Where The Hell Is This MOVIE!
Friday, March 04, 2005
12 STEPS NOWHERE
So, the movie has been delayed for over a year now. I know, it sucks. Believe me no one is more anxious to get this thing done than myself, David and Justin. Fortunately the process of the final edit is now firmly back in our hands or more specifically David's hands. The last third of the movie is almost complete in it's rough cut form and the first two thirds is on paper. It had been cut. The transfer from Final Cut Pro to Avid Xpress has been less than ideal, actually a giant pain in the ass, to be more precise. So we come to this point. The EDL's (edit decision lists) are printed out (that's the paper part) and now we have to punch in the time codes, capture the footage and put the sequence puzzle back together. Not as daunting a task as it might seem as you read this but it is a task none the less.
Now since the technical issues are out of the way you may be asking (or at least the non-techies out there) so what the fuck does this long delayed, better be worth the wait, movie friggin' look like? One word. Fucking awesome! Okay two words but for those easily offended just ignore the first one. So far all the scenes that I was most worried about, in the sense of wether or not they would actually work, do! You have to understand I have seen the whole movie, be it in chucks, bits and pieces and over a time frame of a one year plus, but I seen it. There were two major sequences that I was most concerned about. One where "Jimmy," the soft spoken old man gives "Christian" a bit of advise, and the ending. I can say with total confidence that they both look great and work great and better than I had even envisioned when I wrote the script. After all the road blocks on 12 STEPS I now feel, and I really mean this, that we are finally on track to finish it. The fact the footage is now in a editing suite we have access to anytime we need it is about the biggest accomplishment we have made so far in the post-production process.
So, I feel like that I am far beyond the point of continually apologizing for the movie's delay. I guess that says more about me than the people I believe are clamoring for this latest piece for Twenty One to be complete. I do try to be humble though. I don't put above the title, of this or any other movie I have done, "a Russell Johnson film" not that I mind or care that other directors do that but I know no one really knows or honestly cares who the fuck I am to begin with so it's not going to matter who the movie is by more so than it just being a good movie. I and believe this is a good movie, our best movie to date, to be exact. We are doing things in this movie we haven't done before and that goes for everything from the script, to shooting, to editing and music. With all the production values we've upgraded to, I know this story holds it's own as well. That why I believe (in my own mind anyway) why everyone is waiting (and patiently I might add) for this movie to come out and the reason I always felt a need to try and keep the public interested. Really the movie means nothing if people don't like it and our best publicity is word of mouth. I will try and keep everyone updated on our progress on this and other projects in the works.
Send some comments to me or any of us at Twenty One about want you want to know and what will peak your interest (insert porn joke here!).
So, the movie has been delayed for over a year now. I know, it sucks. Believe me no one is more anxious to get this thing done than myself, David and Justin. Fortunately the process of the final edit is now firmly back in our hands or more specifically David's hands. The last third of the movie is almost complete in it's rough cut form and the first two thirds is on paper. It had been cut. The transfer from Final Cut Pro to Avid Xpress has been less than ideal, actually a giant pain in the ass, to be more precise. So we come to this point. The EDL's (edit decision lists) are printed out (that's the paper part) and now we have to punch in the time codes, capture the footage and put the sequence puzzle back together. Not as daunting a task as it might seem as you read this but it is a task none the less.
Now since the technical issues are out of the way you may be asking (or at least the non-techies out there) so what the fuck does this long delayed, better be worth the wait, movie friggin' look like? One word. Fucking awesome! Okay two words but for those easily offended just ignore the first one. So far all the scenes that I was most worried about, in the sense of wether or not they would actually work, do! You have to understand I have seen the whole movie, be it in chucks, bits and pieces and over a time frame of a one year plus, but I seen it. There were two major sequences that I was most concerned about. One where "Jimmy," the soft spoken old man gives "Christian" a bit of advise, and the ending. I can say with total confidence that they both look great and work great and better than I had even envisioned when I wrote the script. After all the road blocks on 12 STEPS I now feel, and I really mean this, that we are finally on track to finish it. The fact the footage is now in a editing suite we have access to anytime we need it is about the biggest accomplishment we have made so far in the post-production process.
So, I feel like that I am far beyond the point of continually apologizing for the movie's delay. I guess that says more about me than the people I believe are clamoring for this latest piece for Twenty One to be complete. I do try to be humble though. I don't put above the title, of this or any other movie I have done, "a Russell Johnson film" not that I mind or care that other directors do that but I know no one really knows or honestly cares who the fuck I am to begin with so it's not going to matter who the movie is by more so than it just being a good movie. I and believe this is a good movie, our best movie to date, to be exact. We are doing things in this movie we haven't done before and that goes for everything from the script, to shooting, to editing and music. With all the production values we've upgraded to, I know this story holds it's own as well. That why I believe (in my own mind anyway) why everyone is waiting (and patiently I might add) for this movie to come out and the reason I always felt a need to try and keep the public interested. Really the movie means nothing if people don't like it and our best publicity is word of mouth. I will try and keep everyone updated on our progress on this and other projects in the works.
Send some comments to me or any of us at Twenty One about want you want to know and what will peak your interest (insert porn joke here!).
8 Comments:
At 3:59 AM ,
Anonymous said...
I...LOVE...WOMEN...HOW CAN THAT BE A DISEASE?
At 3:59 AM ,
Anonymous said...
I...LOVE...TWENTY ONE PRODUCTIONS...HOW CAN THAT BE A DISEASE?
At 3:59 AM ,
Anonymous said...
IF YOU WHERE MY WIFE IS... YOU MUST TELL ME!!!
At 4:00 AM ,
Anonymous said...
a RUSSEL JOHNSON film
At 4:00 AM ,
Anonymous said...
HARMONEE PRODUCTIONS KIX TWENTY ONE PRODUCTIONS ASS
At 4:03 AM ,
Anonymous said...
YOU CHRISTIAN... THIS HELPS YOU!
At 4:03 AM ,
Anonymous said...
I... LOVE... RUSSELL JOHNSON... HOW CAN THAT BE A DISEASE?
At 4:07 AM ,
Anonymous said...
In February of 2001, Russell teamed up with producer David Cottingham at Twenty One Productions as a writer/director.
I CUM EVERYDAY JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS EPIC EVENT.
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