Now that you've seen this, you're probably wondering when the whole thing comes out. Keep watching this space for news about screenings and festivals. And eventually, of course, the whole thing will be available online; not for a while yet though. For now, you'll just have to watch this trailer. Over and over. Show it to your friends and loved ones. Embed it on your blog or Facebook page. Help us spread the word!
Monday, October 17, 2011
El Caffinato Teaser Trailer!
Here it is, folks - the official teaser trailer for our hipster Western musical, "El Caffinato!"
Thursday, October 13, 2011
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!
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.
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.
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!
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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!
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Picture Lock!
Well, it's been about 3 weeks since we first posted on our Facebook page that we had finished a rough cut, and about 5 weeks since the shoot - but we can now say with a certain degree of confidence: we have picture lock!
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!
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!
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