I’ve had May 14 in my diary for months. It’s the closing date for entries to the Mill Valley Film Festival. They have a special section for movies that are 31 to 49 minutes (under 50 mins.)
Mill Valley entry form
My friend Rod had made a cut down version of our Pinot epic – from 95 minutes to 52. Then I lopped off another two minutes. Now it’s 49 minutes 59 seconds (a second under 50 mins.). I even added a few shots that I really liked that Rod had deleted.
We both watched the HD version from start to finish. It’s good – very different – much tighter, more focussed on Jamie. Rod had re-named it “Pinot Adventure.” I thought “Jamie’s Third Vintage” was better. More focussed on Jamie – says he’s an inexperienced winemaker too.
The font is ORIGINS by Laura Worthington. She based it on hand-lettering with a Crow Quill pen on parchment paper. New this month – from myfonts.com.
Today I made 10 more DVDs and posted three to distributors. I expect to hear nothing. But that’s the crazy thing about this business. You never know. Simply giving up goes nowhere. I’ll send more out next week. It costs a jiffy bag, a 50c DVD blank and $1.73 postage (oh and my time, which is priceless). Even if I hear nothing, I can feel self righteous having made the effort.
Finally I made a web site.
Attaboy!