I had a very busy weekend. I participated in an event called the Denver 48. It's a film contest to make a short film in 48 hours. My step-uncle has been in the film business for a while now, so he and two other film making buddies put together all of their resources to make a super crew. I was in charge of composing the score. Friday was simply pre-production. This included all of the writing. I was supposed to start putting together an intro theme, but will how little of a picture I had, it went nowhere, and was ultimately scrapped. Saturday, I wasn't really required, as that is when all the filming was taking place, so I took this opportunity to got to RMFC!

While I am glad I went to the con this year, it seemed that as far as panels went, it was very lackluster compared to the last two years I went, but that was probably just me. Nonetheless, I had a lot of fun. I got to hang out with  jku, whom I met last year at the con, as well as his friend,  Hiccupby, whom he introduced me to. Unfortunately, there were many furs I wished to meet that I missed the opportunity, but that is mostly my fault.

I got home from the con, but had to wake up early on Sunday for the post-production process of the film. Since the intro sequence was still incomplete, I figure I would start first on the credit music. I apent several hours making a track that I liked, as well as the two producers and director. With that out of the way, I started work on an opening theme with help of someone there that just so happened to be good with music. After putting together a track that fit the length of the intro, one of the producers took a listen to it, and said he would prefer this track for the credits instead. That was fine, but that meant we had to extend it to fit the credits, AND make a new intro. In the end, me and my assistant composer put together a fairly half-assed intro (the producers gave us no direction for what to make for it), we extended the new credit song, though fairly "meh" as well, since we weren't able to embelish it due to running behind schedule enough as it was.

There was no music during the film itself. This was because the editting was horribly behind schedule, there was a lack of communication, and the producers and directors thought the silence was effective anyway, simply due to the concept of the film. I honestly felt pretty useless throughout the entirety of the process. There was hardly any music to be put in the film, and the music that was put in was VEERY boring and half-assed. There was almost a point where the music that was made wouldn't be in the film AT ALL, because they were cutting it too close between editting and the deadline. After the deadline had long passed, I got a call that there was a second deadline, allowing for the music to be implemented.

I haven't seen the final product, so I don't know if it's any good or not, but due to all the issues that arose, I highly doubt that our film will be anywhere close to winning the contest. I know in the very least it won't be winning any music awards...

So basically, my weekend was good, but not great. I got very little sleep throughout the entirety, and I am now sick. While there are many things I need to get done, I am going to have to push them back a bit until I am better.

*EDIT* I found out that turning the film in for the second deadline means that the film does get viewed in front of an audience, but it isn't judged.