So winter break has started a bit slow, but no less productive.
We hired two new crew:
David Finkelstein our editor and Michael Wootress our Line Producer.
Weekend 7 was pretty relaxing because of a scheduling mishap, but we did some of reshoots for Sylvia's sunset run to campus. Shooting at sunset is hard, but definitely possible.
Weekend 8 we got lots of b-roll/second unit, did an insert shot for one of Johanna's scenes on the beach and an insert shot for the editing scene with Billy.
We also got a few elements of the coda montage where we see former Instinctive Ones living their lives normally.
On Monday we filmed the interview scene between Billy and Sylvia which went smoothly and quickly.
Tuesday night some of the crew watched our very first rough cut!
It's still very very rough, but it's a damn good start.
And our premiere date is now set for the 19th of March, location and time TBA.
Mark your calenders.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
6th Weekend+More
Friday night at our local theater's premiere of the indie film Humboldt County I was allowed to show the teaser trailer for the film. It felt great seeing our actors up on the big screen and hearing Tinyfolk through the huge speakers.
I spoke one of the co-directors Darren Grodsky (check out the blog on the right) and he gave some good advice and hopefully we'll get in contact soon. Check out his film, it's like Garden State, but without the gimmicks and a much better sense of space.
Saturday's hippie reshoot was a blast. We got about 20 or more extras (even my sister!) to come out and enjoy the nice weather (for december). We had people smokin', dancin', singin' and even some nudity!
On Sunday night we filmed a little confrontation scene between Sylvia and Charlotte and Johanna. I assumed that during finals week everyone would be stationary and studying, yet I was wrong and everyone was out driving to and fro from library. The sound was so bad by Student Health (our location) that we had to quickly find somewhere else to shoot.
Luckily we found a cool, eerie hallway in HSSB. Everything looks great too.
Monday night we shot a scene with Nicholas in his room painting. It was tiny and laid back, but fun.
AND the best news of all is that our film has received the URCA (Undergraduate Research And Creative Activities) grant from UC Santa Barbara. I do not know how much yet, but I will know (by snail mail) in a couple of days. Congratulations everyone on crew and cast!
To put it in LOL terms, "Wiiz provin' to all da haterz that we are legitz."
I spoke one of the co-directors Darren Grodsky (check out the blog on the right) and he gave some good advice and hopefully we'll get in contact soon. Check out his film, it's like Garden State, but without the gimmicks and a much better sense of space.
Saturday's hippie reshoot was a blast. We got about 20 or more extras (even my sister!) to come out and enjoy the nice weather (for december). We had people smokin', dancin', singin' and even some nudity!
On Sunday night we filmed a little confrontation scene between Sylvia and Charlotte and Johanna. I assumed that during finals week everyone would be stationary and studying, yet I was wrong and everyone was out driving to and fro from library. The sound was so bad by Student Health (our location) that we had to quickly find somewhere else to shoot.
Luckily we found a cool, eerie hallway in HSSB. Everything looks great too.
Monday night we shot a scene with Nicholas in his room painting. It was tiny and laid back, but fun.
AND the best news of all is that our film has received the URCA (Undergraduate Research And Creative Activities) grant from UC Santa Barbara. I do not know how much yet, but I will know (by snail mail) in a couple of days. Congratulations everyone on crew and cast!
To put it in LOL terms, "Wiiz provin' to all da haterz that we are legitz."
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
5th Weekend + More
On Saturday we recorded in Ellison Hall for the classroom scene and Noah Zwieg, a grad student and TA, played essentially himself but as a fundamentalist TA. It was fun. We even finished early that day.
Sunday we recorded in a last minute location in Kerr Hall for the art exhibit. The footage looks beautiful and all the paintings looked cool. We were running behind because it took way longer than I had anticipated to dress the set.
We are taking a week break for thanksgiving.
I'm working on the forth draft of the script.
Our crew is trying to get everything together for the hippie reshoot, in terms of extras.
The trailer is coming sooner than you think.
Sunday we recorded in a last minute location in Kerr Hall for the art exhibit. The footage looks beautiful and all the paintings looked cool. We were running behind because it took way longer than I had anticipated to dress the set.
We are taking a week break for thanksgiving.
I'm working on the forth draft of the script.
Our crew is trying to get everything together for the hippie reshoot, in terms of extras.
The trailer is coming sooner than you think.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
4th Weekend
Saturday's shoot was fun if a bit sluggish and way too hot. Had some sounds problems, but I think it'll be okay.
Sunday's shoot was super quick because we couldn't schedule anything big. Literally two shots of Pat.
We made lots of paintings for the art exhibition scene though. wee!
Sunday's shoot was super quick because we couldn't schedule anything big. Literally two shots of Pat.
We made lots of paintings for the art exhibition scene though. wee!
Friday, November 14, 2008
3rd Weekend + Veteran's Day
So our third weekend was our toughest yet, but we managed to prevail overall.
Saturday we filmed the Java Jones conversation piece and had to deal with a bit of construction but the staff at Java was really gracious with their time.
We also filmed the musical sequence with Pat and that was a lot of fun being out in the streets of IV getting genuine reactions against them (He had a sign that said everyone is a sinner, etc.).
On Sunday we realized that no matter how much food and film credit you entice people with, no one at UCSB wants to wake up before 1pm. So we had to restructure our hippie sequence, but we got a cool new little sequence out of it all. We are rescheduling the hippie reshoot on Dec. 6th.
On Veteran's Day we took a small crew of four and filmed two scenes down by Campus Point and the Lagoon. Both went really well and it was a beautiful day.
Look for a trailer hopefully after thanksgiving!
Saturday we filmed the Java Jones conversation piece and had to deal with a bit of construction but the staff at Java was really gracious with their time.
We also filmed the musical sequence with Pat and that was a lot of fun being out in the streets of IV getting genuine reactions against them (He had a sign that said everyone is a sinner, etc.).
On Sunday we realized that no matter how much food and film credit you entice people with, no one at UCSB wants to wake up before 1pm. So we had to restructure our hippie sequence, but we got a cool new little sequence out of it all. We are rescheduling the hippie reshoot on Dec. 6th.
On Veteran's Day we took a small crew of four and filmed two scenes down by Campus Point and the Lagoon. Both went really well and it was a beautiful day.
Look for a trailer hopefully after thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
2nd Weekend
The shoot was very small because of the Halloween week, but we did the small computer scene with Billy and a short segment with Charlotte.
We had some light changing issues, but nothing too alarming.
Charlotte was perfect!
We had some light changing issues, but nothing too alarming.
Charlotte was perfect!
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