12.26.2010

Correction-

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I have now nailed in the final arrangements for Roger's premiere. It will definitely be at 1PM on Monday, President's Day, at the Museum of Natural History at Roger Williams Park. I'm very excited about this and hope to see everyone there.
In the meantime, I'm doing the final tweaks on the film itself(the music, at last, arrived...) and will be sending a disc to the duplicators ASAP. One of the things I've had to do to get ready to send the baby pachyderm on his festival round is to make a press packet. I've finished that, and one of the items requested is a production still, a photo showing a scene of how Roger got made. I've included it here. Enjoy!
Keep your eyes peeled for more info.

12.22.2010

The Year of the Elephant!

Everything has been going swimmingly these days.
We've got the date for the grand premiere scheduled at the Roger Williams Park Museum. It's February 21st, President's Day, and what a great way to celebrate it will be.
Still waiting for the final music to come through, though I do have a plan B if necessary. The composer PROMISES me I'll have the score by the end of the year.
And speaking of the end of the year, I'd like to wish everyone a happiest of holidays and huge thanks for making this project come through.
Here's to Baby Roger in the New Year! Let 2011 be the year of the elephant!

12.11.2010

Ta-da!


The final cut of Roger is finished, and even has a workable score on it, though the final version of the music is still at the composer's... I am delighted. It's gotten good reviews from those who've seen it, including the members of the RI Film Collaborative up in Pawtucket, who made a few tweaking suggestions, but agreed it was pretty decent.

RI PBS has expressed interest in seeing it for possible airing, the official premiere is set for February 23rd at the Roger Williams Park Museum, and I'm trying to find a place for the wrap party next month.

I've also printed booklets with the whole story of Roger, including the stuff that got left on the cutting room floor. So the creative stuff is finished and the business stuff is kicking in. It's been hard, oddly enough, to accept the fact that I don't have to work on the film now. Somehow I keep saying "there are just a few more things to do." That's true of the business end, of course, like letter writing, marketing, etc., but the film itself is actually DONE!!!

Now to move on to the next in the series- "Uproar in Pawtucket; the Story of Fanny the Elephant."