Start counting down! - The El Caff trailer is coming

You can begin the countdown, everyone, because as of Monday, October 17, the El Caffinato teaser-trailer will be online and ready for viewing!

Aiden picks up paper, just like they do it in the movie.

If we've been lapse in our posting of news here on the blog, it's only because we've been hard, hard, hard at work readying El Caffinato for the world. As reported previously, we built a sound booth in our apartment and have been bringing in our fabulous cast one by one to record the final vocal parts for the movie; that same sound booth was also host to Liz and Aiden doing Foley (sound effect) work - they systematically recreated every sound that you will hear throughout the film, one by one! That includes, but is not limited to: paper tearing, clothing shifting, feet stepping, coffee sipping, and, um, the sound a chess piece makes when it meets its demise (you'll see!). We even took the mic outside one night after it had rained to get that perfect cowboy-boots-on-wet-asphalt sound.

Liz, Rory, and Aiden head out at night for Foley work.

Once we had it all recorded, it was time to mix-mix-mix and color correct. Now we have a film that's been mixed more than stiff-whipped egg whites and colored more than a second grader's coloring book (albeit a little more carefully). Not really, of course - it just feels like a ton of work, and it encourages hyperbole. The end result, however, which we are still inching towards, is just marvelous.

Sarah Long records some lines of dialogue

So why just a teaser-trailer? Well, we have already begun the process of submitting El Caffinato to film festivals and will be continuing to do so for the foreseeable future. Fortunately, that means that it might be shown on some nice big screens. Unfortunately, it means that we can't let you see the whole film through the comfort of your chosen web browser just yet. Along with the trailer on Monday, however, we will have a nice gallery of production stills for you to look at, and if you are local to the Carrboro-Chapel Hill area, there will likely be some local screening parties (dates and locations still TBA).

Thanks for sticking with us - we know it's been a long wait, but we think you'll find it's worth it!