The Ginkers Documentary

Made it out to Stokaboka last night for the premiere of  their movie night series that runs the last Saturday of each month. Admission is free, so is the popcorn and water. An easy mix of locals convened in the lot and witnessed a 16mm surf flick documentary in the comfort of their beach chairs. Mike Boylan did a great job. Anyone interested in surfing or films should definitely come out.

After hours of cutting film and some

know what to do.

I have 15 limited edition posters of the "Ginkers" documentary up for grabs. A new poster will be produced for the feature film and we will no longer be handing out these originals with notebook graphics. 

Rucksack crew met up at Eric's tonight and made another dent into editing the feature. Working toward a works-in-progress version of the film for upcoming fests and am pleased with how it is working out. With each edit session, I see more of what still lies ahead. The larger picture eludes me and at times this is hard to navigate. I am trusting in what footage I have already seen and know that this film is something special. 

Bill, Eric and I holed up in Eric's editing suite of sorts for another all day session of edits for the "Steve Austin Eat Your Heart Out" selection of of the "Ginkers" documentary. We entered a short film festival and distilled down one of Scott's karaoke songs, "Breaking the Law" and cut it into 2 interviews we filmed with the man. While we are still in the final stages of filming extra scenes for the feature and will resume editing for Sundance and Garden State and Tribeca mid-summer, we decided to cut some shorter work in order to get the buzz early on our project.  Pictured, left is Bill, working the protools while Eric, right, dices Scott's many lines of pure gold into a working narrative.  With an edit coming this Weds. for the Rumson-Fair Haven festival more stills and maybe a rough cut will be posted soon. 

We were invited back to the Rumson-Fair Haven Film festival this year to screen a rough cut of the "Ginkers" doc. We are going to put together a cut of 2 of Scott's performance pieces, along with some interview footage with him and the other subjects. Last year's screening was a success and we hope to bring at least one more of our crew members along for the Q&A portion that follows the screenings. Thanks to Dana M. for inviting us out to the fest. We are also awaiting decision from One Film on our 60 second project "Steve Austin Eat Your Heart Out" that is part of the larger "Ginkers" documentary. If accepted we will be screening at the waterfront marina in July. With Count Basie and the Sundance deadlines approaching as well, this summer will be full of final cut pro sessions.

Bill and I traveled south to Eric's editing suite and all 3 of us worked through the day and afternoon producing what is essentially a 60 second tribute to Scott and his use of metaphoric language. Since the resulting film going to be shown at an upcoming festival, we decided to not air it until then. Instead, we will be posting pics and perhaps a rough cut of one of Scott's songs from the stage. Without our A camera footage, we relied on Eric's B cam work and the result was a perfect blend of 3 days of shooting handheld beauty. Bill's sound coverage and mixing layered the finished piece well and when you hear the first few bars of a certain classic metal song by none other than Judas Priest themselves, you will be in for a minute of pure ecstasy worthy of Valhalla.

The short film fest in Atlantic Highlands is in its first year and from the looks of the panelists and location, it should be an interesting event and opportunity for the bay shore to get immersed in Indy cinema. It is going to be held in the marina and in case of rain, a church. Once we get confirmation of the acceptance of the film, currently entitled, "Steve Austin Eat Your Heart Out," we will post ticket and venue information here on the blog.

Until then, be on the lookout for the leaked song by Scott and some stills.

Scott, (left) swilled a few cool ones and donned his Austin 3:16 shirt in order to deliver the rock.