Hello, Mikael here.
James has been incredibly busy lately, both working on the film and catching up on everything he’s had to put to the side in order to make this film happen, so he’s asked me to come by and update everybody.
I’ve just completed the final edit and we really couldn’t be happier with it. Hands down, it’s the best thing James and I have created together, and it’s thanks to the remarkable people we had working with us. We feel particularly blessed to have had such a perfect cast. Both Bella and Per (the two main actors) did an absolutely wonderful job, and I reckon audiences are just going to fall in love with them, which is what you want in a love story like this one.
Directing it was a pretty cool process. I’ve never really worked with so many people before, let alone so many children, but all the actors were really great and they took direction well. It was a lot of fun and I was amazed that they remained so patient with us. One of my personal favourite moments was taking our cast and crew photo together and getting everybody to pose like little hip-hop “gangstas”.
The next step is to work on the sound, which will involve some ADR and foley, and latest news with our soundtrack composer ‘Noff’ is that the score is half written, and sounding amazing! We’ll be recording this Monday which will bring the piece if not already – to life.
So there’s a fair bit to do before we submit it to the festival on September 9, but we’re on schedule.
We’ll leave you with some of our favourite images from the auditions we held. Keep checking back for more information!
Mikael