When is a lock not a lock? When a door's ajar. Beach Town movie update

I'm getting closer to picture lock. Not quite there yet, but close!

Here's where we're actually at: 

Completed -- audio levels pass. Also made a few more cuts in the process.

Completed -- spotting for possible new music bits. Also made a few more cuts in the process.

Completed -- ambient sound. I think! But just in case, here's a little joke: Q: How much ambient sound does one picture need? A: more.

Added -- a few new music bits. One of the songs I was able to pull from my massive outtakes file. And, by beautiful chance, I also got the new record from the mighty rock n' roll band Horns of Ormus via USPS, and a couple of their tracks happen to work very well in the other spots! (Thank you HOO! Uh...we'll talk!)

But I still might need one more music cue...

Might is the key word here.

There's this one scene... People have said as much...

But I'll tell ya, so far I've hated what music cues do to this scene, and to the rest of the sequence around it! I've been going back n' forth on this one ever since the test screenings, and I spent most of the day yesterday just addressing this one issue. Man, I tried a hundred things. I couldn't even find temporary, unattainable music that'd work. Rolling Stones, you will not be getting a call from me. And I went to bed having not figured it out.

However, it's been said that your subconscious works on problems while you sleep, and when I woke up at 3 am to listen to a big rattly train going by outside the window, I think I may have come upon the solution.

Social hour
Besides working tirelessly to finish the film, I've been out and about, and over the weekend I caught the riotous 14/48 festival, which featured a short play by Beach Town set dresser Jennifer Dice and a performance (in a different play in the fest) by Steven Stern. They're also doing another original play at SPT this weekend "The Spear Carriers". Check it out.
I also saw Sarah Winsor while I was downtown waiting for my car to get fixed. It was great to catch up; she has a big show coming up this fall at the Annex Theater that sounds exciting.

Here's that good old Beach Town trailer again.


Beach Town trailer from Erik Hammen on Vimeo.

Beach Town official trailer

Happy August everyone! If you're just tuning in, I'm still working on getting the film ship-shape after our test-reviews, but in the meantime --

A public trailer is ready!  I hope you dig it -- please share with anyone and everyone.


Beach Town trailer from Erik Hammen on Vimeo.

Trailer tomorrow!

I'm still working on the film, but tomorrow I'll put up the official public trailer for Beach Town.

Beach Town!

Beach Town

I changed the name of the film -- the old title seemed to imply that our Rock and Roll Beach Movie of the Mind was one of those "mondo" films.
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