LocaMotion Derailed is Done!

Today I sent Stevie and email to let her know that I will be picking up the master DVD of LocaMotion Derailed tomorrow from the post house. It’s understandable that Stevie is nervous and excited about the project. Speaking for myself I am exhausted and glad that we are done.

You may have noticed that I have not posted in a few weeks. I’ve been unable to post because I’ve been working nonstop on the project. Angel and I have been shooting, editing and animating like crazy to make our deadline and I just couldn’t break away to write up an entry. In fact, I’m making this entry a short one. I plan to go to sleep until New Years, then party, and then I’ll be back to work. I promise to catch you up on the events and anxieties that almost brought the project to a halt. Fortunately, it’s done and I got a fat pillow waiting for me!

To make up for the lack of entries, the photo above is a frame from the animation in the short. I can’t say much about it, only that it took us four weeks to complete and Frankie Bones scored us some great music for the scene.

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Hollywood is Knocking?

Angel called me the other day, laughing. She was laughing at how the reporter in the Fox News referred to us as “Hollywood”. Angel said, “poor Stevie, if we are Hollywood she is going to be very disappointed.”

Earlier today, Angel and I got together to review our film short and watch a rough cut. We still have a couple of scenes to complete before we insert the music score and a few other odds and ends, nevertheless, it was good to see how the story is taking shape with Loca. Actually it’s a bit nerve racking to watch the rough cut.

When Angel first walked through my door she was excited and overwhelmed with enthusiasm for the project but by the end of the day, I think Angel was sick with nervousness. If you read my previous entries you know that Angel and I began this project as fun side project. Loca was relatively unknown. There was no pressure. Today, Stevie has blown up and been reported on by print and broadcast media, now there is pressure.

Stevie’s press has most likely gained Loca both fans and haters. The fans want to see Loca as her usual entertaining self, and the haters want to see Loca fall flat on her face. Of course, Angel and I know that no matter how good or bad the film is, some people are going to like it while others will hate it. However, our concern is how Stevie will feel about the film – that’s the pressure on us!

At the moment, Angel and I can only see the mistakes and technical errors in the film. Because we started this film with no budget we took liberties with our equipment, figuring it would suffice for an Internet film short. However, now that the film has a good chance to be shown at the Venice Beach Film Festival, Angel and I are very concerned about the limitations of our equipment. In hindsight we’ve asked ourselves if maybe we should’ve waited until we had a respectable budget to hire an audio person and additional equipment that would have helped us overcome our technical problems and enable us to focus on the story. Our answer is no. No, we couldn’t have waited because we would have missed this opportunity to work with Stevie and create this film, no matter how raw the recording.

In the spirit of our web site, Bullfighters café, we try to highlight artists that are dedicated to producing their art no matter the limitations they face. Stevie is an example such an artist. She captured the attention of mass media with a $300 camera and a consumer laptop. Her limited equipment didn’t hold her back so why should ours? After all, our goal isn’t about creating a blockbuster or entertaining the masses, like I mentioned, our biggest aim is to satisfy one person, Stevie. Not really the kind of lofty goals you see from “Hollywood”. So it’s a good thing that the real Hollywood is knocking on Stevie’s door, I’m just glad to say that Angel and I are already in Stevie’s house! We just hope that when Hollywood swings by to pick Stevie up, they leave a few things behind like some good audio equipment!