Human Carcinogen Journal Three

Hey all,
I spent a bulk of the day wrapping up an unscored final cut of "Human Carcinogen." AJ and I just sat down and watched it for the probably hundreth some time, but actually enjoyed it (possibly knowing it doesn't have to be meticulously scrutinized over now).
I am very happy with the final product in a weird kind of way. It was a strange time in my life when I conceptualized, wrote and shot the movie last summer. I had become upset with the toil of life...the least of all surprisingly in the work sense of the word. I realized that waking up and enjoying each day can become an arduous task for a wide assortment of reasons and all of my angst and confusion from the summer really show in the movie's tone. Being that the story has horror elements that were in the vein of "Creepshow" and "Twilight Zone," I find it interesting that it became personal somewhere between the shooting and the editing. It now strongly represent the oppressed mindset I subjected myself to at the time of creating it and is almost like a sad and frightening time capsule of a difficult time.
Anyways, the cut I exported today is going to my wonderful girlfriend/composer Hannah - who will wrap the 9 minute score she created to the beat of the editing. I hope it goes well for her. The movie's rhythm is slow and foreboding until the second half where the jumps and the gags come in. The score is communicative of both what's chemically going on inside Veres' charters' body and his mental awareness of it. There is a lot of noise in the movie: fruits of our most challenging work in the sound design department. The score provides a subjective understanding among the harshness of the character's physical reality.
I am hoping to have the movie fully finished by the end of January. I am going to be casually sending it to festivals all year round if the entry fees are manageable. The fall horror festivals will surely be the most appropriate.
Happy new year's!