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Jess and Todd came up and joined me for color correcting the film this past weekend. That is a necessary part of filmmaking these days, where we are able to watch the film scene by scene, even frame by frame really, making sure that everything looks the way it should. The colorist’s name was Luke Cahill, and it felt very much like we met a long lost member of our team. He fit right in, with an excellent talent for what he did, a great work ethic, and was just an all around nice guy. Last week there was preliminary sound happening in advance of this week’s sound mix. Everyone says that sound is even more important than color, meaning that we as humans can forgive something if the color is a little off, but if the sound is off, the film will look less professional, and will not grab people as much. So this week on Thursday I will be going to the sound mix studio and making sure it is as good as it can be. Friday I will do the same with color. Hopefully, Doug will join me on both these trips, bringing his experience with over 70 documentary films with him. It is nice to have his wealth of knowledge to lean back on! From there it is just a matter of duplicating the film onto the necessary formats required by film festivals and DVDs for the rest of us! Wish us Buen Camino!