week after spring break

We are officially on the last page of the shooting script and it is such a relief!!  Spring Break was not as productive as we would have liked, but at the same time it was nice to have a little bit of a break from the project.  Once we were both back in town though, we met up frequently and had small work sessions.  We got through about two pages each day, and are currently in the last conversation.  Today we finished working on the scene where Emma auditions for her role with the company from New York.  There is a small piece missing from this scene that we will go back and finish this week before we present our cut on Thursday.  This piece will be a collection of images representing Emma's racing mind in her anxiety towards the performance.  Finally, the judges dismiss her and Nate is waiting to surprise her outside the theater.  So far, the cutting has gone pretty smoothly with the exception of certain sound barriers.  One argument between the couple, for example, had a lot of overlapping dialogue and sometimes the actors would improv a few lines here and there which changed up the order of the conversation.  We were able to work around all of these obstacles, however, and now have most of the ground work finished.  Tomorrow we will meet and hopefully finish laying out the timeline.  Next, we will go through with our notes and fine-tune according to class and producer suggestions.  Then we will add sound effects and music and adjust sound levels.  I can't believe how far it has come, this semester is flying by!