Musings of an Idiot

The Palm Tree

The post production funding for 'Five' has been declined by SIPF; which didn't come as that much of a surprise as I was expecting it to be rejected. No real reasons for expecting that outcome except for my gut feeling that it would happen even though it was a strong application with a distributor already attached to the movie. I don't think I will ever get funded by NZFC or SIPF - again no rhyme or reason for that thought - just a feeling {I think I might have said it in one of my earlier posts or it is just deja vu}. So the path is clear that I need to keep working on finding ways to make 'no-budget' to 'low budget' movies till I am able to attract funds from private sector or overseas.

Talking of post production - the plan all along was to keep working on it as if we will never get the funding and the approximate date for finishing off atleast the 2.0 mix is 1st week of July - at which point I need to start sending the finished cut to any film festivals that select the movie. After that point - Benji will keep working on a 5.1 mix for the DVD release, probably for another month or so. Sam Good has joined the audio post team as a foley recordist - which is great as that eases off pressure on Benji a bit. I will be starting the colour grade on the movie this week. So work on post is still going ahead full speed.

I watched 'Hushabye Mountain' on saturday along with Brett - one of my acting classmates and it was good play. The acting and production design was brilliant - there were some story threads which didn't tie-up nicely but still it was a great experience watching live theatre. Unlike movies - you don't get second chances while performing. What is done is done and the audience reaction and feedback is immediate - so it definitely is a scary process performing live.


I also caught 'POTC3' and was very disappointed. I didn't go into the movie with any high expectations and was annoyed when the movie just started acting self important with no continuity whatsoever with the previous installment. The only point the movie comes alive is when Johnny Depp is onscreen and that too when he is not talking to himself - otherwise it just felt too self important and pretentious where it was creating a mythology and trying to solve it within the same movie. And one of the major villains of the piece was the blandest one I have ever seen on film. Anyway - I will stop talking about the movie because it was an average experience.


I had a lovely Sunday morning/afternoon having lunch with David and his family. I love the bread that he cooks and D was kind enough to give me half a loaf to take home...yippeeeeeee......

Anyway kind of drained right now after a full days work and the acting lessons in the evening.
Till later,
Amit

Labels: Five, Movies, Post Production, Theatre

posted by Amit @ 9:10 PM