The Wait

So, I've finally done it, sent in copies of the film to sundance and slandance, along with entries to whistler and malibu. i do plan to send in more entries to other festivals as well, but right now is prolly the most frustrating time of the production - "the Wait", as in the waiting to hear from any festivals whether your film has been accepted or not. even thought i've been entering festivals for a good three months now, a lot of the notifications won't be until late september, early october. sundance is such a long shot, but i think praxis could do really well at slamdance if it were given a chance. so, we'll see...

in the meantime, i've been putting together promos for XM on current tv, just to keep myself busy and to add more material to my reel. i've also picked up a book on final cut and after effects, to kind of catch up and make sure i know of all the capabilities of both programs. i'd like to say that i have good working knowledge of avid - the others i can get away with, but really should study more. but i did use after effects to put together this XM spot, which i think turned out great. i just have to work at it a lot more.

there's also a good chance that i may be starting a new job as an assistant editor for an ad agency, which i'm excited about, but i'm also concerned about how much it could affect the film festivals and such. if it takes up too much time, i might bail. but then again, getting your foot in the door at any ad agency can open doors to directing more commercials and such.

so we'll see, and the wait continues...