World Premiere Flashbacks

I can't remember any time in my life that I skipped sleeping for 48 hours...but I guess last nights' World Premiere of my first feature film qualified as a fairly good reason to blow past bedtime and keep working through all the emotions the epic moment drew out of me:

It's all a blur tonight, but the highlights from yesterday include:

- Watching the 7:00 pm and the 9:15 audiences actually applaud after several songs were performed in the film...especially on Doug Frasure's sure-fire hit ballad "Lonely Hearts", the duet sung by Jay & Danielle at the midpoint of the film.

- Tears in peoples eyes at a crucial moment in the film.

- Standing ovations.

- Soundtrack CD's and Beautiful Noise t-shirts and posters selling like crazy.

- The look on Danielles', Kimbers' and Jays' faces when I introduced them during the Q+A and brought them down in front with me and Wendy right after the film ended.

- The insanity of watching the Hollywood 20's projector bulbs blowing out not once, not twice, but three times during the 9:15 show. But everyone stayed and patiently waited for the theatre people to fix the technical problems....thanks to Wendy's incredible impromptu conversations with the crowd while I was out pacing the hallways 'till they fixed the friggin projector!

- The Investor Reception earlier in the evening where several people confirmed they want to meet with us asap to further discuss their financial support of our Beautiful Noise Trilogy.

- The euphoric feeling walking the block to our premiere party after both sold out shows let out.

- Watching family and close friends who flew in from out of town to be with me on this momentous occasion just absolutely get caught up with emotion for the film and for me...as they know how much blood, sweat and tears has gone into Beautiful Noise.

- Watching Danielle, Kimber & Jay perform at the party and meeting hundreds of people who flat out loved the movie.

- Meeting with Tony Tyler's Band for breakfast at 3 am to discuss their participation in our upcoming Beautiful Noise Live! Tour to Europe and the USA.

- Conversing with Wendy about the incredible evening we just experienced; our distribution acquisition strategy and the opportunity she and I have by melding her 20+ year powerhouse Hollywood experience and credentials with my abilities to write, produce and direct high quality, low budget feature films...starting with BN 2 + 3 that we're filming back-to-back later this year here in Sarasota.

It's a really strange feeling realizing that there's nothing more for me to do with our Beautiful Noise film other than to hit the film festival circuit hard and sell it...which is something I know how to do very well...

Really looking forward to Monday nights' Sold Out screening and all the other Sarasota Film Festival events Danielle and I will be attending this coming week. I could not have asked for a better start to the marketing of our film.

Beautiful Noise has been unleashed! And so far there's nothing but rave reviews coming in from all quarters.

ST