Now that’s a guy’s blog title, you know it!

The past few days have been very cool.  Lots of little things going on, a ton to do on monday (a TON), and some good progress ahead of me.  I haven’t touched the film for 2 days almost, been too busy.  Standing Firm is a little over 2/3 color-corrected first-pass.  Because the film is so mild on correction I expect the second pass (basically checking over things) to take only a day or two.  I’ve gotten some quotes for subtitles on the film from a professional subtitling company.  I’ll likely be getting English and Spanish done.  I can’t really afford anymore, and I think those are essential, especially English.  One thing I need to start figuring out for myself is the behind the scenes content for the film.  I have all my interview footage except for mine and my co writer/producer Kevin.  We need to get those shot in the next month because when I go away to TX I’ll be gone about 8 weeks straight.  Odds are I’ll have to split up the BTS into large chapters on aspects of the film.  Development, Production, Post-Production, Music, Low-Budget, etc.  I’m going to focus the BTS on the personal journey and the indie style the film takes.  I hope at the very least for people to walk away after watching it understanding what it took to finish what they just watched, and especially make it useful for learning if other filmmakers end up watching it.  Some of you will be happy to know I’m talking with some foreign distributors that could possibly take the film to Christian bookstores in two other countries, so that’s exciting.  Even more exciting, they called me.  I never had to chase them down

My Beautiful GF

I spent Friday with Denise.  She went out to breakfast with my mom to chat.  I just sorta stayed at home and watched Batman: The Animated Series.  If your chuckling, don’t.  Go and find that show on DVD and give it a look.  Best superhero cartoon ever and my favorite stories about Batman.  The way they presented the show was great.  Awesome music, excellent animation, etc.  It’s all fantastic!  When she got home we just spent the day talking and hanging out, I got a cool picture of her with my camera (she was so nervous), and then we went to go walk in Lewiston and then to eat.  It was nice walking in the snow down Center Street…which is a beautiful part of that town, I love it.  When we got back we watched The Shawshank Redemption, on Blu-ray, she hadn’t seen the film in a long time.  I love that film so much, it’s very close to my heart.  If you haven’t seen the film, please do.  Beware of some of the content but if your able…see it.  In case you hadn’t read my review from a while back, here. I had seen the film many times but just decided to write a review for it randomly

Today we spent the day together as well, later in the day however.  We went to Tops and got junk food, came back to my place and hung out and talked, then watched Star Wars: A New Hope.  She hadn’t seen that in years either, since she was a kid.  Another great movie…iconic.  Many moments tonight I just found myself looking at her.  She’s so pretty, I love her She makes me so happy, I hate it when she has to leave.

Tomorrow I’m going to meet some more of her family, that’ll be interesting. :/ We’ll see how it goes, lol.  Gotta dive in sometime I guess right?  Till next time!