Well it has been a busy few weeks. Hopefully things will start to calm down a little, now that summer is here.
Jay and I have been doing a little a little of the festival thing lately. We were at the Sarasota Film Festival in April for the World Premiere of my short film Life To Go, as well as the Southeast Premiere of Not Your Typical Bigfoot Movie. We had a great time, but wish we could’ve been around for the whole festival. The most fun thing about the festival circuit is running into the same filmmakers. Several of the filmmakers we met at SXSW also played Sarasota and the Maryland Film Festival, which we went up for a few weekends ago.
We had a quick trip to Baltimore, which is a great city and a great festival. Hopefully we can make it there again.
In Thorn news, we’re still editing and getting it out to people. We held a test screening last weekend. While it’s never painless to put a film out there for the sole purpose of having strangers tell you what’s wrong with it, I’m really glad we did it. We had about 17 people watch the film and then answer a questionnaire and participate in a discussion about what can be improved on the film. It was very informative for us and helped shape our editing plan for the next several weeks.
Marco and I spent Monday and Tuesday back in Deland where our exterior locations are, shooting a few additional shots, for transitions and establishing shots. It was kind of surreal being back there. I also had a meeting with our sound designer last week. We watched the film together and talked through some ideas. I’m really excited to see how some of our ideas play out.
In other news, I am now finished with teaching and with school (save the 1 hour of thesis I am enrolled in over the summer) and have relocated to St. Pete. Hoping to get a little bit of fun summer time in, amidst finishing the film and working on my festival strategy, developing a few other projects, and finding some way to pay the bills…
Below are a few pictures from the festivals:
