A very heartfelt thanks to the two anonymous contributors who kicked off my IndieGogo campaign for this short with $25 contributions.
Right now I am working on a shot list. That is basically s list of each camera setup.At the moment I have so many that we would need to do five per hour for fifteen hours. That's simply not possible. So I need to go in there and really work it out to what is essential to telling the story.
Time is wasting, so off I go.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Rehearsals and TRON
Saturday was insane. Rehearsals took all day, but the actors were on their own for the most part. I was with the DP and Sound artist working on nailing down everything we needed to do with the location.
There will be hurdles, like the elevators, which rumble and roar frequently. That will cause trouble for sound, depending on where were are shooting.
All in all the location is going to work out nicely. No location is perfect, mind you.
I was home so late I never bothered to update this place and then Sunday was spent with my wife. We saw TRON in IMAX (real IMAX, not those smaller Digital fake IMAX jobs we all call Lie-max). Did the walk around the city thing. Etc. etc.
Tomorrow I must finalize mt script as best I can.
There will be hurdles, like the elevators, which rumble and roar frequently. That will cause trouble for sound, depending on where were are shooting.
All in all the location is going to work out nicely. No location is perfect, mind you.
I was home so late I never bothered to update this place and then Sunday was spent with my wife. We saw TRON in IMAX (real IMAX, not those smaller Digital fake IMAX jobs we all call Lie-max). Did the walk around the city thing. Etc. etc.
Tomorrow I must finalize mt script as best I can.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Rehearsals today...
Today I met with actors Kyle Guarco and Sterling Yeo to rehearse for our short. Cinematograher Yueni Zander will also stop by the location for scouting purposes.
The location where we are shooting the majority of the film is a lounge to one of Wall Street's many luxury apartment buildings. There are three distinct sections, each having its own unique look. We will do some redressing on the day we film in order to make the location look like a trendy club.
Kyle Guarco is the kind of guy who lights up a room when he walks into it. He is filled with energy and can best be compared with Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), but taller, stronger and with more energy.
Earlier this week Kyle spoke at length with Sifu Vincent Lyn, who was the inspiration for this part.
I will report back later today with the results of today's rehearsals.
The location where we are shooting the majority of the film is a lounge to one of Wall Street's many luxury apartment buildings. There are three distinct sections, each having its own unique look. We will do some redressing on the day we film in order to make the location look like a trendy club.
Earlier this week Kyle spoke at length with Sifu Vincent Lyn, who was the inspiration for this part.
I will report back later today with the results of today's rehearsals.
Friday, December 17, 2010
THE WATCH: My first short film in many years
Today marks a milestone. It is the first day my IndieGogo site went live for THE WATCH, my first short film since OBSESSIONS: THE BRYAN REARDEN STORY all the way back in 2002.
Or at least video was video, until HD came along. Now we have affordable High Definition cameras capable of delivering astonishingly life-like images. Sometimes too lifelike. I hate cinema with that clean HD Video look more akin to football games and boxing matches. However, with the right lighting and some post processing, HD can look like something close to film. Did you see the season finale to HOUSE back in May? That was shot with Canon 5D's, a DSLR camera that can be had for $2,500 (minus lens). That woke me up. Heck, it woke everybody up!
That film won me the Independent Achievement Award at the New York International Independent Film Festival, where it screened closing night in glorious 35mm along with MANHATTAN MIDNIGHT, the first film to be shot in High Defintion (with the same $100,000 cameras used on Attack of the Clones) and also noted because it was the film debut of the amazing Maggie Q. In a leading role, no less!
Since 2002 I actually began and abandoned two short films, both shot on DV. I just hated how they looked. DV is such an ugly format, completely lacking in clarity or fine detail. Film is film and video is video, dammit!
Or at least video was video, until HD came along. Now we have affordable High Definition cameras capable of delivering astonishingly life-like images. Sometimes too lifelike. I hate cinema with that clean HD Video look more akin to football games and boxing matches. However, with the right lighting and some post processing, HD can look like something close to film. Did you see the season finale to HOUSE back in May? That was shot with Canon 5D's, a DSLR camera that can be had for $2,500 (minus lens). That woke me up. Heck, it woke everybody up!
And so... I will march forward and shoot this short in High Definition on January 8 (and a few other days before and after) and hopefully have it in the can, edited and mixed by February 1st. This is almost a practice run for a huge short film I have planned for April. That one will be shot on Film and HD. A nice mix, for reasons I won't get into just now.
This little short will be fun. It's comedic in tone and will come in around 5 minutes. That's the perfect length for a funny short film. Any longer and you can lose your audience.
So welcome aboard. I'll be updating at least once a week, I swear on my life, so help me, well, you know who.
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