"The Knife Edge" Finished

I've finished the screenplay for "The Knife Edge" this week at 16.5 pages.  The last five pages are set on "The Knife Edge" on Mt Khitadin in Baxter State Park:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Katahdin#Knife_Edge

I have this image in my mind of a woman, alone at dawn, traversing the knife edge, with the first rays of the sun diffracting off the edge of the ridge and flaring the camera lens.  Incidentally, this phenomena is know as "The Knife Edge Effect", which can be described mathematically by the geometrical theory of diffraction (GTD).  Yet all mathematics fail to describe this moment.  We must appeal to the passions as well as the intellect.  The woman, defying death, defying gravity, defying the diffracted light of the sun, embodies Camus' solution to the problem of the absurd: Revolt. 

The Knife Edge

I am currently writing a screenplay for the short film "The Knife Edge".  The film poses the question: "What is the final thought that crosses a woman's mind as she commits suicide?".  I also attempt to answer this question.  I've completed 90% of the 18-page script and we'll develop a budget and casting in the next several days. 

Synopsis

Tagline: Nothing can prepare you for this interview.

Synopsis: It's September 20008, the peak of the financial crisis, and ZettaQuest (ZQT on the NASDAQ) is on the brink. Meet Vincent Hemming, a young quantitative analysis at ZQT. He has a degree from MIT, a six-figure job in finance, a kick-ass condo in Boston's Back Bay and a beautiful fiancee, Alisa.   He’s living the dream. But his world is about to fall apart in the next 24 hours after a most unusual interview. 

"So...where do you see yourself in five years?"

Postproduction Update

A brief update regarding the postproduction of "A Better Fate".  

Vitas, Joe, and I are finishing up the sound on "A Better Fate".  We have cleaned up the majority of the dialog recorded on the external recorder and are syncing the sound with the video.  We plan on finishing these tasks by the end of the week.  We've also purchased several electronica tracks from premiumbeat.com to serve as the score.  We still need to record some aditional foley to finish the soundmix.

Here's a draft of the poster for "A Better Fate"

Post-production of "A Better Fate" continues.  We are attempting to finish a final cut by early July.

1. Vitas and I have finished the rough cut.  Three major tasks remain before we have final cut:

2. Joe and Morgan are filtering the sound recorder files to remove noise.

3. After 2) is finished, Vitas and I will sync the sound with the video and mix an acceptable soundtrack.

4. Several visual errors remain in the rough cut, including a visible boom mike.  Vitas is using Adobe AfterEffects to fix these errors.

5. I am developing a poster and synopsis for "A Better Fate", which we'll use for the DVD. 

"A Better Fate" is currently in post-production.

1. Vitas and I have completed several rough cuts using the sound from the camera.  We're currently at 16:06.  The pacing is still too quick, so

2.  Vitas and I will be filming some exteriors and pick-up shots this week.

3. Joe and Morgan are working on processing and syncing the sound mix. 

4. Rob Capra is composing a musical score.  Check out Rob's music (Thought Brigade) here:

https://soundcloud.com/thoughtbrigade

5. Sean Murphy (Vince) has recorded "since feeling is first" by e. e. cummings, which we'll use during the final two scenes (Towards a Better Fate).

http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~richie/poetry/html/poem162.html