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Marcus Marchesseault · October 28th, 2006, 03:07 PM

A guy I worked with last year had his short movie produced this year accepted into the film festival. He showed the festival management a rough cut, probably so he could get an extension on the deadline. A glitch happened and the rough cut was shown over on Maui! I guess the wrong DVD was shipped. What a nightmare to have your movie shown without fixed audio and proper editing. I'm sure it was a simple clerical error. The film festival has hundreds of works to keep organised over several viewing locations, so I don't really blame them or the director. It is just one of those things...

Emre Safak · October 28th, 2006, 03:22 PM

Hmmm... sounds similar to another rule: don't show customers unedited work.

October 28th, 2006, 03:07 PM	#1
Marcus Marchesseault Trustee Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Honolulu, HI Posts: 1,961	Never turn in a rough cut to film festivals! A guy I worked with last year had his short movie produced this year accepted into the film festival. He showed the festival management a rough cut, probably so he could get an extension on the deadline. A glitch happened and the rough cut was shown over on Maui! I guess the wrong DVD was shipped. What a nightmare to have your movie shown without fixed audio and proper editing. I'm sure it was a simple clerical error. The film festival has hundreds of works to keep organised over several viewing locations, so I don't really blame them or the director. It is just one of those things...

October 28th, 2006, 03:22 PM	#2
Emre Safak Trustee Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Brookline, MA Posts: 1,447	Hmmm... sounds similar to another rule: don't show customers unedited work.