Friday, June 18, 2010

Post

Nope, that title's not just a circular reference to this missive. It's a description of the current state of Sixufus: The process a film goes through after principal photography takes place.

Let me paint the picture for you:

You've got hours and hours of video/film to look at.
After you look at it, or sometimes whilest you look at it, you arrange it into the desired order.
You cut out the parts that you don't want.
You arrange it some more.
You add stuff - Transitions, visual effects. Titles.
You correct stuff - Color correction, effects correction.
You review. You go back to arranging stuff.
You remove stuff you added, then add other stuff that needs to be corrected.

Kinda a full-time job.

Then, when you're done with that? You work on the sound and music.

So - It takes a while. And if you're like me, and have a day job and a house to maintain? This may take a bit.

So let's come back full circle - Sixufus is in post. Somewhere in Europe, the brothers Rios are poring over the Sixufus production footage in the already-described manner. Meanwhile, Ben Pedersen is prepping his studio for the sound and music pass. (We'll talk much more about Ben in the near future.)

Meanwhile, the writer sits in Austin, cheering them all on. Because he saw this and hoped for the best.