testing...1,2,3... testing

The film runs one hour and thirty six minutes......not bad at all! I think we can loose another 5-7 minutes and we will be in good shape. I say this without having shown the film to any outside eyes but at the moment that is what my gut is telling....bring it in under 1.30 cause man it's a tough tough film....but not to worry there is a HAPPY ending...and if I have learned nothing else in the last four years American's LOVE happy endings.

We have rearranged, we have deleted, we have replaced soooo many scenes and now we are ready for a our first test screening. We have invited two people that we trust tremendously to come and see what we have thus far. The notes we receive from this screening will allow us to move closer and closer to a final product. We are shooting for a producers screening at the end of next week, so come the new year we will have a another screening with a handful of people.

I love test screenings! I love them because they allow me to see if my intentions are being understood. I love them because they allow me to have a second chance, i love them because they force me to continue to think HOW to put the puzzle together. In my earlier days I would dream that my test screenings would go perfectly...everyone would say the film is great, there isn't anything they would change...that everything was genius. Now I know that will never happen...nor would I want it to. I don't believe in perfection anymore, especially not in art...it is in the imperfections that we find life, passion and innovation.

So onward with our test screening...come Friday morning we will know how far or how close we are to the finish line.