You’d think that life would slow down when you move into post-production, but the fast paced lifestyle continues during the post process. Here’s the rundown of life after the shoot:
1) The over 6000ft of film we shot was developed at Fotokem and prepped for telecine.
2) The film was brought to Entertainment Post for the telecine process, where they scan the film and transfer it to high definition tapes. This was the first time my DP Dustin and I ever got to see what we shot!
3) The tapes then went to our editor, Alyssa Coates. She logged and captured all of the footage and began editing!
Alyssa’s been doing a fantastic job. The first rough assembly of the film was 25 minutes, much longer than we anticipated. Together we’ve been able to work at it and cut it down to 16 minutes. We haven’t cut any scenes, we’ve just worked on the pacing. For every second of footage we see on screen, we ask ourselves, “is this moment moving the story forward?” We still have a lot of work to do. The final film is due in two weeks so we’re going to continue working around the clock to make it the best film we can!
I am very happy with everything so far and I can’t wait for everyone to see the final film!