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So you wanna make an indie film....Demo-Itis (last blog / next blog) What is Demo-Itis? Some sort of dental problem?
The term as we use it comes from Greg's days working in a music studio. Often times, someone would work on a demo track for so long that they would become completely numb to it, and forget the things that they liked about the song in the first place. Then they would respond to that numbness, and think that something must be wrong with the music, when in fact the music never changed! The only thing that changed was how they felt about it. They have a case of Demo-Itis. The same thing happens in editing. You've seen the footage a million times, with foley, without foley, with bad audio and good audio, with music, with no music...not to mention that you wrote the film, and shot it too! You know the story inside and out. You can recite whole scenes verbatim, at a moment's notice.
In this state, you are prone to Demo-Itis. The danger is that you might think that there are problems with your film, that this scene or that scene don't work and needs to be cut. You may be right, but you also may be numb to the material. It doesn't have the impact it should because you know it so well. If you make changes in this state you might be doing edits that don't need to be done, and can hurt your film overall. There are ways to stave off Demo-Itis. One good way is not to cut your own film. Having an editor cut your film gives you a break from the material, and a fresh perspective when the editor shows you a finished scene. If you do cut your own film, it is often useful to edit with a partner, someone you trust and can be honest with. Someone who will give you constructive criticism and can take it too. It is especially helpful if one person can do the first cut of a scene and then show it to the other. That way the other person can retain some sort of perspective, and things that need to be changed are often very obvious.
If a certain scene seems to be giving you Demo-Itis, take a break from it for a while and work on something else. When you come back to that scene, you'll probably see it more clearly. So recognize the signs of Demo-Itis! If you feel it happening to you, don't despair – it happens to every filmmaker at some point. Just get a fresh perspective from an editing partner, or someone who hasn't seen the film (more on this in the next blog post) and move on. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() What they are saying about the Drive-In Horrorshow.... "10 out of 10" "Drive-In Horrorshow delivers a visual feast of blood splatter
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