Films
Chris has cut a trailer/teaser for Raven and is now available online. Click here...
Post-production update: steady as she goes, things are falling into place. Chris is close to a final cut, then we venture into sound mixing. To make Raven the best it can possibly be, we are strongly considering an "up-res" enhancement to improve the video's resolution. The image quality will improve, adding more of a true film look to Raven!
As for release, we will let you know! As the trailer suggests, late Spring is our deadline and we're sticking to it. We look forward to premiering this 25-minute movie to a local arts theatre, then submitting to film festivals across the country. Be ready!
Mica and I met today to go through the rough cut and form a plan to dive into the audio cleanup in about a week or so. Overall the quality of the sound in the film is pretty good, so it should make this job fairly easy, with a minimal amount of foley/ADR necessary.
We are also working to host a pre-screening of the film for the cast, crew, and their guests. The film is in a very watchable format (though still rough) state right now. We're about to lock down a venue to screen in the second half of November. I'll be sending out an email to everybody to find out what dates work the best, so if your contact info has changed please email me so i know where to reach you. Hope to see you all soon!
I just realized I haven't sent out an update in a long time, so here's some news!!
As you know, we shot the roadside scene in July, and I've been editing since then. And except for a six-week-long computer crash in August/September, it's been going pretty steadily. I think this is the strongest scene in the film (thanks to all the great actors acting really creepy). I have a few finishing touches on the other scenes, then we lay in the sound fx, music, and we should have a short film! Finally.
Ol' Chrisser is trying really hard now that I have some free time (having one instead of two jobs now kind of gives me that chance ya know, hehe) to have this out by Xmas, and then we'll see how it does in the festivals if anything.
Of course, I will let you know about all 'premieres' and such, and you will all get a copy or two of the DVD. I will probably release an extended edition with behind-the-scenes and still photographs early 2006. If the movie gets into a festival or something, I'll put in some audio commentary or something. But that's in the future.
I'm cutting a trailer as we speak and we'll upload to Lune De Loup and generate interest. Lots and lots of interest.
And to quell fancies, I've set up my Flickr page, and Raven production stills are up and running. Coo? Peep these my peeps:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chenzofilms/sets/
I've got VF photos on there too. And Driving Home photos as well. Enjoy.
Cheers,
Chris (Director)
Susan has finished the rough cut of Vitreous Floaters. We may do a small, private pre-screening of it in the next few months for cast, crew, and friends. Kind of a one year anniversary present. We are now gearing up to go into the latter stages of post production.
A few months ago the rough cut of Vitreous Floaters was only about 30% done. Now, thanks to the surge of effort by our editor Susan Stites, we are on track to have the rough cut complete near the beginning of July. It shouldn't be that big of a leap to the final cut on the editing side, because we have been revising scenes as we go. As we move ahead with other post-production tasks such as color correction and sound mixing, we will also hold a few test screenings for audience input. We are picking up speed again!