Ah, marketing! I am not a natural at it, but I am learning to love it, because it doesn't matter how much Hanan, Aida and I enjoy our own films, if no-one else buys them, we can't make any more of them.
Hanan, luckily, has been considering DVD extras (none of which seemed possible on our budget) since before we started shooting, so we now have great Making of videos as well as a music video featuring the gifted Leonie Casanova, one from each film, and a Making of the music video.
Then we have a gallery of stills and behind-the-scenes photos. For The World Unseen, we have deleted scenes, and outtakes. If you wondered if Sheetal was really able to drive that 1950s truck so easily, check those out. On I Can't Think Straight, by an amazing coincidence a few months ago, we got back the DV Cam tapes of footage of Tala and Leyla in the park that we were going to use as the last montage ending of the film, and you can see that alternative ending on the DVD extras.
There are French and Spanish subtitles, trailers, interviews etc but best of all, obviously, is the director's commentary. Yes, as if reading these blogs was not enough, you can now switch on the commentary and hear me talk for an hour an a half about the movie. Will I spill the beans about the love scenes? Will you find out how it was working with the various actors? I, for one, can hardly wait to find out :) (I hope you all read these notes with a strong sense of irony by the way...)
