I think I'm going to call "3 Days" officially complete and put a tiny checkmark by it on my list of things to do. I've mailed off copies to people that were involved with the project and to others who were generally interested. There won't be a "debut" party and more than likely no kind of festival viewing.
Why?
Don't get me wrong. I am very proud of my first "real" project. The people I worked with were great and the experience was eye-opening. But upon further review (I've already been self-deprecating about it up to this point, why stop now) I don't feel it's exactly festival material. "3 Days" suffers artistically and technically. I went in with an idea and the finished product, while better than say ..."Gods & Generals"... it still failed to deliver. I would say "Hey! Let's put this sucker back on the chopping block and re-edit!" But let's be realistic. It took this long to put the most viewable footage together to create what we have thus far. To attempt a re-edit would be like beating a dead hooker.
I have to admit I'm a little disappointed that I haven't heard back from a couple of people. A verification that they have at least received the film would be nice. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised though since during the time it took Brett and I to put this thing together, I rarely gave any updates at all to anybody. My just due if you will.
Be that as it may, perhaps I'll leave the directing to other people and concentrate on screenwriting. I've been doing that longer anyway.
A big thanks to everyone for their support. Now on to Abigail!!
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