12 Pages Disappear from Judas Kiss

Disappear is not quite the right word. There’s a film term used when cutting down a script to a manageable length. It’s called Killing Your Babies.™ It refers to cutting out some of your favorite scenes, lines, and moments that you simply cannot live without. At the end of the day, you can live without it because you’ll have a leaner, cleaner and snappier story.

WITH THE HELP of twitchy fingers and plenty of red ink, our good friend and writer, Jody Wheeler helped cut the script. A line here, a line there. And suddenly, Carlos and I had cut out 12 pages!

In film terms, it means not only tighter scenes, but also a combination of fewer shooting days, more rehearsal time, and more money to go around to create a better film.

Am I happy? Yep!

– Jaytee