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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

The Art Of What Not To Show

(Last post from Kickstarter)
IS REDD READY YET?
That's the big question isn't it. Delays galore, personal matters, and the realities that come with being a one man movie maker have all contributed to the slow pace of reaching completion. Yes I've been tweaking fx shots, edits, sound and score as I've trudged through post while working the day job.
Ironically one of the things that has become part of the day job has been making Kickstarter and IndieGoGo videos for other people. Since the end of the original Kickstarter campaign I got hired to do alot of Crowdfunding videos.
But as I look at the editing timeline I do indeed see a near complete movie. So what's the major delay now?
Writing.
The writing never really does stop. It started in my head, went to a script, and as you collaborate with your cast and crew and deal with production realities, the story gets tweaked. You find there are things you can't do, things you didn't realize you could do, and because of that the story changes. Not the complete story, but how the story is told. As long as we can stay true to the very essence of the script we're good.
But that writing, that tweaking continues on into post. Right now I'm looking at cutting a couple of scenes and plot points which are not necessary to the story. And that's the rule, if you find something that doesn't push the story forward you have to cut it. These are scenes and ideas that at one point I thought contributed greatly to the plot. But now that I see the movie coming together as a complete product, I realize they're not necessary, and may very well hold the story back.
Forget how much effort you put into those scenes, writing them, shooting them, scoring them, doing the FX for them. If it has to go, it has to go. But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna take a bit of time to whine about it. And so I continue through post, making sure the scenes are tight, and rearranging bits here and there to make sure we're telling a coherent story minus those unnecessary bits, no matter how cool they might have been. Now we'll have something to show in the deleted scene section.
We've got some pretty nifty Vlogs coming up and possibly some news on what fests and venues we may hold some screenings at. But first things first. As soon as we've got the complete final cut we finally send out the DVD's and digital downloads to you our lovely Kickstarter and IndieGoGo supporters.     
More soon!
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Patrick A. Prejusa

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