Wednesday, June 04, 2008

Cuts, cuts and more cuts

Cut two was a great improvement on cut one, and cut three a further improvement. The sales agent came round and saw this cut and liked it, but obvioulsy had points to make, so now we started to get more brutal, cutting a couple of scenes all together and shifting some to other parts of the film.

One of the main problems has been the opening credits. The look, and music, I always imagined work really well, the only toruble is that they work really well for a different film. The tempo is just to high for what follows. So we tried different bands, slower bands, more slacker bands, heavier bands, even at one point trying northern soul (which worked quite well) but still none of them were perfect.

And then Rob Pursey gave us the idea of moving the credits, having the opening scenes of walking and setting up first, then the credits (with the original up tempo music) and then we're straight into the office scene, which although it's a shift of atmosphere, works because it's supposed to be grim.

The next two days are being left open so the editor can try any ridiculous things he wants free from Simon or I wondering what he's doing. With the schedule as it is it's probably the last chance for wholesale changes, so now's the time to be brave and move the whole rehearsal scene to the end or whatever. Bold moves can really improve things and I don't want to be six months down the road and suddenly think what if. Of course, bold moves can also come up with a load of old shit and ruin everything, so we'll see where we are on Monday.

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