THE FILM IS IN!

It was a bit of an unexpectedly stressful process-- some things, namely sound, were not quite as I imagined them to be 2 weeks prior to film festival submission, but luckily I was on break from school so I could devote Many Many Hours to fixing it up exactly how I wanted.

And guys? I'm actually really happy with it. I mean, yeah, there aren't too many points at which you forget you're watching a Very Low Budget Film, but consdering everything we had to contend with, I'm proud as hell of all of us. The music especially-- thanks for the millionth time to the brilliant Casey Bushmaker-- is just so great. And the acting. And (little pat on back to self) the writing as well. Sound, lighting, FX? Yeah, they're amateur. But where the art lies, where the creative talents of the people involved shine through, it's more than a $1300 film. It's like, $2000 at least. :) Kidding.

So, it has officially been submitted to the WI Film Festival. And I think I'm going to send it to the Chicago Underground Film Festival as well in the next couple weeks. Seems like a good fit for the project.

And honestly, even if it doesn't get accepted anywhere, that's fine. The point was having a deadline to finish the thing-- I'm one of those people that needs deadlines-- and now I've Finished my First Feature Film, and that's a collection of F's I'm pretty happy about. There will be screenings in Madison and possibly Chicago in the nearish future (I'm hoping for a Worm and Poodle screening + SparkleFuck show) and the film will be available online sometime soon as well.

Thanks again to everyone involved!