I have been told that making a movie is a lot like having a kid…
The emotions… The ups, the downs…
You birth this project – and raise it… It becomes a part of you… And then, at some point you push it out into the world, hoping it finds its way…
Mother’s Day ended at 3am early Friday morning at it’s first public screening in Austin, TX.
As I walked in the lobby, I knew something was amiss as I saw some friends of mine, turn and hurriedly walk out of the theater.
My wife and I saw a good friend of ours standing by himself, someone who I had snuck into the sold out screening…
“Well?” I asked, hoping for a high five, or at least a thumbs up.
He looked at me, meekly shook his head. ”I kind of hated it.”
My heart dropped… As I stood there, taking in his five word review – a critic walked up to me threw his arm around my shoulder! ”Fucking BRILLIANT – Dude, this is your BEST FILM!!!”
A FILM DIVIDED:
MOTHER’S DAY
Okay, so many, MANY of you have been reaching out to me screaming, “WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH MOTHER’S DAY?!?!?!?”
I have been screaming that exact question for months as well, and I KNOW what is happening with Mother’s Day. (I kid, I kid)
I had hoped that today we would be able to release the first ever trailer of MOTHER’S DAY, but alas, sometimes the world doesn’t move as fast as we want it… My hope is we will have announcements within the next couple of weeks!!! For now, I hope you enjoy a couple of new stills!!!
All great things, must eventually come to an end…
Today is our last ‘official’ mix day on MOTHER’S DAY.
So excited, today we begin the final stage of MOTHER’S DAY! The DI and Sound Mix.
This week, myself, the DP Joe White, and editor Hunter Via will sit in complete darkness and color correct the movie.
It’s already making such a HUGE difference to the overall mood of the film.
Basically, in DI which stands for Digital Intermediate – which gives us the ability to create looks that were just not possible when shooting the movie. We have more control over color, contrast, saturation, etc…
MOTHER’S DAY IS OFFICIALLY PICTURE LOCKED!!!!!!!!!
Hell yeah!
What does this mean? Does it mean the movie is done… No… Not even close.
What this means is the PICTURE is locked in the place. All the edits are now concrete.
Mothers Day has been one of the greatest, and toughest challenges as a filmmaker. When I directed SAW 2, Mark Burg, one of the film’s producers, warned me about the amount of characters I had in the script. “It’s gonna be a nightmare to keep track of them all!” I laughed it off, shot the movie, and cried during editing – because he was right. There were a lot of characters – and at times, became a nightmare in post.
