Le grade, c'est finis

Mais oui. At last, the grade is done, and it looks wonderful. Scenes that never quite looked right, such as the dressing room scene, now look amazing, and scenes that always looked quite nice, such as the balcony, are now just stunning.

Now we're doing the sound mix. Great things have been done, dialogue cleaned up, spot effects added, all the little things that you only notice when they're absent. The odd thing was that I'd spent the last eight days looking at the picture getting better and better but with a ropey temporary soundtrack, and now I'm looking at a poor copy of the original offline but with an amazing soundtrack. Next week, when we marry the two together, should be something special, as well as providing a number of new headaches along the way (why is this bit at 24fps and this bit at 25fps? How did that happen?)

And even more exciting is the fact that the premiere in NFT1 is almost sold out with only six tickets left. I'm jaw droppingly amazed. The studio screening is sold out, but it only has about 40 seats, NFT1 has 450. I had visions of having to introduce the premiere to my mother and about a dozen people dotted around the cinema, but now it looks as if I will be introducing the film to my mother and a cinema packed full of people who didn't manage to get tickets to Quantum of Solace.