Above is a picture of myself (West) and Thorpe Waluew (left) sitting outside the Gold Coast premiere of Pastiche. The day before id just flown in from WA after the Perth premiere and was hoping the goldy kids would be swarming, how wrong i was to think that.
Roughly 50 people showed up, the sunshine coast was about the same the next night.
The QLD venues set me back $2300 in total so if you do some quick maths you'll know i lost out big time. I definitely had heaps of fun so wrote it all off as more of a holiday then a business trip.
Making a DVD is expensive, not just on money but also on time.
3 weeks prior to the premieres i had just over $5000 sitting in my bank, the day i got back to WA on May 10th after the NSW premieres (which had more success) i had $100. Now that $5000 didnt come from sponsors (Custom X is the only company to pay up so far) that 5k came from weeks and weeks of mind numbing work at Coles. At the time Dan seemed a bit shitty at me for working so much and not filming in our final weeks but im glad i did because the entire film came out of my wallet.
The 5 premieres cost $4620
The DVD replication with booklets etc cost $2000
The flights cost $700
The car hire cost $350
Total = $7670
Thats just to have a product and bring it to you, dont forget about the thousands more we spent on trips etc.
I'm not complaining about the lack of money in this industry, im trying to give you an idea as to what goes into making a video like Pastiche. So what youve got to do is ask yourself this.
Is making a DVD really worth it? Was the 1.5-2 years we spent working on it really worth it? Is the respect and admiration earned really worth it?
Probably not, So why do we do it?
If i were to call it quits now would i regret it? Would i miss or crave it? What would happen to all the WA guys like Luehman, Backshall, Veitchy, Woodland and the numerous talented up and comers like Alex Halsey? How much does the industry depend on guys like myself and daniel?
These are all questions currently running through my head as i contemplate our future as Claws and Teeth. Dont get me wrong, i want to make a 3rd video but i just dont know if i can do it all again....
The kind of footage that makes it worthwhile. Pierre about to flip over Dans camera.
I guess we'll let you know our future when dan gets back from a company funded overseas trip. Perhaps more of that and stuff for the internet, time will tell.
Yrtnbrds.
No one else could have a frame grab of them driving a ski on this blog, simply because they're such a maddog, ever!
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