Raleigh Screening
Oct
11
by Drea Castro at 7:14 pm
We screened our newly cut 4 minute fundraising trailer to some amazing industry professionals at Raleigh Studios on September 29th. It was definitely an incredible experience. There were only 5 other films being screened that night and it was the first time we had screened any of our footage to complete strangers!!!
Carole Dean from “From the Heart Productions” and our fiscal sponsor, had provided us this amazing opportunity to show our work in front of fellow filmmakers, producers, editors, and other industry pros. They gave us some amazing feedback that has helped us shape our final fundraising trailer, which we have finished today. We had a limited amount of invites- so we invited two industry friends, Craig Weinstein (a fellow filmmaker/director), Kimberly Irving (also working in the industry), and Jojo (one of the students from the film).
The experience was thrilling. We entered the Mary Pickford Theater (a small 33 seat theater) with everyone buzzing all around us. We were the first ones to have our trailer screened! As it started, my heart was beating so fast, I thought people could hear it! Then as it began I actually started getting teary and had to hold myself back from getting emotional, since we were about to literally speak in minutes!!! It was weird to see your work on the big screen from start to finish. It’s your whole heart, your hard work, sweat (literally) and tears! But there it was playing in front of all these important people.
I held myself back and pretended I was looking at someone else’s work. As the trailer continued, I realized how good it was! How, no matter what anyone said in the room, that it was an amazing trailer, an amazing story, and being that we only started in March, we had really come so far! I was proud of our work! I held Jimmy’s hand so tight and then it was done!
The lights came up and we stood for the first time, as directors of a documentary film. We introduced Jojo and she stood up. And that was amazing!
We got some amazing feedback and we have cut a new fundraising trailer that, I think is really much more impactful! We hope to get some donations and sponsors soon! Wish us luck! And if you have any info on some possible interested sponsors, please contact us @ baldyfortheblind@gmail.com
