sound off

I have travelled 6000 miles to get a visa so that I can go back to France and stay and work there. It seems a bit nuts but I'm happy to have the green sticker in my passport. Now, turning back around after on 4 days, back to Paris tomorrow.

This visit did afford me a chance to meet with a brand new soundguy, one who seems far more confident and committed. Yesterday we showed the film to one of SFSU's best professors, Pat Jackson, who is completely amazing and one of the top sound editors working now- she works with Walter Murch (probably one of the most famous editors in the world)...
So she saw my film and then provided a very detailed hour-long session on how we could use sound to make the film work better. It was so fantastic and useful and I am feeling really good about that...except for of course she thought my film was quite difficult to understand and had some really amateur qualities. But I'm very excited to move forward now and get this sound done. I have to record some new voiceover, which is a bit of pain but I think will be well worth it.

It's October 6th today and I have a goal of finishing sound in 3-4 weeks. I want to enter the film in Clermont-Ferrand and Berlin, and those deadlines are pressing on me. Most importantly, I need money to finish this film. Whether I go to 35mm or Digibeta tape, both are going to cost mucho dinero, I'm praying that my school in Paris is feeling very generous. Unlikely.