I haven't really seen a new cut yet, just made some minor changes for the cut that will go to the composer.
On a different note, we have a new trailer!
The song is called 'Handful Savants' by a local band called Cue: http://www.cueaustin.com/
Friday, September 12, 2008
Monday, September 1, 2008
The Rough Cut
If you had told me 8 hours ago that I would be this happy at the end of the day, I would definitely not believe you. Flashback to 4 PM...
I had been working on homework for 4 hours...which is, as you can imagine, my favorite thing to do on the weekends. In between assignments, I was looking everywhere I could think of for a tape containing a scene that was not on the computer. The tapes and main harddrive were with the editor, and we spent most of the afternoon calling/texting back and forth trying to locate the tape.
I didn't want to think of the option that the tape was lost- the scene took place at what might have been the most difficult location to find, and involved an actor that lived out of town. If it was necessary, we would reshoot it because it is a critical scene- plus it kind of reveals a twist.
Fast forward to 7:00. Harrison, the editor, had finished the rough cut without the scene and came over to show it to me. While we watched the cut, my mom looked through a few of the tapes just to make sure the scene wasn't on one of them...and...there it was. YES.
Even though that was a huge sigh of relief, that wasn't the best thing nor the biggest relief of the night.
The rough cut was great. I was unbelievably impressed by the acting, lighting, sound, and last but most definitely not least- the editing. Gordon and Harrison did an amazing job with the cut in a very short amount of time. I hope this movie will be something that all of the 'departments' will be proud of when it's 100% finished.
Speaking of completely finished, here's what is left until we get to that point:
1) A bit of sound editing.
2) Some Color correction.
3) Adding some transitions.
4) Cut the scene we reshot the other day.
5) Recut the montage.
6) Titles.
7. Music.
It looks like a long list, but the next cut of the movie should be finished tomorrow- so that should eliminate the cutting together of scenes and transitions.
I will update the blog when I see the next cut.
I had been working on homework for 4 hours...which is, as you can imagine, my favorite thing to do on the weekends. In between assignments, I was looking everywhere I could think of for a tape containing a scene that was not on the computer. The tapes and main harddrive were with the editor, and we spent most of the afternoon calling/texting back and forth trying to locate the tape.
I didn't want to think of the option that the tape was lost- the scene took place at what might have been the most difficult location to find, and involved an actor that lived out of town. If it was necessary, we would reshoot it because it is a critical scene- plus it kind of reveals a twist.
Fast forward to 7:00. Harrison, the editor, had finished the rough cut without the scene and came over to show it to me. While we watched the cut, my mom looked through a few of the tapes just to make sure the scene wasn't on one of them...and...there it was. YES.
Even though that was a huge sigh of relief, that wasn't the best thing nor the biggest relief of the night.
The rough cut was great. I was unbelievably impressed by the acting, lighting, sound, and last but most definitely not least- the editing. Gordon and Harrison did an amazing job with the cut in a very short amount of time. I hope this movie will be something that all of the 'departments' will be proud of when it's 100% finished.
Speaking of completely finished, here's what is left until we get to that point:
1) A bit of sound editing.
2) Some Color correction.
3) Adding some transitions.
4) Cut the scene we reshot the other day.
5) Recut the montage.
6) Titles.
7. Music.
It looks like a long list, but the next cut of the movie should be finished tomorrow- so that should eliminate the cutting together of scenes and transitions.
I will update the blog when I see the next cut.
Saturday, August 16, 2008
On to post-production
Wow, sorry the blog hasn't been updated in a while...
We wrapped filming on August 10th. Well, pretty much. We kind of wrapped on August 3rd, but we had one scene left to film on the 10th. In addition, we will need to reshoot a scene some time in the next week.
Gordon, the assembly editor, has already put together about 18 minutes of the initial edit. I really like it so far, he has a good eye for what should be cut together. I've worked with him on two other short films- Party Killer and a 48 Hour Film Project called The Ways of Children. It's cool to see his style as an editor develop as he keeps working...
I've been looking at the footage a lot over the past week, and I can't say enough how proud and lucky I am to work with this group of people. From the actors to every crew member, no matter what age, they all worked their butts off to make a good movie- and I think that will show in the final product.
I will update this blog more often, sorry about the big gap between entries...
We wrapped filming on August 10th. Well, pretty much. We kind of wrapped on August 3rd, but we had one scene left to film on the 10th. In addition, we will need to reshoot a scene some time in the next week.
