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Mar092010

CHINA WHITE...THE FILM THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO FINISH...IT'S NOW DONE!!!

Hey there Wonderland! I have just finished the Audio on China White. That movie has been a thorn in my side for the last 2 years. I was not really happy with it for many reasons. Acting was my biggest complaint. My 2 Lead actors didn't hold up their end of the bargain. One had an ego problem (and the fact that his audition rocked, when we turned the cameras on...uuhhhhh) the other had a partying problem. But I would like to thank all who worked on it and those of you who did bust your ass to make sure that we made it thru the grueling 2 1/2 week shooting schedule.

Now here's the reason the film was finished: I got a call about a week ago from a guy in LA. He's a film distributor and he wanted to see a copy of CW. I told him it wasn't finiished but he wanted the rough cut and I sent him that. He said he really wants to see the final cut. He gave me a week to get the audio done. I had reservations about even doing this. Most people would say "Hey it's your shot...you can always make better films...sell this one!" But I really didn't want my first "sold" film be one I'm not really proud of. My wife Wendy and daughter Jackie were sooooo excited for the fact that someone wanted to even look at the movie (maybe buy it) that, that excitment caught onto me and made me excited. So I got on it and revisited my Plan 9 from Outer Space. It actually is better now than it was. I was able to edit a few more things out and tighter. I added some filters to some of the scenes to get them to look a bit different (more like I wanted them...thanks Andrew Kramer @ Video Copilot) and took away some old sound fx and added some new ones. I looked back into some of the music that Gary Brown had done and added that to the movie. It improved the scenes that didn't have it originally. So it's still not great but WAY better than it was. So look for it on Netflix soon. I will let you know when & if it gets bought.

Thanks again to all who helped me on the 3 year journey through movie making hell!!!

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