The nice thing -- well, sorta -- was that I was sick for five days. In those five days I didn't cut anything. So looking back at it today felt invigorating to say the least. I had been working on a scene that lasts all of eight minutes, but takes place in a car, in a front yard, at the front door, in a basement, back to the door, to the driveway, etc. It was a lot of cutting around, and each section was/is so short that I had a horrible feeling that the entire film was suddenly going to feel too pieced together. This particular scene was modified from the screenplay a bit because of various elements at the location, which is fine. Added to that I was having an off day when we shot this scene. There were just some days where I felt like I didn't actually contribute to anything; I royally screwed up and wasted several hours and money and didn't make much progress. We eventually continued to shoot what wasn't working and even re-shot quite a bit on a different day. Anyway, back to what I was saying. After five days of being sick, I went back to what I had cut and suddenly the scene worked. Having a break from the work is generally a smart idea.
I will be cutting a trailer soon. I don't like trailers. If I could, I would just rip off The Brown Bunny or Little Children trailer, but I can't do that. Well, I could.
Rudy Pavich, the actor who is playing Scott, will be putting together the music; messy jazzy Reno-ish lounge music is what we had talked about a bit. It's not really a score, but he's slowly been putting something together. On December 8th he sent me a rough cut of something he was working on. I will probably have that featured in the trailer. My trailer won't explain much of anything, but I prefer that to a trailer that gives too much away.
Now then, here is Poster #4. I have my name on it because enough people wanted to know why I didn't have my name on the poster. It feels weird doing that, but, whatever. This is more of a typical indie movie poster, I believe.
Until next time!