Gordon, the assembly editor, has already put together about 18 minutes of the initial edit. I really like it so far, he has a good eye for what should be cut together. I've worked with him on two other short films- Party Killer and a 48 Hour Film Project called The Ways of Children. It's cool to see his style as an editor develop as he keeps working...
I've been looking at the footage a lot over the past week, and I can't say enough how proud and lucky I am to work with this group of people. From the actors to every crew member, no matter what age, they all worked their butts off to make a good movie- and I think that will show in the final product.
I will update this blog more often, sorry about the big gap between entries...
Friday, August 1, 2008
So
We got all 14 scenes yesterday in 14 1/2 hours. It might have been the longest day of filming, but now we're so close to finishing...only a few scenes left to go, and we should be finished by the end of the weekend.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Crescendo
I know it's hard to get a project done when people are donating things for free (whether it's themselves, property, food, etc.), but with all of the changes that had to be made to the schedule since day 1, we have now reached an interesting point. I'm calling it the crescendo of the song called 'Principal Photography of The Retelling'.
This part might sound like a math problem you'd see on a standardized test- We're returning the equipment on August 4th, so that leaves four days left to finish production. There are 117 scenes in the movie, and we've shot roughly 100 of them so far. Due to more scheduling conflicts, we are shooting 14 of the remaining scenes on Thursday. That means we will need to travel to 3 different locations, and one is out of town.
I really don't want to drag out the production thinking it would make things easier. We really can't afford to rent out the equipment again, and it may already be rented for that time. In addition, school starts mid-August. It just feels like putting it off, and we're so close...
So while it may be tough, I think we can do it. Just have to get through this one day, then we'll be solid.
This part might sound like a math problem you'd see on a standardized test- We're returning the equipment on August 4th, so that leaves four days left to finish production. There are 117 scenes in the movie, and we've shot roughly 100 of them so far. Due to more scheduling conflicts, we are shooting 14 of the remaining scenes on Thursday. That means we will need to travel to 3 different locations, and one is out of town.
I really don't want to drag out the production thinking it would make things easier. We really can't afford to rent out the equipment again, and it may already be rented for that time. In addition, school starts mid-August. It just feels like putting it off, and we're so close...
So while it may be tough, I think we can do it. Just have to get through this one day, then we'll be solid.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Still alive...
...after completely staging a small town folk festival last night in a park. With hurricane Dolly threatening us with rain all day yesterday. Luckily the rain passed before we started filming, and enough extras showed up to make it feel like a real folk festival. Even though we wrapped a little later than we should have, we were able to get everything scheduled for last night completed. One thing I had a problem with was figuring out where extras should go/when they should walk. The extras were great, but I wish I had somebody else to focus on their placing in the scenes...
Over spring break I visited a high school with a unique (and very cool) film program in San Francisco. The teacher of the class, Lance, ended up coming to town with his wife Gaby to visit the set. It was cool to have them there; they were both extras, and Lance helped out behind the camera too.
We've gotten quite a bit of rain today due to the hurricane, but I'm hoping it'll pass before 6 when we're supposed to start filming tonight.
Over spring break I visited a high school with a unique (and very cool) film program in San Francisco. The teacher of the class, Lance, ended up coming to town with his wife Gaby to visit the set. It was cool to have them there; they were both extras, and Lance helped out behind the camera too.
We've gotten quite a bit of rain today due to the hurricane, but I'm hoping it'll pass before 6 when we're supposed to start filming tonight.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Location difficulties...but not difficult locations!
There have been a few difficult sets these past few days, so it still kind of feels like we're going up the hill. By difficult I don't mean that things haven't been running fairly smoothly, because they have- I just mean we have some difficult set-ups.
For one, a prominent location in the story is a forest/forest clearing. We have limited time at this location, so we have to cram in a lot of scenes in a couple of nights. The location itself is perfect- exactly how I pictured it when I wrote the script to take place in West Virginia. It's in a small town near Bastrop, and the owners of the property have been very nice about letting us use it for all of the late night shooting.
But the night shooting has been part of what made the location difficult- even though we have access to power outlets, we only have a four light kit (which includes a 300W, two 650W, and a 1K W) and a Blond 2K open face light. The 2K didn't fit on the c-stand, so we weren't able to use it that night. Our lighting set ups were very limited as a result. In addition, a few miles away somebody was having a huge music party. We could hear people singing and playing folk music at the location that we thought was in the middle of nowhere. When they stopped playing, a train would go by. We heard a few airplanes as well. I remember saying at one point, "Let's get this take before the band starts up, the train comes back, or an airplane flies by."
