So I just had my first official editing day yesterday. This of course means that I am back in the creative process. I can't believe how much a founder when I don't have a creative outlet. I just couldn't tell you what I've been doing the last two weeks since the shoot. However, I could give you all the boring details about the edits I've been making.
Basically everything is going well and the footage looks awesome. I am editing it myself right now, but hopefully very soon I will have the help of two very talented editors.
Ok back to work.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Finished Shooting
Well I have been relatively negligent here. I finished shooting! Last Tuesday the 16th we wrapped about about 11:30pm! It was a crazy 5 days of shooting. It felt like running a marathon everyday and I was almost completely obliterated on wednesday. I wandered aimlessly about my house my brain mush my muscles sore and unsure what to do with myself. In fact I didn't really start to come back to myself until Saturday.
Right after shooting there was a lot of wrapping up to do and now there is a lot of loose ends to be tied. First and foremost I"m dying to get my footage back! I have yet to see any dailies which means I have no evidence of all the amazing work my crew and I did to get this film made. I do however have some awesome pictures from on set taken by the fabulous Julie Fiasconaro our scripty!
I don't know what to say about the shoot except that it was amazing and from Day 1 I knew that it was exactly what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. The journey certainly isn't over but a huge mountain has been climbed. I will keep posting on this blog as I progress along in post production so that you all can know exactly where I am.
Right now I'm working on getting an editor for the film. I have a few people in mind and I'll let you know when someone is confirmed. And of course I'm sure that as soon as I get dailies I"ll be back here gushing about the foootage.
xo
Right after shooting there was a lot of wrapping up to do and now there is a lot of loose ends to be tied. First and foremost I"m dying to get my footage back! I have yet to see any dailies which means I have no evidence of all the amazing work my crew and I did to get this film made. I do however have some awesome pictures from on set taken by the fabulous Julie Fiasconaro our scripty!
I don't know what to say about the shoot except that it was amazing and from Day 1 I knew that it was exactly what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. The journey certainly isn't over but a huge mountain has been climbed. I will keep posting on this blog as I progress along in post production so that you all can know exactly where I am.
Right now I'm working on getting an editor for the film. I have a few people in mind and I'll let you know when someone is confirmed. And of course I'm sure that as soon as I get dailies I"ll be back here gushing about the foootage.
xo
Friday, February 12, 2010
1st Day of Shooting
Went really well. We got all the creepy hallway shots and the celebratory bar shots! We still owe the realty agency but that's ok it's a quick shot we can pick up later. Everything looks so amazing! The Red and Shawn are making it magic.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Shooting Tomorrow
Oh my Goodness. So much has happened since I last updated. I wish I'd been more diligent about updating but there simply haven't been enough hours in the day. Our entire crew is on. We finally locked in a great AD named Rick Flynn, a scripty and a sound guy. All of our roles have been cast:
Megan Melnyk will be playing Tina,
Molly Pope will be playing Maureen,
Jordan Smith will be playing the co-worker
Kent Meister will be playing Richard Powell
Daniel Abeles will be playing Billy
I had a wonderful rehearsal with Molly and Megan last night where we practiced tying Molly up. That was a good time!
We've finally locked in all of our locations thanks to our fabulous locations manager Alec Bates. We had a slight set back with our office space on tuesday but we found an alternate location out in Flushing that's going to work just fine.
The entire crew has been working so hard to get the film made it's simply amazing! And everything is coming together beautifully. At this point, 1 day out from shooting I thought I would be a nervous wreck BUT in reality I'm feeling really good, and really confident. With all the pieces moved into place all I have to do is come in and make the magic happen as they say.
So wish me luck tomorrow on our first day of shooting. I'll update again when shooting is over as I imagine I'll be too tired to keep posting during shooting. But you never know.
Megan Melnyk will be playing Tina,
Molly Pope will be playing Maureen,
Jordan Smith will be playing the co-worker
Kent Meister will be playing Richard Powell
Daniel Abeles will be playing Billy
I had a wonderful rehearsal with Molly and Megan last night where we practiced tying Molly up. That was a good time!
