The grade

Went to LipSync with Mike Eley yesterday to talk to Stuart who will be doing the grade for the film. They've already scanned some of the film in so we were able to get that projected up on the screen and have a look at some options. It's amazing what they can do now in a grading suite, isolating small areas and pulling those up while darkening everywhere else, changing the skin tones on one character while leaving another untouched, it really is remarkable and I can't wait to start on the full grade. We went today because Mike is going to be in the US grading the film of Grey Gardens that he shot, a grade that has been supposed to be happening for the last six months but is now finally underway. Sadly it means he won't be at our grade until right at the end (hence the meeting) but we may be able to send him pictures over via the wonder of the internet to get his input. In theory.

Meanwhile the director of the Sundance festival is going to be in London in 2 weeks time so we need to get as near to a finished version for him to watch while he's here. Fingers crossed that's possible, but I have a feeling it will be a very last minute thing (like everything else).

Meanwhile Minter, not content with making the proposal document and appearing in the film with sunnyvale, is now designing some poster ideas. It's always easy to look at other peoples posters and see what was wrong with them but I'm finding it's a lot harder to come up with one yourself. They say find that image that sums your film up perfectly, well I've looked and I can't think what it is, so we may go with something a bit more abstract. Anyway, I don't care today because in a few hours I'm off to the NFT to watch a new print of Badlands on the big screen and I can't wait.