Almost Done with ADR

Picture:
Effects
While editing the opening credits scene I did notice that there is an effect i might need to do. In the wide shots i had to open up the lens to get a good exposure and unfortunately that blew out the back light on the TV. So in the wide shots the TV with the news on it is very bright. not uninterpretable, but bright all the same. when I shot the insert, it was way to bright because it was the only light source for the shot. So i shot it both ways, open and a little blown out, and stopped down so that it was clearer. but this made the plastic frame of the TV get a lot darker than it is in the wide shot. in the wide shot the TV is silver and in the insert it almost looks black. i may do some matting and compositing effects mixing both shots so that the image on the tv is nice and visible with the stopped down image and the image of the TV frame is still silver with the open lens shot. We'll see if people notice this little continuity error before i decide to go ahead and do it. it might not be a big deal. we'll see.

Color
nothing new.

Credits
While i was re-editing the opening scene today i decided to move the movie title credit to a better spot. i think it's going to work well. originally it was over a wide shot of the dorm, and the words "Madison Hall' came up. Instead, i moved it to a shot where Mike and Jeff are ripping down Melanie's posters. it looks good.

Picture Misc
As I hinted at above. i did some editing today on the credits scene. I think I've locked the picture. i worked on it for about an hour and half this morning. it's a simple scene so it was pretty easy. i need to run it by a few people before i lock it down though.

Sound
Effects
Nothing New

Room Tones
Grady and I are going to try to finish recording the rest tonight.

ADR
So Saturday we got most of what we needed done. We finished with Vic, Mike Z., Lauren, Josh, and started with Ben. We were supposed to do Kristin but her son had had a bad night so she couldn't come in. She was going to bring her son with her but i think it's for the best that it didn't happen. I've been thinking that it's probably not a good idea to bring her son to one of the sessions. She's got to get upset, swear, and hyperventilate and stuff and i don't want to upset him. Plus it would probably be hard for him to be quiet. there was a little bit of a fiasco in terms of Lauren just cause she had a crazy day with lock smith's and easter plans etc. I'm still not sure what happened. Unfortunately I had slipped up and didn't add her email address to an email i sent out last week with instructions on where to go and what time. So she tried to call me and email me but i was doing ADR and had my phone off. but she finally made it and we were able to finish her up. It went well. Now all we have left to do is Ben, Adam, Kristin, Ali, Jamie I., Jamie M., Myself, and Jake. The only firm person i have for this Saturday is Jake. Ali has yet to get back to me on what day she can do it. She's coming into town this weekend and she said she'd do ADR but i haven't heard back from her since i had my saturdays restriction imposed. Also, I talked to Jamie I. via AOL instant messaging the other day and he said that he's worried he wont be able to come to phx from cali cause of financial issues, which i told him i completely understand cause i don't have the money to bring him here either. Adam is coming in two weeks so that should be fine. Jamie M. can't do Saturdays EVER. so i have to gravel and beg for the ADR place to let me in at some other time for a few hours to get her done. wish me luck on that. I'm going to call Kristin today to try and schedule something far in advance.

Mixing
Today while editing the opening scene I spent some time syncing the all the different shots of the news. i took on shot and took the entire scene and laid down the sound and synced the other shots of the tv to that one audio file so that anytime you see the tv in any shot it's sync to where the news broadcast is currently at.

Music
I think i'm going to look into using a Sum 41 song. I just asked Danielle about it and she said she's making phone calls today.

Misc Sound
So i forgot to mention in the last post about this master list of sound info that Grady and I made. It took us roughly 10 hours or so to go through the entire movie and write down every que for every sound effect, room tone, and ADR line. it's roughly 7 pages or something like that, single spaced.

Marketing
Website
I spent a good few hours yesterday tweeking some of the javascript. I have no idea what i'm doing. but whatever, it seems to be working fine. Yay free ware online! i'm a little nervous about not getting the art work in time. Everything else should be set to go.

Trailer
Drew, the editor for the new trailer, got back to me and said he was going to have it done by this week. i have my doubts as i haven't seen anything yet, and not that i don't think he'll have something done that he thinks is "done". but i'm sure i'll have some sort of notes. If i'm wrong great! if not, oh well. we'll just keep working at it and have it out asap.

Posters
I had a hard time getting together with Johnny over the weekend. In fact, we didnt' get together at all. I'm meeting up with him today at the brewery where he works.

Misc Marketing
Nothing New

Misc in General
I bought the Hard drive. It's goign to make life soooo much easier. it was a little more than i thought though. ended up being $308 after tax. Oh well. still worth it by far.