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
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