The Rocketdog Blog

In the Can

It’s Something Special is done. Finished. Complete. In the can. Kaput.

So to speak. The sound is still a preliminary mix, so that needs to be worked on. And of course I’ll need to see how this thing screens before I’m completely satisfied that I’ve got the funniest possible movie I can put together (because, you know, when you’ve watched the same group of scenes 500-something times, it becomes a little difficult to tell if the jokes still work). So there’s all that. But barring any last-minute crises arising from any of that crap, I’m confident in saying that, for all intents and purposes, It’s Something Special is finally, incredibly, done.

I’m feeling pretty good right now. It’s been almost two years to the date that I started working on this ridiculous movie, and god DAMN am I ready to put it behind me. I’m also satisfied with the final cut. I think it really is a good film. A good student film, to be sure, but I think it holds its own even when taken outside of that context, and it’s also pretty damn funny. At any rate, I’ve certainly gotten a lot more out of this material than I expected to back in April of 2004.

Anyway, here’s a question: Over the next few weeks, I’ll be screening ISS for as many people as I can hook up with, but since I know most of the friends who might be reading this are spread out all over the country, there’s no way I’m going to be able to get in touch with everybody who wants to see this movie. So I’m wondering, should I put a copy online for download? I’m only asking because it would be a huge file, probably around 80 – 100 MB, so you’d have to have a pretty fast connection in order to be able to watch it that way (and also because I’d vastly prefer showing the film in person). I could also stream the video, but I don’t have a lot of experience doing that, and anyway I’m always frustrated with the quality of streaming media. Or, I don’t know…I guess I could even mail out copies of the DVD. I’ve already got a decent DVD layout put together, so that might be the best option to go with...

Well, what do you guys think? Should I put a copy of the video online, or mail out DVDs, or…what? If anyone reading this just can’t wait to see my bad-ass new movie in person, and has a preference for how they’d like to get a copy from me, send me an e-mail or leave me a comment below. I’ll figure something out.

(Off topic, but my original title for this post was going to be, "Ken Burns Can Suck My Dick." I changed my mind at the last minute. He still can, though.)

Labels: movies, work stuff

posted by nick @ 4:38 PM