Archive for September 2009

SoCal Film Festival Screening

The Last Hurrah screened tonight at the SoCal Film Festival. It was a fun, enthusiastic crowd and we were very excited to have won Best Cinematography for the festival.

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Actors: Steve Fite, Jon Weinberg, Zack Bennett, Sarah Scott, Gary Cairns

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Actors: Steve Fite and Alicia Ziegler

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Producers: Richie Molyneux, Jon Stokes, Peter Marr

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Actor David Wachs and Director Jon Stokes

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Actor Steve Fite and Director Jon Stokes

Men Interrupted Sound Mix

Today I wrapped the final sound mix with the wonderful sound designer Corey Eccles.  The mix was relaxed and fun.  Sound recording was very good on set, so our time was spent on sweetening music and effects.

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Corey sound editing actors Ravi Patel and Janina Gavankar

Actors get to come on set, deliver a performance, and then move on with the rest of their lives. Meanwhile, everyone in post-production has to relive the actors’ performances dozens and dozens of times, analyzing and editing every inflection and nuance.

I think the mark of a funny actor is if they can still make me laugh in the sound edit. Even after I can recite all their lines in my sleep.

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Actress Jelynn Rodriguez

The music for “Men, Interrupted” is composed by the incomparable Dominic Mazzoni. I was thrilled with his work in The Last Hurrah and he did amazing work again, here. Jazz and comedy go together like basil and tomato.

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Actors David Wachs and Kate Albrecht

Once color and rotoscoping are complete, we can begin sending “Men, Interrupted” to festivals.