Oh what a night
It's done. Came and went. I can't believe November 12th snuck up on me so quickly.
The premiere went fine. All my worries of total chaos...out the window. We got started a few minutes late...with only one small snare at the beginning, which was corrected before the actual film started, so the only thing missed was the CYB logo at the beginning. No biggie. Other than a few frames that dropped from the film in one scene, everything ran smoothly. And I was very very pleased.
We had an extrmely large crowd. I think it was roughly around 250 people. It's definitely the biggest audience we've ever had in one room at one time. I think the crowd was split probably 75 / 25 percent in terms of liking /disliking. Most people really seemed to dig it. Others just didn't get it, or understand any of the symbolims, themes, and representations that the story was preseting. I also think it was a little darker of a story than some were looking for. So, not everyone's cup of tea. That, by no means judges it's success rate. I loved it. I'm still so incredibly proud of it. As Steve Perry (of Journey) would say: "If you like it, great. If not, that's ok too."
It was also wonderful to see so many people from the cast in town for that night. Naturally, Tom, Rob, Melissa, Bill, Alex, Bob, my brother, etc, but Rossi made it into town (with a little longer hair no less), as did Jon, Joe, Missi, and Lexie, among many others. It was just so great to have everyone in a room together again...it felt like a class reunion, so to speak.
Festival season doesn't start til' January, but we'll definitely just keep getting submissions out there, and continuing to do college screenings to keep us busy until the festivals start making announcements.
Fun times. A wonderful night.
This week: Acting in a short film Alex is putting together, a screening at Ithaca, a Q & A session, and recording one (of a few) commentary track for the eventual DVD.
The premiere went fine. All my worries of total chaos...out the window. We got started a few minutes late...with only one small snare at the beginning, which was corrected before the actual film started, so the only thing missed was the CYB logo at the beginning. No biggie. Other than a few frames that dropped from the film in one scene, everything ran smoothly. And I was very very pleased.
We had an extrmely large crowd. I think it was roughly around 250 people. It's definitely the biggest audience we've ever had in one room at one time. I think the crowd was split probably 75 / 25 percent in terms of liking /disliking. Most people really seemed to dig it. Others just didn't get it, or understand any of the symbolims, themes, and representations that the story was preseting. I also think it was a little darker of a story than some were looking for. So, not everyone's cup of tea. That, by no means judges it's success rate. I loved it. I'm still so incredibly proud of it. As Steve Perry (of Journey) would say: "If you like it, great. If not, that's ok too."
It was also wonderful to see so many people from the cast in town for that night. Naturally, Tom, Rob, Melissa, Bill, Alex, Bob, my brother, etc, but Rossi made it into town (with a little longer hair no less), as did Jon, Joe, Missi, and Lexie, among many others. It was just so great to have everyone in a room together again...it felt like a class reunion, so to speak.
Festival season doesn't start til' January, but we'll definitely just keep getting submissions out there, and continuing to do college screenings to keep us busy until the festivals start making announcements.
Fun times. A wonderful night.
This week: Acting in a short film Alex is putting together, a screening at Ithaca, a Q & A session, and recording one (of a few) commentary track for the eventual DVD.
posted by David Dellecese at 9:36 AM
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