1st Cut

My editor has finally finished the 1st cut, just before his back went out on him from hunching over a computer everyday.  He's done an awesome job and we had it ready just in time for the SXSW film festival on Dec. 11th.  While working on his other paying project he had the DVD burning at home and something went wrong with the compression.  So he wasn't able to get it to the post office in time.  

They tried to get the post office to give them the Dec. 11th post mark anyway, but they couldn't for auditing reasons.  So I had them overnight the DVD anyways and have emailed the festival everyday since and will continue until I can find out if my movie will be able to somehow make the festival review due to the circumstances and the fact I payed $100 submission fee already.

Hopefully things will work out.  I don't plan on waiting around all year for the biggest festivals because I'm tired of being in post production.  I know once you enter a festival you lose your world premiere status and that's the status you need in order to get into the bigger festivals, where distributors actually show up to.  But SXSW was my best hope and demographic for the movie I made.  

Yeah, it was only the rough cut but they would allow us to send in the final cut if done in time.  I'll let you know what happens as soon as I here some news.  In the meantime, we'll be working on the final cut, trailer, and getting the damn poster done.