light at the end
I am editing ALMOST around the clock right now in order to have everything ready for next weeks sound meetings and ADR recording. The more time I spend with the movie, the better it gets. You hear it a lot in filmmaking documentaries, but in a lot of ways, this movie is being rewritten during the editing process.
We had a shooting script that I felt really good about. Due to time and budget constraints, we were only able to shoot about 85% of the script. We scrapped a few scenes that were part of nonessential plot threads and consolidated a few crucial scenes. Well, even shooting only 85% of the 113 pages, we ended up with a rough cut that was way over 3 hours long. People involved in the movie know that I was shooting for a 90 minute running time, and definitely nothing over 100 minutes. So this final stretch has been very tough. But it has forced me to get down to the essence of this story and figure out who and what is really important.
When I started my night shift yesterday the running time was at 2:24 and right now it is at 2:16. I'm whittling it down.
The editing process will change the way I write FOREVER. This project has been the ultimate learning experience for me and fortunately, it is a learning experience that has resulted in a movie that should be pretty fun to watch.
I am actually forgoing the premiere, after party and after-after party for THE BAD NEWS BEARS in order to wrap this up by the end of the week. Just in case you thought this was taking so long because i was lazy or goofing off.
We had a shooting script that I felt really good about. Due to time and budget constraints, we were only able to shoot about 85% of the script. We scrapped a few scenes that were part of nonessential plot threads and consolidated a few crucial scenes. Well, even shooting only 85% of the 113 pages, we ended up with a rough cut that was way over 3 hours long. People involved in the movie know that I was shooting for a 90 minute running time, and definitely nothing over 100 minutes. So this final stretch has been very tough. But it has forced me to get down to the essence of this story and figure out who and what is really important.
When I started my night shift yesterday the running time was at 2:24 and right now it is at 2:16. I'm whittling it down.
The editing process will change the way I write FOREVER. This project has been the ultimate learning experience for me and fortunately, it is a learning experience that has resulted in a movie that should be pretty fun to watch.
I am actually forgoing the premiere, after party and after-after party for THE BAD NEWS BEARS in order to wrap this up by the end of the week. Just in case you thought this was taking so long because i was lazy or goofing off.
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