightly part of zombiehood?

Or, if indeed they were so articulate, would they repent for all evils committed in the past, or stubbornly stand by each and every selfish act while living?

Whatever they do, I think we can safely assume that if - and when - zombies do learn to verbally express themselves... we won't like it. When it comes down to it, do you really want to hear what that maladjusted, filthy, worm-eaten shell of a post-human has to say? The best advice is to board up your windows, keep your fire arm loaded, aim for the head, and don't ever negotiate with Zombies!

AND WATCH "DEATH DO US PART," a short film by Jon Croft!

Written by Rebecca Croft

Is There Love After Death?

Barbara and Henry stand in the living room looking at old photos and wondering what happened to their forty year marriage. At one time it seemed they were deeply in love. They spent every minute together and barely left their one room apartment on Oak street that they rented right out of college. They planned out their future, a promotion, a nice house in the suburbs and a few children. They had it all. But somewhere along the way things began to deteriorate as time drove a splintered wedge between them. Forgiveness was forgotten. Second chances were squandered and they slowly grew apart. Its only been six months since Henry's funeral but it feels like a lifetime. Now Henry wants her back, but is there love after death?

On the mantle piece sit several items that represent Barbara. We used objects that were inherently feminine and catholic to symbolize her saintly devotion to her husband while he was alive.  We used a statuette of the virgin mary, a pair of praying hands and a ceramic lamb. Joy Newman who plays Barbara contributed many details, including a small angel statue of her own which fit in nicely. 

We also added some framed photos to the display. One is a photoshoped image of Joy Newman and Patrick McCall with their arms around each other taken in happier times. We had initially wanted this to be a wedding photo but neither of our actors had wedding photos for us to use and since they had never met before working on the film together we had to merge two of their old photos together creating a alternate history. The other framed photo is of Joy and her two nephews who portray Barbara and Henry's sons. The objects fade into the background and become the clutter of everyday life but if you really look you can see symbols of Barbara's character all around the house.

Written By Rebecca Croft

How to get good Production Design in your movies: A philosophy and a learning experience.

Written by:

Rebecca Croft

Production Design is an Art Form! 

I can't tell you how many indie films I've seen that are shot in somebody's apartment with wall to wall carpeting, a media rack in the background and bare yellow walls, where the lead is about 18 years old, vanilla plain, without any defining characteristics at all. So many filmmakers have great aspirations to a smart and witty hard hitting indie but lack visual inspiration. Film is primarily a visual medium so there's no reason why it shouldn't be a feast for the eyes, or at least a buffet for the eyes. Jon really wanted to pour as much creativity and character as possible into his directorial debut "Death Do Us Part". He wanted his indie zombie short to stand out from the crowd and have style. Being our first professional film that we created and authored together we had a lot to learn about making good production design work.

Using the funeral scene as an example in our movie- we knew there were certain items that were absolutely necessary to convey "funeral" to the audience. A cemetery, a coffin, a headstone, a priest and mourners in black.  In reality I don't think many people wear black to funerals anymore but in movies they do. It's part of the strange real/unreal language of movies. We were concerned about our crew being kicked out of a cemetery if anyone saw us filming there. We didn't want to ask for permission incase the answer was "No". We though about shooting in a park and creating some headstones out of styrofoam and keeping all the shots very tight. But in the end Jon decided to risk it and film at the actual cemetery being careful to appear very respectful and even dressing the cast as well as the crew like an actual funeral party. We filmed at the very back of a large cemetery, where we wouldn't be visible from the road. The extras and supporting cast were told to wear black, suits for the men. I also wore black and Jon wore a suit, that way we could cast ourselves as extras if not enough people showed up or at least look like a real funeral if anyone got suspicious. As it turned out I was used as an extra and no one stopped us or questioned us.

Since the scene is dominated by the Priest's eulogy, we started looking online for a clerical priests shirt. It was not difficult to find. We resisted buying the costume version and went for a more expensive Catholic supply tab-collar clergy shirt and I'm so glad we did, a touch of authenticity makes all the difference. We cast Jim Webb for his deep voice and benevolent personality. He showed up looking the part in a black suit, sporting the clergy shirt Jon gave him and dark shades. 

Earlier in the production our actress Joy Newman showed us several black dresses. Jon favored one with a puff sleeve bolero jacket. It was kind of 80's and it had lots of style. We asked joy to wear black shoes and a cross necklace and we would provide the black veiled pill box hat left over from my goth days. She looked amazing with her pale blue eyes peering our of the black veil.  

It was completely out of our budget to buy or rent a casket and completely beyond our ability to carve one out of wood. At one point we knew someone who thought they knew a girl with a coffin that she used as a coffee table but that never panned out.  So Jon painstakingly made a casket shaped from styrofoam and cardboard planning to cover it with a satin casket cloth. We went to our local craft store and bought blue satiny fabric to make the cloth and fake flowers which we mixed with real flowers in a hunk of florist foam to create a large funereal looking flower arrangement (we priced these and they are very expensive). Our brilliant cinematographer did the short casket justice and never shot it from unflattering angles. Then it was all placed on several yards of green astroturf, which seems to be the standard way of covering the large hole in the ground and nearby pile of grave dirt. 

There are many things we could have done to make the funeral scene even better and more professional. Grave diggers standing off in the background, the ever popular movie cliche of rain and a crowd of black umbrellas, more flowers, renting a real casket, a framed photo of the deceased. There are always things you look back and wish you could have done. But you do the best you can with the budget you have and try to apply what you learned to the next film. In all I'm very pleased with what we accomplished in this scene and all the cast and crew who contributed their talents. It wouldn't have been possible without them!

The most memorable iconic characters have something unexpected about them. Pulp Fiction, Blade Runner, Napoleon Dynamite, Royal Tenenbaums are just a few movies I can't forget because, among other reasons, their characters and production design are so memorable.  Do you have any favorite films with great character and production design?  Think about how these movies would not be as memorable or unique without these visual flourishes to help accentuate the characters and locations of the story.  It is truly an indispensable feature to good filmmaking!

Written by:

Writer/Producer Rebecca Croft

Behind the Scenes - Part 4: Marcus Talks Special FX

Part 4 of the Behind the Scenes video series for the short film "Death Do Us Part" soon to be released in 2012. This episode is "Part 4: Marcus Talks Special FX" featuring the local horror hero Marcus Koch and Patrick McCall who plays Henry our Zombie Husband.  Enjoy!

Behind the Scenes - Part 3: Director Jon Croft

Here is the third installment of the Behind the Scenes video series for my first short film "Death Do Us Part".  This episode is about me, the director.  It has a couple of questions I got asked during production of the film last year.



There will be more questions I answer in the future about the film and about my philosophy of filmmaking.  In time I am hoping to have an 'interview series' with numerous questions I need to answer about being a filmmaker and why I am a filmmaker.  These are things I need to do for myself in order to help define what kind of a filmmaker I am and to help me speak more articulately about these sometimes complicated decisions behind filmmaking- not to mention the difficult technical decisions that take place during production and afterwards.  Either way, there is more coming in the next few weeks.

Enjoy and spread around!

Behind the Scenes - Part 2: Meet the Crew

The second installment of the Behind the Scenes episodes for my short film "Death Do Us Part" coming out soon in 2012!  This one features our wonderful crew!!

The particular crew featured in this episode...

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Rebecca Croft - Screenwriter, Editor, Producer, Wife (uncredited)
Wheat - Cinematographer
Taylor Girard - BTS Video, Best Boy Lighting (I just squeaked it in there)
John Jones - Gaffer
Trevor Spak - Assistant Camera, Boom Pole Operator
Mici Falvo - Production Manager, Three-Ring Circus Conductor
Antonio Moncada - Production Sound, Awesome Guy
Marcus Koch - SFX Make-up, Backup Three-Ring Circus Conductor
Tom Ingham - Assistant Director, Guy with Coffee

(some of these are not real credits)
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Enjoy & spread it around folks!

Behind The Scenes- Part 1: Joy and Marcus Talk Spoilers

Here is the first Behind the Scenes featuring Joy and Marcus! ...




The next video will be up in about two weeks and.... it will feature the rest of the crew!!!

Enjoy!  and spread it around...

The "Real" Behind the Scenes for "Death Do Us Part"

Last year I shot a film we called "Death Do Us Part" with some wonderful talent and crew that has yet to see the light of day, and yet people still ask me "what is going on with the short film, Jon?" which reminds me that this film has generated some interest out there and that you deserve to know what is going on. Well, I will tell you!

