Say Hello to the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light

I actually meant to update this blog last night, but I fell asleep at 10:00 p.m. Damn, that really made me feel old. And, of course, I woke up early this morning as a result. Weird. But anyway, I actually feel rested and refreshed for the first time in a very long time. Which is nice.

Scott got the CD of the Insogo Six demo, which is good. He enjoyed listening to it. And out of the blue, I heard from my old friend Jeff Green. He and I worked together briefly at indieWIRE, after which he went on to a really good job at the YES network. He's now living in Bulgaria with his wife and two children, and working as the head of production for Eastern Europe for the Sci-Fi Channel. Good for him. And I'm very glad that he got in touch.

I should mention here that I've officially changed the title of Matutinal Reverie. It's now called the Deafening Silence of a Very Bright Light. Which I like a lot. It has a really great, almost Italo Calvino-esque ring to it. I've been fiddling around with the color correction on my own, and changed a bunch of things. I'm happy with how it's turning out, although I'm going to watch it on DVD in about a week to see how the changes hold up. I figure that a break is always a good thing. I've also chopped out about 20 minutes from the movie. I think it flows much better, and is more compact. Some really wonderful scenes had to go, but they kind of didn't really work in the broader context of the movie. But I think that having edited out those scenes might necessitate a few other small edits, so that there aren't lines of dialogue and shots that don't make sense anymore.

I'm scheduled to meet with Marc this coming Friday. Which I'm looking forward to. I'm eager to move forward with my next script. And I've also started writing a TV pilot, at his request. He thinks it's a good idea to have something else in the arsenal, just to have additional projects ready to go. And when I told him about an idea for a television series that I had, he was enthusiastic. He may also have a writing for hire job for me, which would be great. As ever, I'll keep you posted.

Enjoy your weekend. I'm meeting Brett in a few hours to go to an advance screening of Atonement, followed by a Q&A with Christopher Hampton. The whole event was organized by the NAC. It should be fun.