Screening speed bumps

The Kanowna team went down to the Film and Television Institute in Fremantle yesterday, to ensure everything was in place for Thursday's screening.  Luckily they did.  It took two hours to load the hi-res film into the system, which was a surprise, but it was worth the wait.  Finally we got to see the film, in all its glory on the big screen.  It looked fantastic, but during the screening it was noticed that it wasn't playing back in 5.1 surround.  The question was asked of the technician who explained that other files would need to be supplied for this to happen.  Once again, nothing is as easy as it seems.

The bonus to this story is that 'Boogie Monster' Post have been using Kanowna as a test and we now have the film in blu-ray and will be screening of this format on the night, with full 5.1 sound.  Woohoo!

Finished!

It's been a long journey, but finally we have a completed film.  Steve at Boogie Monster finished the colour grading this afternoon and we now have the film in Hi-Def, complete with the 5.1 sound.

Steve did a fantastic job with the grade and the final product looks 'a million dollars', which is a credit to everyone who has been involved with Kanowna.  It's amazing how much difference the grading made to the final product and we are very excited to finally be able to send a high resolution copy out to film festivals and the various awards we want to enter it into.  That said, Michael ran out with the first DVD copy, to send via overnight courier to the AFI awards.  Who knows if we'll get a nomination for Kanowna, but you've got to be in it.

Now we will have to wait for our first film festival invitation.