BARE BONES - DAY 4 - WOW!
Day 4... Well, we did it! Tonight was the world premiere of When Love Walks In at the Roxy Theatre in Muskogee and all I can say is, "WOW!" Finally, after 8 years of sweat, blood and tears... and it was very well received.
I cannot describe how good it was to sit in an actual theatre and watch the film play. There is an indescribable satisfaction therein. I knew about 15 minutes in that it was playing well. People from around the theatre were laughing at the right times. They were dead silent at the right times. I knew we were connecting with the audience and slowly the knots in my stomach started to untwist. They bursted out in laughter at Brad's line, "You mean, since I got out of prison?" That's when I knew we were on the right track.
I was amazed at how well the image held up on the large screen. But I was blown away at how good the film sounded. Thank you to all the musicians that gave us an incredible soundtrack for this picture. Your work takes the film to a whole nother level.
We received a strong ovation once the credits rolled, but it wasn't until I began to speak to audience members that it hit me as to how well the film worked for them. As the credits played, one of the "Chamber Chicks" (from the Muskogee Chamber of Commerce), leaned over the row in front of Sam and I and said simply, yet sincerely, "you guys rock!"
We expect that from the females in the crowd, since it is a romance and all, but it was the comments from the guys that shocked me most. I had several of them tell me how much they liked the film and how much they connected with it. One gen-Xer could only say "Wow!" He then went on to talk about the tears he shed during the film. It's an amazingly bizarre, yet good feeling to know that a piece of fictional film that we've made has the power to make grown men cry. I'm still trying to soak that all in and I'm not certain I ever will. I'm a blessed man. 8 years... wow...
Well, it's 2:40AM... I'd better get some sleep. Kent
I cannot describe how good it was to sit in an actual theatre and watch the film play. There is an indescribable satisfaction therein. I knew about 15 minutes in that it was playing well. People from around the theatre were laughing at the right times. They were dead silent at the right times. I knew we were connecting with the audience and slowly the knots in my stomach started to untwist. They bursted out in laughter at Brad's line, "You mean, since I got out of prison?" That's when I knew we were on the right track.
I was amazed at how well the image held up on the large screen. But I was blown away at how good the film sounded. Thank you to all the musicians that gave us an incredible soundtrack for this picture. Your work takes the film to a whole nother level.
We received a strong ovation once the credits rolled, but it wasn't until I began to speak to audience members that it hit me as to how well the film worked for them. As the credits played, one of the "Chamber Chicks" (from the Muskogee Chamber of Commerce), leaned over the row in front of Sam and I and said simply, yet sincerely, "you guys rock!"
We expect that from the females in the crowd, since it is a romance and all, but it was the comments from the guys that shocked me most. I had several of them tell me how much they liked the film and how much they connected with it. One gen-Xer could only say "Wow!" He then went on to talk about the tears he shed during the film. It's an amazingly bizarre, yet good feeling to know that a piece of fictional film that we've made has the power to make grown men cry. I'm still trying to soak that all in and I'm not certain I ever will. I'm a blessed man. 8 years... wow...
Well, it's 2:40AM... I'd better get some sleep. Kent
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