SHOOTING DELAYED
Foul weather played a part in the cancellation of my latest shoot. Well, foul weather and the fact that I never got the location I desired locked down. Actually, it wasn't so much that I didn't get the one I desired; none of the ones that Theo looked into were a lock.
"The Road" has been plagued by starts and stops. Most notably, a stop for nearly a year.
Out to shoot the end sequence, which originally took place outside, in a field, I had to re adapt the script for it to be an interior shoot, due to a rainy cold front we had last Monday.
I figured that we could hijack a parking garage and use the ambient lighting in place of fill lights and bounces. Although we'd probably need some kind of key lighting somewhere. Still I was willing to take a chance.
It got later and later and before I knew it, it got foggy as Hell, so I just pulled the plug on it.
We're going to try again, next Tuesday. I'm trying to line up a rehearsal day so that we've got the lines down and some of the blocking.
MIXED IN
I was finally able to attend one of those San Antonio Film Commission mixers yesterday. I arrived quite a bit late with my brother in tow, but it was an interesting time. I saw one of the actors, Mike, who's appearing in "The Road", not to mention Theo, Hope and a few other recognizable faces.
It was interesting to see so many people. I'm guessing a lot of them have been involved in the scene for some time. I didn't get to meet too many people, but, honestly, I was just there to get a glimpse of the scene. I'm glad my brother was able to go. Turns out he knew a few faces there too. Being a Mac Genius, he will undoubtedly work on many of the Macs these would be filmmakers own.
Well, that's all for now. I'll report back after rehearsals.
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There Goes My Hero...
Monday, December 03, 2007
Martin Scorsese is probably my favorite director. I enjoy interviews with him or articles or books about the man. Especially when he injects his own thoughts, motivations and ideas about film and film making.
Yesterday a friend at work who is also an avid film buff, told me about a site where Scorsese had apparently done a commercial in Europe. Its for some kind of champagne or wine or something.
I don't know what it is about Europe that actors and directors feel that there's no stigma to doing a commercial or filming one. Maybe they just throw them bags full of money or something.
Anyhow, after watching the "film" Marty did for this champagne, I said, "Damn!" I mean, it's fucking Scorsese so you know it's gonna be good.
Here's the link: Scorsese's booze ad
Enjoy!
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Yesterday a friend at work who is also an avid film buff, told me about a site where Scorsese had apparently done a commercial in Europe. Its for some kind of champagne or wine or something.
I don't know what it is about Europe that actors and directors feel that there's no stigma to doing a commercial or filming one. Maybe they just throw them bags full of money or something.
Anyhow, after watching the "film" Marty did for this champagne, I said, "Damn!" I mean, it's fucking Scorsese so you know it's gonna be good.
Here's the link: Scorsese's booze ad
Enjoy!
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On 'The Road' Again...
Oh, I just had to use that title.
Well, I'm struggling with editing two films right now. One that I directed; the other I did not. The second is KICKING MY ASS. Its hard to cut without being intimately acquainted with the materials or really knowing the vision of the director. Or the writer for that matter. Ugh.
So, despite my better judgement, I'm going to get back in the director's chair while I cut these other projects.
I finaly got Chris and Mike, the actors from my car jacking picture, locked down for a night shoot a week from today. I've also got my ever handy cinematographer, Hank, back on board, so I feel confident this will work out just as good as the first round of shooting.
I edited the initial footage a while back and man does it look fantastic. I think only my wife, my parents and maybe two others have seen it. Its the grittiest thing I've done so far. Profanity and violence galore. I know that will probably get the film excluded from several indie showcases. A lot of them tend to have you scale back the profanity. But I say, FUCK THEM. I thought indie film was about uncensored voice.
The end of the year is almost upon me and I need to know that I was able to complete another film from first frame to final cut. 'The Road' will have taken me nearly a year to complete. That's just insane. Gotta get it done.
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Well, I'm struggling with editing two films right now. One that I directed; the other I did not. The second is KICKING MY ASS. Its hard to cut without being intimately acquainted with the materials or really knowing the vision of the director. Or the writer for that matter. Ugh.
So, despite my better judgement, I'm going to get back in the director's chair while I cut these other projects.
I finaly got Chris and Mike, the actors from my car jacking picture, locked down for a night shoot a week from today. I've also got my ever handy cinematographer, Hank, back on board, so I feel confident this will work out just as good as the first round of shooting.
I edited the initial footage a while back and man does it look fantastic. I think only my wife, my parents and maybe two others have seen it. Its the grittiest thing I've done so far. Profanity and violence galore. I know that will probably get the film excluded from several indie showcases. A lot of them tend to have you scale back the profanity. But I say, FUCK THEM. I thought indie film was about uncensored voice.
The end of the year is almost upon me and I need to know that I was able to complete another film from first frame to final cut. 'The Road' will have taken me nearly a year to complete. That's just insane. Gotta get it done.
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