Unsung Heroes

Sunday morning: 8:40 am

Reflecting on everything in this quiet Sunday morning hour...trying to sort out the emotions and the next steps...gotta get to my walk on the beach and clear my head...

It's surreal. I can't stop replaying in my mind the flashes of film festival audience reactions to the movie...the laughs, the tears, the overwhelming applause at the end of each Sold Out screening. Then the scene changes to the blur of the Rush Line and demand for tickets, the positive reviews from the critics, the people coming up to me making appointments to invest in Beautiful Noise and the coming prequel and sequel...the clamor to buy the Soundtrack CD after each screening, watching the cast take their bows at the premiere and signing autographs, all the Red Carpet interviews, making the rounds at the SFF events with Danielle and realizing the impact the film will have on her and her co-stars...

...and then there's the flashbacks of the unsung heroes of Beautiful Noise...the small Team of people who stayed loyal and hung in with me through thick and thin...who helped me overcome every hurdle to get us to this place and time. From the intern production assistants to the staff at Riverview H.S.; from the legion of Suncoast sponsors to the family and friends who stepped up to kick-start the process; from the musicians and engineers who helped me create a hit soundtrack album to the Sarasota Film Commission staff who kept us pointed in the right direction - to the Cast members who had to keep juggling their lives and schedules due to changing production dates...it's just mind boggling what it took to get BN made and showcased.

Through that blur of scenes playing on an endless loop in my head a few faces do come into sharp focus...the ones who form the inner sanctum of our production...the ones who answered the call when the struggle seemed too much or when the voices of a few malcontents and naysayers tried to throw us off course...the ones who were there whenever I needed a lift and the encouragement to keep moving forward no matter what: Linda - Sean - Ralph - Marc - Ryan - Brett - John - Mandy...and Wendy.

The Guiding Light through it all has been Wendy Williams. First as an off-the-set advisor to me over the months, now as our Executive Producer and partner in the Beautiful Noise Trilogy - it was Wendy's decision to come on board in an official "hands-on" capacity that provided the rocket fuel we needed to position us to professionally work the international film festival circuit and at some point acquire Distribution. No matter how things end up, we'll all look back on the day Wendy signed on to the BN Team as the Turning Point for all things Beautiful Noise...now and yet to come.

Our 6th and final Sold Out SFF screening happens at 2 pm today. It's been a helluva ride so far...but the cool thing is...we're just getting started...and there's so much more good stuff coming up for us.

ST