Today was a good day. I test screened Apartment Place Landings to one of my classes today and it got some good laughs. I haven't had the chance to go through the feedback forms yet, but I feel confident that all the comments will help in making a stronger, shorter cut.
I have some photos posted on flickr for those of you who have an account and want to see. I don't have that many because I got them from John Heppe's facebook account. He hoards photos like gold.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Test screenings and photos
Monday, March 17, 2008
A real spring break
I really can't remember the last time I actually had a real spring break. Most of the time, Spring Break is like any other week -- thousands of things to do with minutes to do them in (and there's always someone else thinking that you have all the free time in the world and why don't you ever call me back, okay, dad, maybe I will just give me some time, thanks).
Anyway, this past week I went to North Carolina and had a great time. I'll be ramping up back into the editing process very soon. I know that Phil wants me to take a look at his film as well, which I would love to make time for.
Carolyn, have you found an editor yet or are you still looking? Let me know and I'll take a look at my own schedule.
Anyway, this past week I went to North Carolina and had a great time. I'll be ramping up back into the editing process very soon. I know that Phil wants me to take a look at his film as well, which I would love to make time for.
Carolyn, have you found an editor yet or are you still looking? Let me know and I'll take a look at my own schedule.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Meet Autumn Winters
I'm at work right now, busy as ever blog blog blog. The only phone call that I've answered for Best Buy today was an automated message telling me about luxury suites in the Fiji islands. Call now and save.
Shannon will do the first cut of the film sometime this weekend. Soon after she finishes, I'll take the reigns. I'm hoping to bring a cut into class this Wednesday, but that's lofty because I have a mid-term in French on Tuesday.
Speaking of French, I'm so glad it's a requirement for my FILM major because, honestly, no class has better prepared me to make a parody orientation video than French II. And if you think I'm joking, next time you have to make a film try translating "I went to the movie theater, and then I watched a movie." Don't forget to use passé composé instead of imparfait because you're describing a series of events and not a habitual action, and also remember to conjugate "I went" with être instead of avoir, because it falls under the exception conjugation rules, but tranlsate "I watched" with avoir, because it's not an exception. "Je suis allé au cinéma, après quoi j'ai regardé un film" works just nicely. I used the phrase, "après quoi" because that means, "and then..." or "after that." "Alors" or "ensuite" could probably work, too, though I’m not positive.
I started capturing dailies yesterday evening around 7pm, ended my session around 3am, and I still have a full tape to log and capture. Okay, so taking a dinner break with Shannon (the rough-cutter) and David (the writer) last night didn't help me. And also taking a LOST break probably wasn't the most time efficient idea (though last night's episode was far superior to the week previous -- Phil, you were right). And I do try and only take breaks while footage is actually capturing, and yes, I do mark ins and outs and then batch capture. I find that I save lots more hard drive space than just doing a "capture now" because I don't log the times when I told Cris to roll camera and didn't call action for ten minutes what was I thinking I have no idea don't ask me. Also, capture now tends to cause problems when it reaches the end of the tape.
I also like batch capture because I can watch The X-Files in the next room on DVD. Scully just found out she may have a child, but, if I remember correctly, don't worry, I think it’s just a clone baby.
I'll be completely honest -- I absolutely loved every second of filming my Directing III. And while I love being a director, I hate being the only person who's throwing out ideas. It’s way too egotistical for me to think that I'm the only one with good ideas. So, I encourage people to throw out alternate takes if they so feel inspired. Of course that concept lends itself to comedy more so than drama.
In the following clip, Autumn Winters (played by the lovely Kim Riley) tells us that there are many types of hostile roommate interactions.
Shannon will do the first cut of the film sometime this weekend. Soon after she finishes, I'll take the reigns. I'm hoping to bring a cut into class this Wednesday, but that's lofty because I have a mid-term in French on Tuesday.
Speaking of French, I'm so glad it's a requirement for my FILM major because, honestly, no class has better prepared me to make a parody orientation video than French II. And if you think I'm joking, next time you have to make a film try translating "I went to the movie theater, and then I watched a movie." Don't forget to use passé composé instead of imparfait because you're describing a series of events and not a habitual action, and also remember to conjugate "I went" with être instead of avoir, because it falls under the exception conjugation rules, but tranlsate "I watched" with avoir, because it's not an exception. "Je suis allé au cinéma, après quoi j'ai regardé un film" works just nicely. I used the phrase, "après quoi" because that means, "and then..." or "after that." "Alors" or "ensuite" could probably work, too, though I’m not positive.
I started capturing dailies yesterday evening around 7pm, ended my session around 3am, and I still have a full tape to log and capture. Okay, so taking a dinner break with Shannon (the rough-cutter) and David (the writer) last night didn't help me. And also taking a LOST break probably wasn't the most time efficient idea (though last night's episode was far superior to the week previous -- Phil, you were right). And I do try and only take breaks while footage is actually capturing, and yes, I do mark ins and outs and then batch capture. I find that I save lots more hard drive space than just doing a "capture now" because I don't log the times when I told Cris to roll camera and didn't call action for ten minutes what was I thinking I have no idea don't ask me. Also, capture now tends to cause problems when it reaches the end of the tape.
I also like batch capture because I can watch The X-Files in the next room on DVD. Scully just found out she may have a child, but, if I remember correctly, don't worry, I think it’s just a clone baby.
I'll be completely honest -- I absolutely loved every second of filming my Directing III. And while I love being a director, I hate being the only person who's throwing out ideas. It’s way too egotistical for me to think that I'm the only one with good ideas. So, I encourage people to throw out alternate takes if they so feel inspired. Of course that concept lends itself to comedy more so than drama.
In the following clip, Autumn Winters (played by the lovely Kim Riley) tells us that there are many types of hostile roommate interactions.
I still have to record voiceover segments for Autumn sometime soon. I could have just had her read them on set, but I really wanted to have a radical change in quality for the voiceover, which is very characterisitc of these types of videos.
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