The film is completely finished accepting some audio work. We have also put together much of the behind the scenes work which will be released before the film. The trailer will also get a release before the film is shown. That's kind of how it works for me. We will also, eventually, release it on DVD which will include all sorts of special features, the Behind the Scenes Featurette and an audio commentary by me and Rebecca (the wife, editor and writer... and best friend to the director). I might also be able to convince another crew member to give us an audio commentary with me if it is at all possible.

 I will announce when and where the film will be shown and will do the same when the trailer is released. I am hoping to screen the film at a local film festival first - before releasing it anywhere else. Sometimes festivals will only show your film if they get to screen it publicly first, so I will afford them the opportunity to do so fair and square. But, one great thing about all of this is that momentum gets built up to see the film before we show it and that generates even more interest in the film. I get to learn how to do this in the process and get all the hard knocks before I continue on with the next film. If we generate some interest it might prove to some investors that we have enough going on here that we will be able to build a sizable fan base and can sell our next film and generate some income and recoup the investors' hard earned money. But, this is a process we will have to go through.

So for now the news is this... about a week from now we will begin to release the "Behind the Scenes" videos... the real "Behind the Scenes" videos for "Death Do Us Part". Not the "so-called" Behind the Scenes videos I released before I even shot the film, because those were really "Pre-Production" videos. There will be a few of these real "Behind the Scenes" videos, released a few weeks apart from one another and then, we will announce the date for the trailer before it is uploaded. Then we will be looking to screen the film soon after.

 If there are any questions or comments please do not hesitate to ask. This has been in imperfect process so far but the film is very intact and it looks GREAT! I hope you will all get as much of a kick out of this film as I will get showing it! Thanks so much for all of your support so far and, as I said, I will be keeping all of you in the loop! Oh happy days! :D

Happy Holidays to our Family, Cast & Crew!

Rebecca and I during our last Color Correcting session for "Death Do Us Part."  Everything has been coming along smoothly.  And a great big hug and a thank you to Eddie Sturgeon who is doing our Sound Design for us!  He has been a real trooper!  Thanks Eddie and Merry Christmas!

Finished with VFX- next up... Sound!

After achieving picture lock we have finally finished our visual effects and prepared the product for sound.  Honestly, I can see now that we had too many visual effects for my first film.  I think it is a good idea to focus on certain goals for each short that you accomplish as a beginning filmmaker and this one had a bit much- not too much for me to chew, necessarily.  That's not what I mean.  I like a challenge.  But, it was more than I had planned for this film.  Especially since my wife would be given (proportionately) too large a bite to chew for an extremely part time job.  She works full time at the Home Shopping Network, so this amount of effects can make even a relatively short film become a huge ordeal to tackle- but she did eagerly.

The film is now ready for Sound Mixing and for any musical accompaniment while we complete the coloring (which is already mostly done).  A few songs may need to be composed but we will see what we can come up with given the right kind of help.

I just have to admit I am very pleased with the pictures here and what we have made from our short production time.  Everybody who really worked hard, Wheat, Joy, Marcus, Pat, John, Mici, Tom, Trevor... we really did something great here.  Pretty soon we will all see what our hard work accomplished.  I will be sure to let you guys know when there is something I can show you!  Until then, know that I am very happy with what we have... and I have seen a lot of local shorts and features.  We have a good chance to make a dent- in fact I am SURE we will.

I'll be keeping you all in the loop!  :)

Looking for a composer

Hello everyone!  I have long wanted some good friendships with musicians to help make films with.  So, I have decided I might as well put out the call to find a composer to either help score a soundtrack for individual scenes or to provide their tracts for use in my upcoming film(s).  Right now, I am working on a short film that is called "Death Do Us Part" and we are now in post-production.  But, this may end up being a long term collaboration or friendship between us- if I like your style!  Often, filmmakers will work with composers and musicians on an ongoing basis because of having a common style in collaboration. You dont have to be 'good'- I just need to like it!  That being said, I cannot guarantee friendship- it sounds kind of funny to put it that way- but this internet collaboration thing can be turbulent, strange and unnerving and yet... it can also be strangely rewarding I have found... if the right chord is struck.

If you find yourself 'interested' in this idea, please respond by leaving me a comment and offering me a link to your content somewhere on the web... or by telling me a little bit about yourself.  I would deeply appreciate any help you would give me to make my films sparkle and come to life- especially if your work is even moderately good!  Remember, if you are good, you probably won't think you are that good- but it really only matters if you work hard and live up to your own personal bar of excellence... if you are doing that pleeeeaaaase contact me!  If you know someone who would fit this description- please contact me or connect us!  Thanks so much people!!  =)

Picture Lock on "Death Do Us Part"!!!

