In other words, we've made all the cuts we want to make, we've put the pictures in the order we want them to be in, and generally, from start to finish, the film plays out the way we want it to play out. Of course, good news has to be tempered, so we have to rush to say that the film is still not ready to be shown just yet, but we are one major, MAJOR step closer! Just knowing that we can get from frame one to the end without any holes is a big relief for us (you never know, when you've finished production, whether that will be true or not).
So what's left, you ask? Two major steps, which we'll be tackling simultaneously. We have to record and mix our sound, which involves doing ADR and re-recording for all the vocal tracks and then doing Foley for the sound effects. Tonight we built a little sound recording booth in our apartment out of cardboard and some egg crate bed toppers that were on clearance sale. With our super cool USB mic and spit guard, it looks like a pretty pro little setup (and it sounds great, too!).
In addition, we have to do color correction, which is the rather pain-staking process of looking at each shot and balancing its levels and colors with the ones around it to disguise the fact that we shot completely out of sequence, and two shots that appear back to back might actually have been shot at 3 pm and 11 pm, respectively.
But never fear, folks - we have a deadline, and we're determined to meet it. We won't say it out loud here, lest we jinx it, but watch this space. There will be more soon!
