Juggling 2 Feature Films Is No Joke

Here I am sitting in post-production for 2 feature films — NEW YORK LATELY and DISMAL — thinking I’d have some time to breathe and catch up since I’m not the team actively working during this stage. I have some insanely talented people working on the editing, scoring and sound work…..so I thought I’d have some free time to develop my next feature film.

WRONG!

I think I somehow forgot that I’d have my hands all over the films as everything (approval-wise) still goes by me at the end of the day. There are a lot of decisions to be made to make sure that everyone is on the same page — not that I micro-manage (that’s the furthest thing that I do). But still I discuss and review things with various teams for both pictures.

I do have to say though — what a problem to have right? I mean I’d rather be busy dealing with trying to complete 2 feature films than not having anything going on and still trying to get one made. Getting a film made is tough. It’s just plain tough — so much so that it already scares me to think of how my next one is going to be made after NEW YORK LATELY and DISMAL are all finished.

Coming up — once the dust settles a bit — I’ll be doing a push for PR/Marketing to get NEW YORK LATELY some more exposure with the press and segment of the population that digs indie film. It is definitely not a “mainstream” film, but yet it’s not too out there so that general audiences wouldn’t enjoy it. I’m really looking forward to seeing how people respond to it. My fingers are crossed.