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.

It's a Wrap!

Got the message last night.  Not by phone, not by telegraph.  Oh no.  This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Era of Facebook, which means I found out via my Facebook news feed:  An update from our director, Maurice Moore:

THAT'S A WRAP!!!!!!!! Wow...we did it. A beautiful feature film in 18 days. I am a blessed man!! To my AWESOME cast and crew- you guys were amazing. U made me look like I knew what I was doing. I'm forever in your debt!! Time to Party. See you tonight at the wrap party. Much Love...ANAIK FILMS 4-EVER!!!!

Along with the news feed, turns out that Laura Perez, our Line Producer, posted some on-set photos.  Which I quickly, but silently, pilfered for your Betterment.  You're welcome.

So's as not to spoil, I'll just present these shots without any details about the scene itself.  

That's Maurice and Nathan in the foreground, Director working with Leading Man: 

That's Maurice on the far left, with the camera pointed at Raney Branch sitting on the right.

Here's a great shot of the locale they're using.  Looks nice in LA, eh??

That's Moe on the left, our sound expert Jordan next to him, and that's Frank and Alex on the right. 

Here's a much better pic of Alex Rios, our producer/camera/post-production force. 

Here's his just-as-talented brother, Frank Rios, our Director of Photography:

Here's a pic of the source of our photos, Line Producer Laura Perez:

Thought I'd close out this post with one of my favorite pics:  One of the props.

Lights, camera...

Got the phone call last night - Principal photography begins on Sixufus today, 5/4/10, at 9 AM Pacific time, in Los Angeles.

OK, so this isn't a big post.  Maybe you feel cheated.  But Hey, this news alone deserves it's own article, dontcha think?

For my sins, how about a new pic?  Here's an action shot of our director, hard at work: