Our Production Team consists of professional film crew people, volunteers and student interns from all over the Suncoast, all of whom bonded together beautifully to help me produce our movie. Among the most skilled of us is the incomparable Rod Millington. Rod is without question one of the finest photographers in America and he not only provided us with outstanding stills from our varied locations, but he also jumped in to help with lighting our sets and serving the production as a 2nd unit camera operator. Rod was one of the many Sarasota-based professionals who heard I was producing an ambitious indie feature film on a low budget and volunteered his time and talent to help me create "Beautiful Noise". I figured he'd come and go and help whenever he could, which would have been great, but he kept showing up on the set everyday at 5:00 am and pitching in and working with the Crew all day long - so I sat him down and made a formal deal to compensate him for his invaluable service. All my actors, especially the stars of the film, went out of their way to thank me for the wonderful atmosphere that was created for them to work in - and Rod's professionalism and enthusiasm added immeasurably to the positive vibe that was prevalent each and every day on the set.
So, for the rest of post-production right up until our World Premiere in the Spring, I'll be working with our webmaster Ryan Lebar to post some of Rod's great work. Keep checking back to see the weekly pictorial updates...and for the growing legion of fans of our little musical-drama clamoring for more videos, we'll also be releasing a new Trailer and Music Video from the film in the near future.
Marc and I are working diligently editing the film...and yes, there are lots of great shots to choose from that are cutting together beautifully; but make no mistake, there are some technical issues we're overcoming daily that have to do with every element of the shoot - from blocking the shots to weather to directing to acting to continuity to sound to focus to you name it. I don't want anyone to think that everything is all peachy-keen and we miraculously did everything right on every take. We didn't, as the outtakes and the behind-the-scenes "Making Beautiful Noise" special feature on the DVD will clearly show . But it's all part of the process...and we have more than enough great stuff in the can to create a truly memorable movie experience!
Steve