It looks like we have achieved this landmark of post-production phase!!  Picture-Lock!!  It is about 10 minutes with title sequence and credit crawl!  Not too bad!!  We still need the audio and most VFX to be laid in and rendered out...  But, picture lock (which is the completion of the editing/cutting decisions- to the point that you can say it is pretty much chiseled in stone) makes it possible to complete these other goals with better accuracy.  I cannot say when the VFX and sound will be done but- I will make sure to keep you all informed and up to date on our progress!

Development (Update 3)

Here is another update on the films slated to be shot in the future. Please refer to the last update to see the context here.  So, here is the current state of my brainstorming progress...

Short Subjects

"Death Do Us Part" -- Post-Production -- Jun 2011

"Untitled Short written by Rebecca Croft" -- Writing -- Jun 2011

"Lunch Date" aka "Wendigo" -- In Development -- Nov 2011

"The Fire" -- Writing -- Jan 2012

Features

"Bad Day" -- Writing -- Oct 2011

"Punishment" -- Planned -- Jun 2012

"Redshift" -- Planned -- Feb 2013

Instead of just saying "In Development" I thought I would be more specific about the kind of work we are doing (or not doing) on each project.  So,  either we have "planned" to start working on or developing the project, we are actively "writing", we are "in development" (which is like re-writing and gathering resources), we are in "pre-production" (meaning it has been green-lighted so we are planning the shooting), we are "filming" (production), or we are in "post-production" (editing, vfx, sound design, music composition, ADR, coloring, rendering, etc).

The Shorts

My wife is now writing another short which makes me really excited- especially because it is a period fantasy piece!!  I have to say, knowing my wife and the quality of her ideas- I pretty much slated this short immediately upon hearing her plans.  The title is not determined yet, but it should be a really fun, lighthearted piece.  "Death Do Us Part" was different in the sense that it was also lots of fun but a bit more serious.  "Lunch Date" has morphed a bit into a classic horror story with a monster and some modern moodiness.  "The Fire" is being taken from my own rambling, eclectic, dystopian ideas to create a dark American society in the future.   "The Fire" has suspended in it- ideas for a feature film about a similar dark dystopian American society, except with hyped up futuristic motorcycle gangs!!!  YAYY!  Who couldn't get excited about that?  I also have a similar dystopian story planned for a different feature with a detective in a dark American future city and a sort of sci-fi noir atmosphere aspect to it.  If you know what my favorite film is, you will know where I'm coming from here... its kind of a no brainer!  These shorts are supposed to prepare me for these feature ideas to be really great when I execute them so, I suppose we will see about that.

The Features

"Bad Day" seems to me now a better first feature to start with than "Punishment", even though it is not a horror like Punishment but also it is not as much of a high concept art film.  It is a simple story about bad things happening to normal people in a normal small American suburban setting.  "Transmission" has not gone away- it is the same story but the title has been changed to "Redshift".  Also, I will need considerable funding to make the dystopian American biker movie set in the near future (which we can call "Timeline" as a working title), so I have not slated it here yet because I have no idea when I could expect that sort of funding.

If any of these projects sound like things you would like to get involved in or are excited about, let me know and show your support!  Thanks so much for all of the help we've received so far with "Death Do Us Part"!!  There is more to come and we plan on getting bigger and better with every offering!!  Ciao people!

"DDUP" Editing & Exploring Ideas for our Next Short

I am in the post-production phase of "Death Do Us Part" and I have morphed and grown in this phase more than I thought I would.  Since my wife, Rebecca Croft (writer & editor for the project) has been working full time at her editing gig at HSN (she has, by the way, grown some great relationships there) I have been editing more for the short, which means I have been doing it somewhat inefficiently and unconventionally compared to my wife.  I have found that I rely a great deal on rote routines and find difficulty with new experiences unless I am very prepared for them.  So, I have been going over our rough edit for some time now & modifying my ideas about how to narrow down a cut.  Since there is no ONE way to do this- I find it an interesting process.  I am now working to make the beginning communicate to the viewer as a beginning.  Also, we need to drop in the vfx scenes and get the pacing working with the soundtrack- which we still need.

