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Another Post-Production Update for A Year on Ice

Update #15 · Feb 27, 2013 · 4 comments


We are well into the final post production of the theatrical cut now. The picture edit is locked at 91 minutes long. I managed to survive the trauma of slicing away nearly half an hour of footage from the rough cut with editor Simon Price. We also snuck a few new scenes in there too though.

So now Plan9 are busily composing some great music, Tim Prebble is busily making awesome noises, and Chris Todd is making us sound good. Some really good news is that Park Road Post have come on board big time, and will be doing the final cinema color grade, 5.1 surround sound mix, and digital cinema projection output. Also the New Zealand Film Commission will be contributing to the final funding, which will allow that extra level of cinematic finish. We should have the film finished in May to be able to start to extensively shop around for screening venues

It seems a bit surreal sometimes going from being a guy wandering around the frozen wilderness breaking far too many cameras, to having a feature film being finished off in one of the top facilities in the world.

The film has been confirmed for the New Zealand International Film Festival in July, and submissions have begun to some of the other international venues. I'll keep you all posted on viewing opportunities as they are announced.

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Final Cinematic Polish, and Some Release Dates

Update #14 · Dec 1, 2012 · comment

 Some significant updates on the status of the movie:

I'm going to be spending most of January with Simon Price to finish off the final edit on the film. The feedback we got from the preview screenings at the Ice Fest was great, and will help a lot with the final edit. From there Plan 9 and Tim Prebble will be doing their magic on the sound track with additional music work and sound design.

The final movie will be released as part of the New Zealand Film Festival in July, and will tour as part of that. It will be hitting the international film festival circuit for the second half of the year also.
In the US you will also have the chance later on to book the movie in your local theatre via Tugg.com. They work by you booking the movie yourself, then just making sure the minimum number of seats required for that venue are sold in advance. So for example if it is a 40 seat theatre, you may need to only get together 12 people to confirm the screening. As an added bonus, you get 5% of the door sales for helping promote the film. If you think you can fill a 200 seat venue, all the better. It will be a great way for Antarcticans to show the place off to friends and family. The exact timing of this is still to be sorted out, as some distributors and some of the bigger festivals require no prior screenings in the area before they will host it, so the specific dates aren't nailed down just yet, but I'll be sure to let you all know.

Thanks again to everyone for your support!

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First Screening and TV Feature Profile.

Update #13 · Sep 24, 2012 · 3 comments

Hi Everyone,

We had the first screening at the Ice Fest last week, and I am getting a lot of really great feedback. There is one more screening on October 2nd. If you are in the area tickets can be found here.

We are treating these showings as advanced preview test screenings, and gathering feedback to give the film a final tweak before going for a wider release next year. This means another few months of editing and sound work to bring it up to the best standard possible.

Plan 9 have done a fantastic job on the music, and Simon Price has been working hs magic on the screen story and editing. Also, some more great news is that Tim Prebble is keen to jump on board as sound designer/engineer to give it a full cinematic 5.1 sound mix.

I just appeared in a feature story on the TVNZ Sunday show, which was watched by about 1 million people locally, you can see it for yourself by clicking here. They did a great job, there are some great behind the scenes shots in there.

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First Screening Tonight!

Update #12 · Sep 17, 2012 · 4 comments

OK, finally got the film rendered and previewed to make sure it plays all the way through OK in time for the first screening tonight. Nothing like cutting it fine.

No doubt I'll be seeing a lot of familiar faces there tonight.

Thanks again everyone for your fantastic support so far.

The plan is that once we get done with these screenings for the Ice Fest, we will give the movie some final tweaking based on the feedback we get before going for a wider release. We have some great additional talent lined up for a little more work on the post-production side.

Here's the first poster for the film.

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