So that night, I edited a scene that we had filmed in the forest. It looks great, even though it's a really rough edit. I was concerned about how the movie would flow, and with this particular scene I was worried that it might be too dark. But it looked and sounded great, and I was very impressed with the performances of the actors. I'm very psyched to finish filming now...
Second, we're staging a small town folk festival. Luckily my dad has been to enough folk festivals to have an idea of how we could set this up, but it's been a challenge none the less. Getting enough extras, in particular, has been an issue. Many crew members have already had cameos in the film. Yesterday the set-up looked pretty realistic, I'm just hoping that the scenes we're filming today (that will require more extras) will turn out as good. There are two scenes in the movie that I think are the most crucial to the story: The last scene, and one of the ones we're filming tonight. For that reason, I'm both stoked and nervous about tonight.
I've uploaded a few pics from filming at the forest the other night. Enjoy!
For one, a prominent location in the story is a forest/forest clearing. We have limited time at this location, so we have to cram in a lot of scenes in a couple of nights. The location itself is perfect- exactly how I pictured it when I wrote the script to take place in West Virginia. It's in a small town near Bastrop, and the owners of the property have been very nice about letting us use it for all of the late night shooting.
But the night shooting has been part of what made the location difficult- even though we have access to power outlets, we only have a four light kit (which includes a 300W, two 650W, and a 1K W) and a Blond 2K open face light. The 2K didn't fit on the c-stand, so we weren't able to use it that night. Our lighting set ups were very limited as a result. In addition, a few miles away somebody was having a huge music party. We could hear people singing and playing folk music at the location that we thought was in the middle of nowhere. When they stopped playing, a train would go by. We heard a few airplanes as well. I remember saying at one point, "Let's get this take before the band starts up, the train comes back, or an airplane flies by."
So that night, I edited a scene that we had filmed in the forest. It looks great, even though it's a really rough edit. I was concerned about how the movie would flow, and with this particular scene I was worried that it might be too dark. But it looked and sounded great, and I was very impressed with the performances of the actors. I'm very psyched to finish filming now...
Second, we're staging a small town folk festival. Luckily my dad has been to enough folk festivals to have an idea of how we could set this up, but it's been a challenge none the less. Getting enough extras, in particular, has been an issue. Many crew members have already had cameos in the film. Yesterday the set-up looked pretty realistic, I'm just hoping that the scenes we're filming today (that will require more extras) will turn out as good. There are two scenes in the movie that I think are the most crucial to the story: The last scene, and one of the ones we're filming tonight. For that reason, I'm both stoked and nervous about tonight.
I've uploaded a few pics from filming at the forest the other night. Enjoy!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Wrapped at the house, on to the forest
Things did get better after my last post, but I didn't realize something when I wrote that- I would get down on myself for going a little later than scheduled, but I didn't put the situation in perspective: We would start filming at 8:30 PM and finish at 1 or 2 AM. So that's about 5 hours, and we'd film anywhere between 5 and 7 scenes each night when that was the schedule. I think it was the time of day that threw me off, but I didn't realize we were getting things done so quickly. That's pretty neat.
So here's where we are now:
We wrapped filming at one of the main locations in the movie last night...or maybe I should say this morning. It's hard to believe that it's only been 7 days of filming; we've filmed about 50 scenes so far. Whoa. Scenes were a little longer in Pathogen, but there were only 25. And that shoot only lasted 7 days for principal photography.
Today we're going to be moving on to one of the most important locations in the movie: the forest. There are a lot of scenes here, but not quite as many as there were at the house. I'm anticipating a somewhat difficult shoot though, just because we're filming all exterior/night scenes. That doesn't mean I think the shoot won't go well, though.
The only thing I'm a little worried about is how the film will look cut together. For example, sometimes a take will look great- but I don't know for sure how well it will fit in with the scene. Or if the pacing will be right. I can't really know those things until I see something put together...
The other slight problem- due to scheduling issues, we're not sure when we're going to be filming the ending scene of the film. Can't really cut this one out...
Those are my thoughts for this afternoon- I really should get back to getting things together for tonight.
