The Winner Production Notes (cont'd)

Postproduction was another "learning experience". Ivan had to learn very quickly how to use his computer and edited the gag reel out of 4 hours of "behind-the-scenes" footage. Yee Jee dusted off his home studio to engineer the sound. Michael got us a venue for the screening, where the bands in the soundtrack would play live for our audience. Caron continued her door knocking and Darren made the JYMDICK trademark vignette. Each of the JYMDICK members found talents they never knew they had. Like lip-syncing. We had to do some automatic dialogue replacement, but without the "automatic". Gary, our editor, and David Richardson at Flashpoint Cutting saved the day when it came to piecing the show together, and Matt helped us out with title animation, even though he spelled Darren's name wrong. (Sorry Darren, it stays......it's a money thing). From the original score to the cheesy sound effects and the sketchy-cam title sequence, everyone pulled stuff out of thin air to make a project that, for a first film or any film, was polished and professional.

JYMDICK learned and grew with the making of "The Winner" and succeeded in celebrating their craft. We hope that people will be inspired by the fact that a bunch of actors pulled this off. A big (or existent) budget isn't required to tell a story well. Follow your passion, and everyone comes out - the winner.

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