Been looking at various different versions of the DVD cover for our film. Everything from lettering to positioning of photos. Which photos to use or not to use. Colors.
P.S. By the way, looks like we will be going with a name change (for the movie title). Will keep everyone posted once it’s finalized.
Okay, so the DVD has been put on hold. But this time the wait is due to some talk on distribution. So, if you want to be among the first to know when the DVD will be released… sign up here!
Here’s something we probably already knew, but are still amazed at the discovery:
Put some ominous music under some images, and bingo! It changes the whole feel.
For example: When we first began working on the title menu for the DVD of our film Liars and Lunatics, we chose images of James and Paige having a picnic. These scenes are flashbacks that are usually accompanied by a wistful music box tune.
But for the title menu, we wanted to try something different.
We used a piece of music from the film that is very emotional and gets your heart rate up. Put it under the picnic scenes and those images (that are usually so nostalgic) now seem ominous… Like you know there’s something bad going to happen to these people, but they’re completely unaware of it.
That’d probably be categorized as dramatic irony, right?
In any case, it’s amazing what music can do…
{{ photo :: James and Paige having a picnic, completely unaware of the trying time ahead of them }}
Some bad news. As you probably have noted, we’ve been trying to get the Liars and Lunatics DVD ready for duplication. The plan was to send it off back in November. But, due to some slight problems that needed to be fixed, we kept pushing the send-off date forward.
Earlier this week, we were getting the finalized version ready to send out. But as we proof-watched the movie, we noticed something. The music seemed at bit loud in contrast to the dialogue.
Well, as you have probably guessed, we didn’t send it out. Yep, we’re still working on it. Which probably means that we won’t have the DVD ready by Christmas. But, at this point, we would rather send in the best we can do rather than rush.
One of these days, it will be done…
Sorry for the delay in this post. We’ve been very busy finalizing the Liars and Lunatics DVD before it’s sent out for duplication. Very busy. (Oh, did we already mention that we’ve been very busy?)
First we had to fix any problems in the color. Saturday was spent on finalizing the surround sound (which took only four hours, instead of the eight hours we anticipated).
One of these days it will be done. Hopefully in time for Christmas…
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