So here's where we are now:
We wrapped filming at one of the main locations in the movie last night...or maybe I should say this morning. It's hard to believe that it's only been 7 days of filming; we've filmed about 50 scenes so far. Whoa. Scenes were a little longer in Pathogen, but there were only 25. And that shoot only lasted 7 days for principal photography.
Today we're going to be moving on to one of the most important locations in the movie: the forest. There are a lot of scenes here, but not quite as many as there were at the house. I'm anticipating a somewhat difficult shoot though, just because we're filming all exterior/night scenes. That doesn't mean I think the shoot won't go well, though.
The only thing I'm a little worried about is how the film will look cut together. For example, sometimes a take will look great- but I don't know for sure how well it will fit in with the scene. Or if the pacing will be right. I can't really know those things until I see something put together...
The other slight problem- due to scheduling issues, we're not sure when we're going to be filming the ending scene of the film. Can't really cut this one out...
Those are my thoughts for this afternoon- I really should get back to getting things together for tonight.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Getting back on track...
I think the reason why I haven't blogged in a couple of days is because I tend to post if something really...um, inconvenient interferes with the filming. So luckily nothing majorly bad has happened recently. There are little snags and miscommunications every once in a while, and I feel like my brain might explode from all of the things I'm learning. So it's a good kind of "brain might explode" feeling.
I remember telling my dad this at 4 AM this morning: "Okay, so my next movie is gonna go like this: Not a lot of locations, but it won't be overly simple. I'm going to find locations to fit the script early on, then have the script changed to make sure it will all make sense. Then the whole movie will be storyboarded and have a shotlist that we will stick to. It'll be great."
That was a problem yesterday- not only did I not have a contract with the first location, but I had already changed the script to fit that location. Even though I like the new location a lot, certain scenes just don't make sense there because of the geography. We actually had to stop filming a scene last night because it felt too awkward.
The past two days of filming have been a little off, if that's the right word for it. So I'm gonna promise something to you, reader of this blog: Today things will get back on track, the way they were when we first started over.
I remember telling my dad this at 4 AM this morning: "Okay, so my next movie is gonna go like this: Not a lot of locations, but it won't be overly simple. I'm going to find locations to fit the script early on, then have the script changed to make sure it will all make sense. Then the whole movie will be storyboarded and have a shotlist that we will stick to. It'll be great."
That was a problem yesterday- not only did I not have a contract with the first location, but I had already changed the script to fit that location. Even though I like the new location a lot, certain scenes just don't make sense there because of the geography. We actually had to stop filming a scene last night because it felt too awkward.
The past two days of filming have been a little off, if that's the right word for it. So I'm gonna promise something to you, reader of this blog: Today things will get back on track, the way they were when we first started over.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
First day, take 2
This isn't going to be a long post, just a quick update.
The location is working out so far- it's great to not have people living in the house while we're filming there so we're not disrupting their living space.
We were able to recast the role this morning, and it looks like it's going to work out. Kat Candler donated the meal for the day, and when she found out we didn't have somebody to play the role she helped us brainstorm. Paul Conrad, who was in her film Cicadas, agreed to play the role this morning.
So that's it: Found a new location in a day. Recast a role in a few hours. And the crew has been working so hard that the set ups have only been taking about 10 minutes or less. I think we're back on track.
The location is working out so far- it's great to not have people living in the house while we're filming there so we're not disrupting their living space.
We were able to recast the role this morning, and it looks like it's going to work out. Kat Candler donated the meal for the day, and when she found out we didn't have somebody to play the role she helped us brainstorm. Paul Conrad, who was in her film Cicadas, agreed to play the role this morning.
So that's it: Found a new location in a day. Recast a role in a few hours. And the crew has been working so hard that the set ups have only been taking about 10 minutes or less. I think we're back on track.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Not good
I didn't know what to title this blog, so it's how I feel right now- not good.
The footage from the past two days of filming looks and sounds great. But we can't use it. We lost the location after the second day. It's probably not what you think, though- we didn't break anything, film later than the shooting schedule permitted, disrupt the neighborhood, etc. Technically we did nothing wrong. The owners of the house just decided they didn't want us there after all, and that was that. We were scheduled for three more days of filming there because it is a prominent location, so the only option was to start again.
