Hey there!
Okay, well, Rich ended up being too busy to get all the way through this, but his "Dark Matter" piece was a real help to me. It was close enough that it helped me get a much clearer vision of the trailer.
Coincidentally, while I was waiting out a busy spell of Rich's, a former student of mine named Kevin Smith (not to be confused with either "Kevin Smith," they guy who directed Clerks, OR with Kevin Bright, who plays Bill in S & B) wrote to express his interest in scoring movies. Blah blah blah (days and things that you don't care about) and I'm using an original piece by Kevin in the trailer!
We are fine-tuning it, but it is very close.
Today, Jordan is doing what she has time to do to put together a third draft of the trailer, using Kevin's music and the structure that I came up with while thinking with Rich's piece in mind.
Chances are I will be doing some fine-tuning of the trailer after Jordan does her last work, since she's started up at Emerson again, but I am eager to see the new draft with good music - it will make a big difference in bringing us closer to done. Exciting!
I have been totally avoiding thinking about what to say in my Directorial intro -- SO VERY MUCH don't want to do that. What should I wear?
Loe,
REA
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Summer 2013 Update 2
Okay, well as per usual, my timeline estimate was off, but Jordan (the trailer editor) and I are progressing with the trailer.
One of our biggest snares has been the music -- how to score the trailer. It would probably be easier NOT to have music, but I really want it. Jordan found two royalty-free pieces that were similar to what I want: an Eric Satie that is too somber and rather over-used in movies anyway, and another thing that is just too Hallmarky - almost puked on my computer from the saccharine taste.
SO -- I asked my step-brother Rich (Rachard J. Hill if you're a SoundCloud member), who is a musician and likes to poke around with Garage Band, if he could possibly write us something -- and he has said "yes." Yay!
For the past couple days we've been going back and forth and we're getting closer! Once we have something, Jordan will be able to do a third "draft" and then we'll see where we are.
Jordan's an undergrad and has her own film projects to work on, so we're probably nearing the end of her involvement. I hope we can get it done with her before she gears up for the new term. If we're not quite done when she needs to bow out, I will finish the trailer myself. I could not have gotten this far without her!
I've started to think about what I will say as the director in my Kickstarter plea. I must say that it feels a little weird -- I don't know what I will say. "Finishing funds" - ?? Not liking this part.
Also -- I have no idea what "thank you gifts" I could give people if they donate, as is customary on Kickstarter. Don't want to spend the money on that - that would be dumb.
When the trailer is done, I'll post it here!
Peace & Light,
REA
One of our biggest snares has been the music -- how to score the trailer. It would probably be easier NOT to have music, but I really want it. Jordan found two royalty-free pieces that were similar to what I want: an Eric Satie that is too somber and rather over-used in movies anyway, and another thing that is just too Hallmarky - almost puked on my computer from the saccharine taste.
SO -- I asked my step-brother Rich (Rachard J. Hill if you're a SoundCloud member), who is a musician and likes to poke around with Garage Band, if he could possibly write us something -- and he has said "yes." Yay!
For the past couple days we've been going back and forth and we're getting closer! Once we have something, Jordan will be able to do a third "draft" and then we'll see where we are.
Jordan's an undergrad and has her own film projects to work on, so we're probably nearing the end of her involvement. I hope we can get it done with her before she gears up for the new term. If we're not quite done when she needs to bow out, I will finish the trailer myself. I could not have gotten this far without her!
I've started to think about what I will say as the director in my Kickstarter plea. I must say that it feels a little weird -- I don't know what I will say. "Finishing funds" - ?? Not liking this part.
Also -- I have no idea what "thank you gifts" I could give people if they donate, as is customary on Kickstarter. Don't want to spend the money on that - that would be dumb.
When the trailer is done, I'll post it here!
Peace & Light,
REA
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