KW = More work.

I should be headed over to do (even) more work on the film tonight after I get off the daily grind tread mill of my life. Allison is taking far longer to edit the film than I'd originally thought. Apparently you can't just snap your fingers and watch the finish project "pop" into existence. Who knew? I suppose I'm learning. Editing a film can take even longer than the actual shoot. Especially when no one working on the project has actually ever done anything like this before. She (we) gotta' learn as we produce. It's interesting to see just how short I continually fall between concept (the pictures inside my head) and the actual finished project. It ain't easy. Many of the things I'd imagined are not (apparently) physically possible in the reality we currently know. I'm having to learn (again) to settle. Personally, I'm geeked. This is a character that I created and who has lived inside my head for years and to get the opportunity to see him walking, blinking and running around is a thrill. A surreal thrill. This means that I'm more than tickled by the film already. Our concern is that people other than just me enjoy the film.(Other people? Sheesh. I guess they really DO matter. Go figure. Sure makes things a lot harder.) The purpose of this film is to push the book/concept/character and has grown already far beyond my initial hopes. I'd begun simply wanting a fifteen second trailer and what I'm getting is a short indy film that should (fingers crossed) introduce the character to the ignorant, dirty, uniformed masses (Meaning: You.). I also want to start forcing people to see the character beyond just what they see on the printed page (or computer screen) and to start seeing the character as a living person. To begin to get the idea of what the books would look and feel like if they were moved beyond the panels of a comic book. (No pressure though.) Whatever happens from this point on, I'm pleased. I (We. Credit given, I suppose.) did our best. We tried, we pushed, we learned and we did it. We didn't give up and we pushed on until the end. Good for us. (Go me!)

One day I'll have this film done. One day I'll have the trade out. One day you'll see it all; the trade, the film, screen captures and photos. It'll be cool. I just hopethat you're still around to see it. Fun. Fun. Fun.