So on what was supposed to be the third day of production we were location scouting. If it reached 5:30PM and we still didn't have a location, I decided that we'd rearrange my house and film here (don't worry, I cleared it with my parents). However, by mid afternoon I got a phone call from my mom letting me know that there was a great rental property that was open to having us film there- we'd just need to pay the rental fee. I checked it out, and it was great. The owners are nice, we won't be disturbing them by filming late, and it looks perfect.
Tiffany and I rearranged the entire shooting schedule in two hours- something that originally took me about 24 hours to do. Contacted the actors and crew, and we were set for a morning shoot on Saturday.
Sounds a little too good to be true, right? Solving everything in a day and getting right back on schedule the next...
WELL...I got an email from one of the actors at around midnight (about 30 minutes before I started writing this) saying that because we're starting over, they think I should recast their role. And we start filming in less than 10 hours. What do they think I'm supposed to do? I can't keep postpoing the filming- 98% of my crew is under 18, and school starts in August. We've lost three days of filming already, so the shoot has already been extended by 2 days (we were able to combine a day).
I'm majorly bummed, and now waiting for a response from the actor. Hoping for the best...not really anything else I can do right now...
The footage from the past two days of filming looks and sounds great. But we can't use it. We lost the location after the second day. It's probably not what you think, though- we didn't break anything, film later than the shooting schedule permitted, disrupt the neighborhood, etc. Technically we did nothing wrong. The owners of the house just decided they didn't want us there after all, and that was that. We were scheduled for three more days of filming there because it is a prominent location, so the only option was to start again.
So on what was supposed to be the third day of production we were location scouting. If it reached 5:30PM and we still didn't have a location, I decided that we'd rearrange my house and film here (don't worry, I cleared it with my parents). However, by mid afternoon I got a phone call from my mom letting me know that there was a great rental property that was open to having us film there- we'd just need to pay the rental fee. I checked it out, and it was great. The owners are nice, we won't be disturbing them by filming late, and it looks perfect.
Tiffany and I rearranged the entire shooting schedule in two hours- something that originally took me about 24 hours to do. Contacted the actors and crew, and we were set for a morning shoot on Saturday.
Sounds a little too good to be true, right? Solving everything in a day and getting right back on schedule the next...
WELL...I got an email from one of the actors at around midnight (about 30 minutes before I started writing this) saying that because we're starting over, they think I should recast their role. And we start filming in less than 10 hours. What do they think I'm supposed to do? I can't keep postpoing the filming- 98% of my crew is under 18, and school starts in August. We've lost three days of filming already, so the shoot has already been extended by 2 days (we were able to combine a day).
I'm majorly bummed, and now waiting for a response from the actor. Hoping for the best...not really anything else I can do right now...
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
First day
First off, I think I should mention that today's schedule was completely different from the plan. Instead of starting at 6:30 AM, we arrived at 2:30 PM. There was a last minute scheduling changes, so everything was pushed back. The good news was that we finished setting up way ahead of the new schedule, so we were just waiting on the actors to arrive. However, the blocking took longer than I thought, and before I knew it we were back on schedule.
I think one of my mistakes today was that I was getting too many takes (especially with the first scene), so from now on I think someone will be keeping track of the time it'll take to film a scene just to keep things moving. Tiffany, one of the ADs (Assistant Director), picked up on this pretty quickly, and it really helped move the shoot forward.
We also had a problem with wires. The house we're using is pretty old (it's a historic house built in 1907), so the tape was picking up the wood when we'd try to tape the wires down. To avoid taping wires/extension cords too much, certain crew members are now designated "wires/extension cords holders".
The last major problem of the day was that there was a miscommunication with the location, so we had to leave a bit early. Tomorrow is a pretty long day of filming (11 scenes), and we're adding 3 scenes that we didn't get to today.
However, I thought the day still went well. The footage looks fantastic, and the sound is great. The kids doing sound, Leo and Benji, are both from my school. Neither one have worked on film sound before, but they both read sound books and were trained on the equipment beforehand. The lighting (worked on by Danny and Max) also looks really neat, especially with the kind of rustic look of the house. Harrison, the DP (Director of Photography) and one of the editors, was able to come up with a shotlist in a day and do a good job of coming up with the shots quickly. Kara (the other AD), Lina (Grip), and JAZ (Art Director/props master/continuity) worked incredibly hard throughout the day, and I hope (even with the bit of stress that entailed) everyone was able to have fun.
Things will move a lot quicker tomorrow, I'm sure. It's going to be a long day though.