An easy distraction for me to embrace during this post phase is coming up with story ideas for our next short.  Coming up with ideas for shorts is harder for me than feature ideas because the time limitation is so restrictive.  I have a creative flux that loves possibilities of fleshing out very epic stories- not short 'farts' of story.  Just as its always been hard for me to learn and to tell jokes or quippy remarks- since I always get caught up in the huge context of what makes an epic story work.  In other words, the real world is very complex and it takes time to sort out life's complexities- but its something I do very naturally and easily- like taking a snapshot of that very technically complex story or idea... then laying out 'how' to tell the story to make the maximum impact  on the viewer... instead I am left with one or two very short moments to plant a growing seed of lasting interest for the viewer.

This is why we decided to do "Death Do Us Part".  It is like one big punchline that creates a potential for great moments where the viewer is supposed to be very affected by the relationships and atmosphere in the film.  It just needs that punchline to happen and the film can hinge on that moment.

For our next short, I hope to do something a bit larger in scope, as well as to learn from our mistakes in this last one.  I had planned a sort of thriller/horror based on a short my wife made years ago in high school.  I also keep having ideas for an epic art film idea that I call "The Fire".  It has some horrific elements, some sci-fi and steampunk elements and some dystopian ideas in it which is so much of what I love about film.  I think I need to do what my heart most leads me to do but this is a very difficult decision.  Once I write the script it will be an easier choice.

I need a triangulation of advantages to help me take my films to the next level and this is much of what I am concerned about- not so much about whether I can make a film- but "what will it be?" and "how will I get it out there to reach the next level?" is more the questions I am struggling with.

Death Do Us Part - Wrapping Party (2)

So, WHEN is Jon gonna contact us & let us know what the heck he is doing with the movie???  How about a PARTY instead??? 

The Party Down Until... Death Do Us Part Wrapping Party will take place at Rhino Studios on Saturday April 23rd at 7pm.  You may bring any significant others, dependents or attachments with you (within reason).  Lets make sure to have some good clean fun!!  There is no cost for you- this is not a club- it is a film studio. LOL. So, keep that in mind.  We are not allowed to burn down the 600 block on Central Ave- so..... yeah.  We may bring drinks.  If there are any requests- please let me know.  No, not song requests- drink or food requests. LOL.

So, be ready to hang out & watch a behind the scenes video of Death Do Us Part!!!  Please confirm with me by phone, email or my facebook. 

Also, there may be peppery eggs for us on a first come first served basis. :)  Yayy!!!!!  Now THATS a party!!!

Jon

Death Do Us Part - Wrapping Party/Post Production Phases

"Death Do Us Part" is wrapped and is doing very well, thanks to the very dedicated talent and crew that made this film possible.  Thank you all so much!  A Wrapping Party will be taking place in the next few weeks so we can say thank you more personally and invite you all to watch some of the film.  While a rough has not been entirely cut yet, due to other work commitments, our time off has been lots of fun with the little editing we have done so far!

New Developments: The Party will most likely be on Sat April 23rd at Rhino Film Studios from 7-10pm!!!  There will be some behind the scenes video shown at the Party!!!!  Come ready to have a good time!!!!  Peppery eggs will be served to all attendees!!!  (Just kidding!)

As it comes to our Post-Production phases- they will be somewhat typical as films go: a rough cut is done first and is now nearing completion, we will be working on some of the visual effects for certain scenes as well as putting the opening title/closing title sequence together during that time and I will be gathering music during this entire process as I am struck with inspiration and discover the right opportunities for licensing and scoring.  Then we will hopefully be locking everything down including all the pacing and all the extra sequences, of course much of this depends on getting the right music to help set the pacing if need be.  Sometimes the right song can effect a sequence and its pacing for the better, so I will be looking out for these happy occasions.  After getting picture lock we can start getting all the VFX solidified and the colorizing can be done and soon after that- voila!  We will have a film!  


But, again, I want to reiterate that we do not want to rush post-production because we realize it is REALLY about quality.  It is always a good reminder to keep the main thing the main thing in our filmmaking endeavors.  We are never guaranteed success for our hard work and we are never guaranteed any understanding from others or even from ourselves when we don't succeed for whatever reason.  We just need to keep remembering why we are doing it and learn to not lean so much on these "perfect" outcomes happening.  What I feel is, as long as we are working hard on our discipline, we are on the right path.  


So, thanks to so many of you who put the right foot forward & continued to give quality- not simply putting the days work in and going home.  You are on the right path my friends!  It'll be great to work with you again!!

Party time!! 
(More to come soon...)