Yes, it's true, Prinicpal Photography has been completed on The Pig Farm. Shot the bastard in three weeks - much too fast to shoot a feature film if you ask me now but hey we did it (I believe this only because on a schedule like three weeks, you're constantly rushing and having to condense all your amazing 50 shot scenes down to 2 shots... seriously). It's crazy. But hey, it got the job done.
And what a feeling.... DONE!!!!! We still have about three little shots to make which we'll probably do over in Jersey near Spencer's (my DP's) house when we can find some time.
Sorry I hadn't written anymore entries but things got real crazy there at the end. Hell I'm actually amazed I got off three entries in four weeks - writing crap on the internet takes a little bit of time - not the writing it but the linking it and saving it on the journal pages. But I'll be sure to recap you guys up on everything.
Right now I'm recouping. Monday I'll probably start adding up the receipts and see what I spent (I guestimate it came out to around $35,000). I'll post the results of what I spent on what when I figure it all out. One person who wrote to me at the page here suggested that I lie to distributors and tell them that I actually spent a lot more than I really did.
This is wise advice if you want to get your money back but I'm not going to follow it. I think it's better to try to sell the film using the pricetag as a selling point - "Yes, I shot a great feature that looks real expensive but it only cost $35,000!" Kind of like a Brothers McMullen or El Mariachi kind of thing. We'll see what happens. All the stuffs at the lab. I'll get it early next week (the labe will have it all ready on Monday but the prep-to-video people need a couple of days).
For those of you who've been wondering (I'll e-mail you back when I get a chance), I'm transferring my film to Beta and I'm going to make a rough cut on Beta to try to sell to distributors (cut the negative on their dollar if I can). I have access to some free Beta editing equipment (linear stuff not the Avid cool shit, but hey it's free) from Dow Jones where I used to work. Unfortunately I just found out Dow Jones is probably going to sell the TV station equipment they have so it won't be around anymore for me to use. Word has it I have only until January. Just another major crisis to worry about, no big deal. This business is loaded with it. It's actually what I personally love about it. You get some great horror stories out of every film (worthy of a webpage even).
But I'll try to write and reply to my piles of e-mail this weekend. Keep on visiting and don't forget to tell a movie-loving friend about the webpage. And by the way I realize these journals are loaded with misspelled words and grammatic faux-pahs (see) but I usually write this stuff late at night before bed and I'm either tired or wired and so stuff slips. I apologize. I'm actually a pretty good writer... I just get sloppy without my spell-check on...