We've finally locked in all of our locations thanks to our fabulous locations manager Alec Bates. We had a slight set back with our office space on tuesday but we found an alternate location out in Flushing that's going to work just fine.
The entire crew has been working so hard to get the film made it's simply amazing! And everything is coming together beautifully. At this point, 1 day out from shooting I thought I would be a nervous wreck BUT in reality I'm feeling really good, and really confident. With all the pieces moved into place all I have to do is come in and make the magic happen as they say.
So wish me luck tomorrow on our first day of shooting. I'll update again when shooting is over as I imagine I'll be too tired to keep posting during shooting. But you never know.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Shooting Date Set
It looks like we are officially shooting over Valentine's Day weekend! It will be a 5 day shoot and probably mostly nights so I'm preparing to be nocturnal. We are making offers to our lead actresses today. I can't say who they are yet, but they are fabulous and I'm very excited to start working with them.
With a little over a week to go before shooting everyone is switching into high gear to make sure that we are super prepared to move forward with our very ambitious shooting schedule.
Over the next couple of days I'll be taking a good look at the script and making sure that I have it clear in my mind exactly what I want for the look and feel of the film. I'll also be working on communicating this to all of the talented crew. Because I'd be no where without them. And then it will mostly likely be meetings, meetings, meetings, and rehearsals. I'm already exhausted just thinking about it.
Ok gotta go lots to do!
With a little over a week to go before shooting everyone is switching into high gear to make sure that we are super prepared to move forward with our very ambitious shooting schedule.
Over the next couple of days I'll be taking a good look at the script and making sure that I have it clear in my mind exactly what I want for the look and feel of the film. I'll also be working on communicating this to all of the talented crew. Because I'd be no where without them. And then it will mostly likely be meetings, meetings, meetings, and rehearsals. I'm already exhausted just thinking about it.
Ok gotta go lots to do!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Hurray!
I have reached my goal for my Kickstarter fundraising. This means that I'll definitely get to keep the money I've raised. However, there are still a few more days of fundraising to go so I'm hoping that a few more donations will trickle in to add to the kitty.
I had a very productive weekend. The second round of casting went extremely well and I'm happy to say that we have found a few very talented actresses. However, we are going to do call backs this coming saturday to make sure we get the right fit. I also had a locations meeting which was very informative and I hope that by the end of the week we'll have at least one location locked in.
Our Costume Designer's sister has come aboard as our Hair and Make Up artist so I'm glad to welcome her to the team. Unfortunately, it looks like we are still looking for a Production Designer though, but I'm confident we will find a talented person soon.
xo
I had a very productive weekend. The second round of casting went extremely well and I'm happy to say that we have found a few very talented actresses. However, we are going to do call backs this coming saturday to make sure we get the right fit. I also had a locations meeting which was very informative and I hope that by the end of the week we'll have at least one location locked in.
Our Costume Designer's sister has come aboard as our Hair and Make Up artist so I'm glad to welcome her to the team. Unfortunately, it looks like we are still looking for a Production Designer though, but I'm confident we will find a talented person soon.
xo
Friday, January 22, 2010
Locations, Locations
So things are really getting going and it is exciting and stressful and wonderful all wrapped into one. I have hired an amazing locations Manager named Alec who is all over finding me the perfect locations for the film with the help of my dear friend Christina. Tami Manear an old friend from my early HDNet Films days has come aboard as our costume designer. I'm interviewing a Production Manager/Producer today and Saturday is the next round of casting. Thank you Paige Blansfield. I don't think I've ever been so busy in my life!
The Kickstarter fundraising is coming to a close as well. So if you haven't donated I urge you to go ahead and do so. We have less that $300 to go and that should be an easy gap to close. And Maybe just maybe we'll exceed the $2000 goal.
I'll keep posting as production continues. Your comments and questions are very welcome if anyone has any!
xo
The Kickstarter fundraising is coming to a close as well. So if you haven't donated I urge you to go ahead and do so. We have less that $300 to go and that should be an easy gap to close. And Maybe just maybe we'll exceed the $2000 goal.
I'll keep posting as production continues. Your comments and questions are very welcome if anyone has any!
xo
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