I think one of my mistakes today was that I was getting too many takes (especially with the first scene), so from now on I think someone will be keeping track of the time it'll take to film a scene just to keep things moving. Tiffany, one of the ADs (Assistant Director), picked up on this pretty quickly, and it really helped move the shoot forward.
We also had a problem with wires. The house we're using is pretty old (it's a historic house built in 1907), so the tape was picking up the wood when we'd try to tape the wires down. To avoid taping wires/extension cords too much, certain crew members are now designated "wires/extension cords holders".
The last major problem of the day was that there was a miscommunication with the location, so we had to leave a bit early. Tomorrow is a pretty long day of filming (11 scenes), and we're adding 3 scenes that we didn't get to today.
However, I thought the day still went well. The footage looks fantastic, and the sound is great. The kids doing sound, Leo and Benji, are both from my school. Neither one have worked on film sound before, but they both read sound books and were trained on the equipment beforehand. The lighting (worked on by Danny and Max) also looks really neat, especially with the kind of rustic look of the house. Harrison, the DP (Director of Photography) and one of the editors, was able to come up with a shotlist in a day and do a good job of coming up with the shots quickly. Kara (the other AD), Lina (Grip), and JAZ (Art Director/props master/continuity) worked incredibly hard throughout the day, and I hope (even with the bit of stress that entailed) everyone was able to have fun.
Things will move a lot quicker tomorrow, I'm sure. It's going to be a long day though.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Filming Tomorrow
Tomorrow, July 9, will be the first day of production. There are going to be a lot of exterior/night shoots, so the plan is to start with the interior/day scenes to get the hang of working with the equipment before we get to the harder set-ups.
Yesterday I got back to Austin from a (really cool) convention in Minneapolis called CONvergence, and from the airport my mom and I picked up the grant check and equipment. That night the crew came over to do an equipment run through for an exterior/night set up. I haven't done this before, but from now on I'd highly recommend it. It helps the crew get used to working together and with the equipment. In addition, you'll know if the equipment works or not before you get on set.
SO....I think we're ready. But there are a few things that seem to be going against us-
a) locations. Most of them are still up in the air.
b) Most of the crew is made up of kids/teenagers who don't have jobs...so all of the money we have came from fund raising over the past year. The budget I put together to get everything we would need came to about $9,500. We have about $6,000.
c) Related to the money issue, craft services has been a bit of a problem. Just about 20 restaurants have turned us down/have not gotten back to us for food donations...leaving the number of donations from restaurants at 0.
The good news??
a) Just had a major location agree to letting us film there (about an hour ago)
b) Got a grant last week- $1,000 (already went to equipment/insurance)
c) The crew (no matter what ages they are) is incredibly hard-working and talented, and I feel lucky to know/work with them. Most of them have been working on this project for about a year helping with the trailer, pre-production, and fund raising.
The process of making this film so far has been totally different from Pathogen, and in a way I feel like it's gone a lot smoother. However, there's a lot more effort going into the production value of this one, so it sort of feels like my first feature.
I will update this blog throughout the production as often as I can.
Yesterday I got back to Austin from a (really cool) convention in Minneapolis called CONvergence, and from the airport my mom and I picked up the grant check and equipment. That night the crew came over to do an equipment run through for an exterior/night set up. I haven't done this before, but from now on I'd highly recommend it. It helps the crew get used to working together and with the equipment. In addition, you'll know if the equipment works or not before you get on set.
SO....I think we're ready. But there are a few things that seem to be going against us-
a) locations. Most of them are still up in the air.
b) Most of the crew is made up of kids/teenagers who don't have jobs...so all of the money we have came from fund raising over the past year. The budget I put together to get everything we would need came to about $9,500. We have about $6,000.
c) Related to the money issue, craft services has been a bit of a problem. Just about 20 restaurants have turned us down/have not gotten back to us for food donations...leaving the number of donations from restaurants at 0.
The good news??
a) Just had a major location agree to letting us film there (about an hour ago)
b) Got a grant last week- $1,000 (already went to equipment/insurance)
c) The crew (no matter what ages they are) is incredibly hard-working and talented, and I feel lucky to know/work with them. Most of them have been working on this project for about a year helping with the trailer, pre-production, and fund raising.
The process of making this film so far has been totally different from Pathogen, and in a way I feel like it's gone a lot smoother. However, there's a lot more effort going into the production value of this one, so it sort of feels like my first feature.
I will update this blog throughout the production as often as I can.
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