Status: September

Ah yes, more time passes and more minutia is gone over and over again.
I've spent the last few months getting the rhythm back in the film, and trying to trim some fat off it.
For example, I quickened up the bit on the boat.
I moved the Mercury intro to the BEGINNING of the film.
I also removed a whole scene where Fritz fights a dragon beneath the hell pit. That was a good scene but it slowed things down at a crucial point.

But the main thing I've been sweating about has been the first 10 minutes or so -- getting it to be clock-tight but also say what I want to say, etc.  In this process, I accidentally came up with a cool Groton Bridge Films logo for the very beginning of the film.

It has been a very hectic week for work/home life so I had a few days off the film, last night started late, stayed up very late with the intent to make sure the scene transitions were working properly so I can do a watch-through in peace this weekend. I think this time it'll be good.
I'm also swearing off making ANY more changes to the initial landing shot on the Planet, it's driving me nuts and ever time I change it, it's not much better than the last time. It currently "works", and I don't want to miss the drop dead Sundance deadline because of that stupid transition.
So it goes.