The Ticket
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
56 Minutes
I submitted an inquiry to First Hand Films last week. I had seen a trailer for Corridor #8 (one of their films). It's a great looking doc. with an artistic temperament. It won the Ecumenical Jury Award at the Berlinale Film Festival this year. First Hand manages a ton of documentaries of this kind but they're - mostly European. As a U.S. based production we're definitely outside the box in submitting to them but touch wood they will take a serious look at our film.
They came back wanting to see the short version so this weekend I shaved off 25 minutes from the project. Now we have a super-tight 56 minutes and it's a much better film. This new short version puts us in a much better position to get broadcast sales. Good business, touch wood, is good art. Anyway the DVD screener is on its way this week.
I submitted an inquiry to First Hand Films last week. I had seen a trailer for Corridor #8 (one of their films). It's a great looking doc. with an artistic temperament. It won the Ecumenical Jury Award at the Berlinale Film Festival this year. First Hand manages a ton of documentaries of this kind but they're - mostly European. As a U.S. based production we're definitely outside the box in submitting to them but touch wood they will take a serious look at our film.
They came back wanting to see the short version so this weekend I shaved off 25 minutes from the project. Now we have a super-tight 56 minutes and it's a much better film. This new short version puts us in a much better position to get broadcast sales. Good business, touch wood, is good art. Anyway the DVD screener is on its way this week.
Labels: Corridor #8, documentary, First Hand Films, The Ticket
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
1 Problem: 3 Solutions
So this morning I get 2 emails. The first is from Darren it says "How's the music going?"
The second is from George which says, "i don't think i will finish this week brother..."
In short, George has bowed out of the project. He's going to send what he has but this leaves us short of music and well short of a finished film. From what I can tell we have 3 options. Fight to keep George on board, find existing music that works or find another musician to start again from scratch. #2 seems like the option - it certainly worked in Manda Bala (see previous post).
The second is from George which says, "i don't think i will finish this week brother..."
In short, George has bowed out of the project. He's going to send what he has but this leaves us short of music and well short of a finished film. From what I can tell we have 3 options. Fight to keep George on board, find existing music that works or find another musician to start again from scratch. #2 seems like the option - it certainly worked in Manda Bala (see previous post).
Labels: documentary, Manda Bala, Music, The Ticket
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Monday, August 4, 2008
Hurry up and Wait
Holy crap it's August!
No The Ticket hasn't fallen off the face of the earth. We are working - at least George is... He's been sending postage-stamp sized Quicktime files with tracks for the score and I've been giving feedback. We're diligently aiming for quality instead of slapping something together just because we've given ourselves a deadline. Fingers crossed it's this week for having all the music but whenever I say that I get into trouble. Please don't hold me to it.
The next task is to chop the film down to a second version of 56 minutes. We're more likely to sell the film if we have a second version ready-made for television.
Okay - enough of our unfinished work-in-progress. It's time to recommend another film which is actually finished (Truly astounding that this ever happens).
No these aren't stills from a Budweiser commercial. These frogs are from Brazil. When things get over crowded and there's not enough food they turn to cannibalism.
According to Manda Bala, an actual finished film, we humans are not so different from our amphibious brethren. This doc. explores the roots of Brazil's kidnapping culture. It's not all thongs, surf and Bossa Nova down there after all.
Put this one on your Netflix list: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet).
Bizarre but the stunning soundtrack is nowhere to be found. It's so good that after you see the film you're going to be digging around to find the tracks.
No The Ticket hasn't fallen off the face of the earth. We are working - at least George is... He's been sending postage-stamp sized Quicktime files with tracks for the score and I've been giving feedback. We're diligently aiming for quality instead of slapping something together just because we've given ourselves a deadline. Fingers crossed it's this week for having all the music but whenever I say that I get into trouble. Please don't hold me to it.
The next task is to chop the film down to a second version of 56 minutes. We're more likely to sell the film if we have a second version ready-made for television.
Okay - enough of our unfinished work-in-progress. It's time to recommend another film which is actually finished (Truly astounding that this ever happens).
No these aren't stills from a Budweiser commercial. These frogs are from Brazil. When things get over crowded and there's not enough food they turn to cannibalism. 
According to Manda Bala, an actual finished film, we humans are not so different from our amphibious brethren. This doc. explores the roots of Brazil's kidnapping culture. It's not all thongs, surf and Bossa Nova down there after all.Put this one on your Netflix list: Manda Bala (Send a Bullet).
Bizarre but the stunning soundtrack is nowhere to be found. It's so good that after you see the film you're going to be digging around to find the tracks.
Labels: documentary, Manda Bala, The Ticket
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