The Light (Yahel) At The End Of The Tunnel

Yahel means The Light, at least that’s what some people say. An ancient name, of course, like all those names we are so familiar with, like Judith or Magdalena. Names that reached the farthest corners of the entire planet. You can find Judiths or Magdalenas in any part of our Shekina (Mother Earth)

It’s only fitting that our protagonist has Yahel, for a name. Jesus called himself The Light Of The World… in some reports, and that is how he is described in at least four of those reports and many epistles, and billions of sermons through the last 2,000 years plus. Yahel is the appropriate name for a female Jesus. Right?

That Light is at the end of what appeared to be, for some, a very long tunnel… not that long for those who know better.

And as Yahel the Light comes out of the tunnel to see the light of a projector, or the light of a gigantic screen, it is important to appreciate it for what it is, in all its beauty, and not for what it is not.

Yahel has a basic believe, Shekina, the Mother is the source of life, everything comes from her, which is at odds with those who believe in the invisible God. For Yahel there isn’t an invisible God. A subject that transcends to our days when in the words of Hubert Reeves, man worships an invisible God and massacres a visible nature, not knowing that this nature he destroys is that invisible God he worships.

That’s the basic believe that nurtures Yahel in her mission of healing and teaching others.

But Judith believes that Yahel should reveal herself to her people to led them away from the Empire and become their queen, because in the rebellious woman’s words: You come from the house of the Great King. A direct descendant of the great King and his favorite lover, Janai, a woman of great powers, one the them being a writer and teacher and master of the arts of healing, all passed through the ages to Yahel.

Magdalena, in the other hand, is vocal about them going away from it all, and dedicate their lives to write, read and teach. She contends that all that empty talk will lead them to a terrible outcome.

Jac had an experience recently, one he didn’t expect, that changed his attitude from working his ass under undue pressure to one that he prefers the most. The undue pressure he was working under demanded of him to rush the job, but he decided to do the work according to its needs and priorities and he worked with the sound without rushing, just working and working.

The sound mix, which is essential, and takes its own time, occupied Jac’s time these past few days. Some bits can be done in seconds, some in minutes, some in hours… One begins the work thinking that it is going to take one day and when the day is over there’s only 20 minutes of the film done. But maybe the next day the rest of the film will go smoothly.. but no. And it went on, maybe for another day, and another day… but before the week was over, it was DONE!

The adventure is going through the last technical efforts to make the film look and sound great. After the sound mix was done, he put his mind to the color correction of the film, to make it all look even. The harsh light of the location was a difficult thing to work with, thus the need to work on the image to make it all look the way it should. There are two main parts of that work. Making all the shots look basically the same, as far as exposure, contrast and so on, and then giving it a look. Maybe the way it looks, all nice and colorful, or maybe making it warmer, or colder, or in between.

But that job has its own time and problems. It can take hours, or days. So, a decision was made. To get the color correction as close to what Jac thinks should be and process a clip, to get a feeling of how it is going. And if that clip is good enough, to make a master to then make the version for a pre release. All that work is being done now. So the suffering continues.

If all that processing works out between today and tomorrow early morning, Jac will be uploading the film, the pre release version, to Vimeo, to then set it up for those early supporters to watch it, if they wish, and soon after it will be set for those who pre bought the film. I will have the details of this tomorrow as I get all the information.

During the rest of the week, Jac will be finishing the color correction, setting up the assets for Downloads and DVDs, setting up the trailer, and all that jazz for its official release, which might come sooner that expected.

During the coming month of November the film will begin its Via Crucis to reach the entire planet, one home at a time, or maybe two… maybe some crowds will watch it at the same time, maybe some will love it, maybe some will hate it, it always happens that way, but one thing is sure, Seditiosa will begin its very long journey and we hope it will be long and prosperous, like Maleficarum and Justine… maybe even better than those two already classics.

Our plan looks like this now.

We will be uploading a clip of the film for those who contributed to the IndieGoGo campaign and to our pre buyers, we will be uploading the film to the platform as early as TOMORROW. If all goes well, it will be a premiere type of streaming that will begin on October 31st, on Halloween, yes. The film will be available for viewing until the time it’s ready for its official release to the world.
As soon as the film has been uploaded to the platform we’ll send links to it to our supporters. The details of how this will work is now under consideration.
Before the end of November we are planning to have the Official Premiere of the film at an International Film Festival and at a movie theater for a limited theatrical release, but at the same time that, the film will be up in our stores, platforms and so on.

And so, the end of this adventure is at hand. We all have grown a bit more with this experience, and before the week is over we will be already on our road to many more adventures, and there are many.