Thoughts for the day

And There is Still Much to do

I’m currently printing off DVD’s, not burning, simply printing the art work onto them.  I have two hundred to do each one takes approximately 4 minutes, that’s if the tray does not jam.  I managed to do fifty last night, that kept me up until two in the morning, and since half seven I’ve done another twenty five.  Each one will then take another 20 minutes to burn the film onto.  Then each one has to be packed into a sleeve and then into the big box for Saturday.

Posters

The posters arrived Yesterday, followed by the blank media, followed by the artwork for the blank media.  It’s actually alright doing these boring jobs  it stops me bricking it, wondering what people will think of the film.  The worst thing was the two hours spent getting my onld DVD printer to work and lining it all up, I’m now used to its old foybles and know that I have to sit hear and help each DVD in an out of it, but the final look is very professional I must say.That though is thanks to the art work from urbancurve.com.  It does feel a bit like a feature film launch though, rather then a low budget short film.

The Experience

As happy as I am with everything I cant help reflecting on how much better ext time will be, I’ve learned so much each step of the way, and for that I do realise that all these people were right telling me to get my show real together, which is now one third complete.  I don’t know if I mentioned that  I ended up at the production meeting for the feature I’m working on in September which I’m very, very happy about.  As boring as it is in parts, I’ve learned another huge chunk of the ‘Big’ Picture.  It’s all good/

Future?

I can’t see us not making films!

later,

Chalkster

Head Hurts

So deadlines are good, but what a lot you have to do, and a huge amount of pressure involved in just getting a two hour event to work smoothly.  I’ve now got the venue booked, the wine and glasses sorted, poster and physical media ready to get the film added to them. Toby the Fucking STAR has got the soundtrack sorted!  So Tom, the other rock steady star in all of this, is ready to get it all finished.  I’m in the middle of shittign myself, feeling relieved and thinking actually this might be a bag of doggie poo and we will all get laughed off. I hope not!

How Many People Help Out

I’m always amased  by how much enthusiasm we get from the people that give up their time.  Without them this would have been half the project.  ~ All the finishing touches are just stunning.  If you find this blog, thank you, thank you and lastly THANK YOU.

It’s a Close Affair

So, some of the writing & producing, all the music, editing and graphics have come from 4 houses within 5 door of each other! How odd :)

Laters,

Chalkster