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Luci and I began work on the cut which started out as 4 hours and as of yesterday, we managed to get it down to 1 hour 45! A good start to say the least. We’re going to try and organize a few friends to watch the cut and give feedback before proceeding to place B roll and work on a picture lock which we hope to have by mid-July.
Fund raising goes slow and we’re still having to work quite a bit, but we can stay on schedule to have a rough cut by mid-August at this pace.
The Newfest screening went really well. Rolls Razor Garden looked beautiful on the BIG screen. Of course, the sound wasn’t loud enough, but no complaints. There was an amazing turnout for an early Sunday evening. The other films were much further over the “fetish” top than mine. A few friends came out for the screening and we all went to the Art Bar for food and drinks afterward and then made our way uptown for the closing night party. Free bar ran out very quickly so we got our gift bags and came home.
Our recent fundraising efforts are working. Donations continue to trickle in and it looks like we may be able to fund our upcoming Colorado trip to shoot the end of the film. Of course, we still need more help to keep Luci and I full time editing. The assemble cut we have is currently a daunting 3 hours and change. We plan to cut it down to 2 hours this weekend.
We have taken things into our own hands! We are now able to accept online donations.
We are pursuing other means of fundraising as well, but except for the Herculean effort by the Beardslees, we haven’t solicited private donations yet. That time is now. Please visit our fundraising page and donate if you can. If not, please forward the link to someone you think may be interested.
We have our first assembly cut together and will soon start paring it down to a rough cut.
We have rebuilt the website featuring a design facelift, latest news section and links to colleagues and friends websites. Take a look.
NewFest starts Thursday and we’ll be attending some screenings and parties to promote “Rolls Razor Garden” as well as “All God’s Children” and support other filmmakers. Should be fun.