We've officially finished the editing/post production process. Huzzah!

This past week we completed the Sound Mix and Color Correction, the final steps in bringing this baby to life. We're very excited.

WHAAAA?! We thought you already screened the movie?

We've posted about how we've been doing test screenings already and some folks were confused how we do that if the film was not technically "done." The reality is that those screenings are done with an unfinished product: temp sound & music stuffed in and a low res picture. It's important to do those screenings before everything is locked in, so we can see what works and what doesn't, what jokes play and what jokes suck and then make adjustments accordingly. But at some point you have to stop that process and lock everything in. The sound mix and the color correction mark the end of that process. Both are exciting, not just because they are the final steps, but because they vastly improve the film.

By way of explanation, the sound mix is the final sound step. This is the time when you assemble all the sound elements people have been working on for weeks: the score and pre recorded songs, sound effects, any additional dialogue recorded and the sound we recorded on the day we filmed. You take all those elements into a theater sized room with all of the players: the Sound Mixer, the Sound Designer, the Music Editor, the Picture Editor and basically you go scene by scene and make sure the elements work and compliment each other: Music not too loud, dialogue all in the right place, fart sound effects rich and deep enough. Jay, Rich Perello (our Producer) and I joined that process which takes about 4 days or so. When we were done it all sounded beautiful.