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| Miles and I |
On Friday we wrapped the shoot! I had
assumed that upon screeching the words "that's a wrap!" a sudden sense
of relief would shower down upon me- but this was not the case. On
Thursday I am actually DPing my best friend Miles' junior thesis (he was
actually my AD and gosh darn he is amazingly organized and focused!)
So, I've been busy preparing for that. Last night I updated the shot
list and drew out some schematics for camera placement. After about an
hour of that I went into a trance-like state, jamming out to crazy
accordion music, dancing alone in a little editing room below my dorm
into the wee hours, playing out his movie in my head over and over
again... ohhhh yeah.
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| The actors surviving! |
But
back to my thesis! Both days were a time crunch which seems to be that
of the inevitable. I did basically get all of the shots I wanted... I
mean, a few times we did have to cut some shots, but being the oddity I
am, I managed to find a way to get them anyways. (On top of that I added
in some inserts we hadn't been planning...!) The second day was much
more stressful. Within the first minute of the shoot we flip-flopped the
schedule. Heck that was confusing. Rather than shooting the outdoor
scene last, we decided to shoot it first due to the fear that the sunset
was coming earlier than we had planned for. But the worst part of the
day was shooting outside. Everyone froze to death. It was around 10
degrees F.
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| My DP and I checking out the set-up! |
I
am beginning to cut a rough of the film. My biggest motivator to get it
done is the music. I have a composer from France who will begin to work
on the score once I send him my first cut. Music is one of the most
important parts of a film for me. Almost all of my favorite films are
loved due to their score more so than anything else- for instance,
Amelie, Coraline, and Nightmare Before Christmas. (I sure as heck love
those movies for their overall package, but I particularly am drawn to
the whimsical music.)
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| Key grip and gaffer! |
Due
to limited time and tight scheduling I had to cut out my very prized
beginning and end dolly. It was a hard sacrifice to make, but I made an
exciting trade off: I am going to animate the beginning and end! One of
my close friends (Irene) is going to do some drawings for me and then I
am going to do the animation in After Effects.
Anyways, I gotta go back to workin on my friend's thesis! Wish me luck!
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| Most of the crew~ |
Very informative. Didn't realize you had to rearrange the inside and outside shoots.10 degrees, wow dedicated actors and crew. Can't wait to see what you do with the animation and the After Effects. Very exciting. Also will be interesting to hear what your French composer comes up with. I think this will be a very unique little film.
ReplyDeleteGlad you were able to dance and play the accordion in the editing suite. That made my day!
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