Archive for February, 2008
A Trailer is Born
Two nights ago—after watching the rough cuts of all four episodes of the show with Patrick, throwing around ideas together for the trailer, and letting the ideas simmer for a few days—I had an epiphany. The pictures and words came rushing to me like a flood. I shared my ideas with Patrick and, like the awesome partner he is, he jumped right on board to surf the wave with me. Our trailer was born.
We worked like mad last night to assemble a rough cut, and it looks incredible. (Patrick is a fiend in the editing suite!) We even chose some cool music to set the tone. Come on! Two musicians could never get away with watching a rough cut of anything without a soundtrack playing in the background!
Afterwards, we went out to celebrate with margaritas. We had worked it out together. It’s a beautiful thing to see your story unfold in a totally different way than you originally expected. To me, our trailer is like a fifth episode, only better. We put together a puzzle with pieces of the show and formed a completely new picture.
The process has been really rewarding to us as storytellers, and working together is also lots of fun. Occasionally, we have creative differences, but they’re usually temporary, and in the end, the decisions we make include the best of both of our ideas.
Our goal is to get the trailer online before we leave for SXSW next week. Good luck and see you in Austin! I’m headed back to Texas, baby!!!
SXSW- Austin, Texas
Well, we’re still editing. Things are still going well, too. We make each other laugh a lot with the performances we’re putting together. That’s good, right? In the past I’d be so sick of the project by now that I’d just want it to be over.
Our goal is a trailer by SXSW. We want to show off our comedy, and I think we’re on target to make it.
Cutting
Well, we’re getting there! Editing at night, in between client jobs and such just isn’t the easiest way to go. But we’re scrappy, and I have to say editing is going well. We have rough cuts of episodes 1 & 2 completed, and we’re about halfway through #3.
We’re even writing some music for the show. Pretty cool.
I’ll also say it again- I’m extremely proud of how good this project is turning out to be, and I’m thankful to our actors and crew for the professional ‘tude and hard work.