Tonight was the last time we did the Big Talk Talkshow of IFFR. Somehow I think we are more relaxed after the many times we’ve done it. But somehow you still feel a bit of the nervousness that everyone has, what if anything goes wrong last minute? Well it did, one of the lights broke just before the crowd was supposed to enter the cinema. Then the projection from Final Cut didn’t appear on the cinemascreen, and when it did, it was a still image instead of moving. Panic! We couldn’t solve the problem on time, so we decided to ditch the leader and play the time-lapse from Quicktime. All in all, I guess the public didn’t notice what’s going on ‘backstage’. A lot of people working backstage tell us that these things happen all the time, but the clue is not to panic and just wing it, improvise and it will all work out. Most people don’t even notice it. And that’s the beauty of moviemagic!
Feb
04
2010