The Rough Cut is Complete

Just three short weeks after wrapping principal photography I completed a rough cut of the film which came in at 2 hours and 5 minutes without closing credits.

This week and part of next I will be dropping in the sound that was recorded on location. I will also be editing what is called a second cut with a goal of shorting the running time of the film to 1 hour and 55 minutes.

I should have second cut completed by August 17th. This will give me 2 weeks to complete the final and locked cut of the film which I am hoping will have a final running time of 1 hour and 40 minutes with credits. After I have locked the cut of the film, our post sound editor will begin working on mixing and editing the sound (dialogue/music/sound fx). This process will take roughly 2-3 months. In addition to this, during this time I will have the film color corrected, the titles completed and any visual FX that need to be done.
Our goal all along has been to premiere the film at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012 and in order to have a chance at doing this I must have a cut of the film with a proper sound mix completed by September 28th (the submission deadline).

More to come...