Beer on the balcony

It's a nice night to sit on the balcony, beer in hand, letting my four hours of sleep catch up to me. Hit one of my many deadlines today, so I get to breathe a sigh of relief as I get a little bit of control back in my schedule.

I turned in my first Texas Filmmaker's Production Fund application today. Like anyone who scrambles to get all the materials together close to the deadline, I had my share of technical issues before getting to the post office around 1:30 PM.  Ran out of ink, realized I was out of blank dvds to burn my rough cut onto... then toast titanium hung up while writing the lead out of the dvd... now I sound like a nerd...

Anyway... I applied to TFPF for funds for my short film "Do Over". We're still cutting it [just recently had our first test screening of sorts], so there's still quite a bit left to do before we can consider it finished: color correction, sound design and sound mix, titles, score, etc.... This was my first grant application that I wrote for project, so the process was very helpful in distilling how we actually made this film and what it means to me and why I think it will mean something to an audience once we're finished. It also shed a light on what the "true" cost of the film was. It made me appreciate that much more the time and hard work my gracious crew to this little romantic comedy.

Whether we receive funds or not, the process of applying was well worth the sleepless night and the technical dificulties this morning. Here's crossin my fingers...