{"id":316,"date":"2010-01-30T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-30T22:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victorbornia.com\/word\/?p=316"},"modified":"2010-01-30T15:03:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-30T22:03:00","slug":"made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorbornia.com\/word\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-319\" title=\"wrapped\" src=\"https:\/\/victorbornia.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/wrapped.jpg\" alt=\"wrapped\" width=\"171\" height=\"224\" \/>Okay, so one little running joke throughout this &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1502402\/\">making a movie<\/a>&#8221; adventure \u2014 at least in my head \u2014 has been deciding when, exactly, I can say it. Say, &#8220;I made a movie.&#8221; Okay we, but the point is, when can it actually be considered &#8220;made?&#8221; It&#8217;s important. Why? Well for one thing, I have a notion to get a tattoo commemorating each finished flicker.*<\/p>\n<p>Originally, I figured it would be upon wrapping the shoot. I mean, it takes a LOT to get to that point, and well, you&#8217;ve definitely &#8220;shot&#8221; it, haven&#8217;t you. It&#8217;s fair, at this point, to say, &#8220;I shot a movie.&#8221; But \u2014 it&#8217;s not really a <em>movie<\/em> yet, is it&#8230; I mean, not at all. It&#8217;s certainly well on its way to being one at this point; quite unlikely that all this footage will just be shelved, set aside, forgotten. But there&#8217;s nothing to show for it. Not yet, not really, other than photos of how much fun\/adventure it was!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-320\" title=\"premiere\" src=\"https:\/\/victorbornia.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/premiere.jpg\" alt=\"premiere\" width=\"127\" height=\"85\" \/>So it must be later in the process. Okay, Final Cut! Not the (<em>awesome<\/em>) <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Final_Cut_Pro\">software<\/a>, the event. As in, &#8220;We have a final cut!&#8221; The film is edited, and that edit is locked. Final. Surely at this point it&#8217;s &#8220;a movie,&#8221; isn&#8217;t it? Beginning, middle, end? You could actually sit down and watch it! <em>Could<\/em>, perhaps&#8230;but realistically, almost no one will. Or should! Temp sound, temp VFX, audio levels all over the map, colors still flat, etc., etc., etc. Sure it&#8217;s stitched together, but it&#8217;s still not presentable. Gah. Maybe it&#8217;s not &#8220;really real,&#8221; until it&#8217;s been screened, received (well or otherwise), bought and <em>distributed<\/em>. Surely THAT is a <em>Made Movie<\/em>&#8230;?? Come to the premiere! Buy it!  Rent it!<\/p>\n<p>Naw. Fuck that. I&#8217;m tired of waiting. Okay, how&#8217;s this: How about when there&#8217;s a bona fide, finished, color-corrected, sweetly mixed, tweaked, polished, awesomely awesome <em>finished version<\/em> of the film that we&#8217;re actually sending out on DVD as a screener? One we&#8217;ve shown at an <em>official<\/em> wrap party? <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-321\" title=\"ridertattoo\" src=\"https:\/\/victorbornia.com\/word\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ridertattoo.jpg\" alt=\"ridertattoo\" width=\"80\" height=\"90\" \/>Sounds good to me! Well, in that case, we&#8217;re only about one month out from me yelling from the rooftops! Figuratively, at least. And who knows, maybe even getting that tattoo. But&#8230;of what? The title? Logo? Hm&#8230; I know: Maybe it should be a likeness of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0835045\/\">Rider&#8217;s<\/a> face&#8230; Something tasteful, say, covering my entire chest. Something&#8230;<em>Classy<\/em>. Yeah; I <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">think<\/span> know he&#8217;d like that.<\/p>\n<p><em>* I don&#8217;t have any tattoos yet, but it always seemed to me like something that should mark a special achievement or goal having been reached. This seems to qualify.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so one little running joke throughout this &#8220;making a movie&#8221; adventure \u2014 at least in my head \u2014 has been deciding when, exactly, I can say it. Say, &#8220;I made a movie.&#8221; Okay we, but the point is, when can it actually be considered &#8220;made?&#8221; It&#8217;s important. Why? 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