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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Wrapping it up

For now we are in the process of wrapping up our script. We nearly have the full skeleton and a good portion of the scenes have been completely written, but we need to fill in the rest of the scene. Add  more detail and whatnot. Than we will do some "briefing" on the actors/actresses that we've inquired the aid of because up to this point, they have nearly no idea of what's going on aside from the movie title. Once we're done with that, we'll dive right into filming. I'm just hoping I can get the same determination and zeal out of everyone. I've got consecutive days of filming in mind, but the realistic side of me...



I'm scared of what the final outcome of the film will be. I always have to remind myself that this is the first time (whatsoever) that I've even remotely attempted to shoot a serious film, let alone with other people with zero experience and with nothing but a mediocre DSLR in hand. I knew from the start lighting would be crucial but I had to give up on that hope once I realized the camera we had couldn't be manually focused and adjusted in video mode. I'm tempted to ask a friend of mine to borrow his camera but I'm hesitant as I would not loan such a nice camera if I were in his position.


Monday, May 6, 2013

Pew Pew. Shot!

At last. Paper has gone to film and we have shot our first scene which is actually our last scene. However to be honest I am not satisfied with the quality of it, but nothing can really be done in terms of better equipment. It wasn't the brightest idea to go into this without a real video camera. One that allows for manually adjusting exposure and whatnot. And with no crew, I can't get a "boom-micker" or do very much with the lighting. It's as ghetto as it gets.



I did get a nice feel really shooting for the first time. It was a fun time with the guys. We have not edited yet but I'm hoping we can really pull through with that and use our editing wizardry skills on the footage. Again my fear of not being able to execute what I believe is a above par plot and execute some absolutely golden ideas have resurfaced. But we are in it for the long haul and there's no bailing out. We will continue working hard and putting our all into this to produce a wonderful film (once the "zero experience" fact is factored in).