That's a Wrap: November 2024

Here's a recap of what we did last month!

Last month was bananas. So you get a gigantic recap!

November began with the shoot for Cinema Therapy Studios' first short film, CyranØ. The shoot went extraordinarily well, though we had to shoot nights... so it was exhausting. But fun! Now we're in post-production and seeing it come together in the edit. We still have a lot of work to do with Visual FX, sound, color, and music, but we've got great footage to work with, so hopefully we won't screw it up! Hoping to be finished by the end of January! 

Only a few days after that, Alan traveled to Cupertino with Brad (director of photography), Trevor (lead editor), and Corinne (producer) from the CT team. They attended the Final Cut Pro Creative Summit, which is the software we use to edit Cinema Therapy. The team presented on how they use Final Cut (and other tools) in post-production, and they told the story of how the team and channel formed. Fellow attendees gave us a lot of praise, so we think that means we did a good job?

From there, Alan, Trevor, and Corinne road tripped from Cupertino to Las Vegas, with a stop in Tehachapi. Ever heard of it? Neither have we. Just an overnight pitstop with an electric car charger. The road trip was a ton of fun, and then we had more fun at the live show in Vegas! It was our first test of what it would be like to take Cinema Therapy on the road, and it went pretty well. We learned a lot. It's likely we'll do another live show early next year, so watch this space!

After the Vegas live show, we road tripped back to Utah for the final CT shoot of the year. But first, we had a company holiday party! It was very relaxed given the month we've all had, but everyone from the team (minus a few we very much missed) traveled to gather and celebrate the team? The year? The holidays? All the things!

Because the November shoot was preceded by so many events, we had to finish prepping earlier than usual. Which meant cramming prep. But it got done, and we shot fewer episodes knowing how busy we'd be, so it ended up going really well. Some exciting guests joined us (virtually), which you'll get to see early next year.

Somehow, we managed to get to the theater and watch new movies for Cinema Therapy Reviews. We reviewed Music by John Williams, Heretic, Wicked, Gladiator II, and Moana 2. What a month for movies!!

We just celebrated Thanksgiving and had a few days off, and hoo boy did we need that. Given the month we had, it was nice to relax and spend time with our loved ones.



Here's a sneak peek of what's coming next!

Well... we don't want to do anything in December. We're only planning to keep up with our usual content schedule. So we'll prep for the first CT shoot of 2025 (wow!) and keep watching new movies for CT Reviews. December should be a good movie month! What are you most looking forward to seeing at the theater?

We're taking time off around the holidays, though you're still getting videos from us. Our Christmas gift to you!

How was your month? What are you looking forward to next month?