ADR/script escapades

So ADR was recorded at the lovely time of 11 pm- 12:30 am for my film [Thanks, Theatre rehearsals- ugh.]

Anyway, they went really well, I think Stephanie and Matt were really amused and excited with the process and the takes we got were pretty good. I got to officially meet my audio team, and from what we were able to talk about, I'm confident that they'll do a great job on the post-production. I still have to figure out music, though- has anyone gotten anything from Rich about when he'll be in his office to look over music libraries? I think that'd help me a lot in the process.

Other than that, we've already picked scripts and I feel ready to go for auditions next week. My only concern is that I was talking with Stephanie and apparently there aren't many big female roles in the scripts chosen, so she's making it sound like there might be a bit of a draw for me and Andy's script (our protagonist is female). Good thing or bad thing? I guess we'll see!

Last week and this week

I didn't get a chance to post last week because my video was giving me all sorts of trouble. In the end I got it on the server on time and as far as I know, everything is working fine.

As for this week, it is going to be a fairly boring post. I plan on communicating with my audio team and seeing what they think needs to be done audio wise. I would also like to meet with my partner for this project and discuss any preliminary plans.

Like I said, I know this is a pretty boring post, but they will get more exciting as the weeks roll on

That's a wrap... Sort of

Post for Monday Feb. 18...
Well, due to some conflicts with my filming location, I had to turn in my "Cut to Time" about 18 hours after the original due date. I still need to correct some visual things and perfect the credits, but it is ready for any and all audio work. Overall, I think the black, white, and red works in nearly all the shots that it is applied, but I need to fix some of the red bleeding into areas where I didn't want it. I managed to cut the run time to 7:20 without credits. I imagine it will be about 8 minutes from end to end. This was an excellent experience for directing and working with an amazing actress. Lindsey's performance was great, and I hope I can do her justice with the final product. I was able to expirement with some creative shots and techniques. That always makes the filming a little more interesting. I think this film will rely heavily on audio and music, so I'm anxious to see the work done it.

Finally Done

I finally got everything done last night. I seperated the audio and video and dropped it into the server. I couldn't be happier to be done with this project for the most part. This was easily the worst experience I've ever had making a video. I had no fun doing it which is my main concern about doing a video. I didn't like the script. I didn't like having to use a set person to act in it. I didn't like anything about it. Hopefully the next project will be a good time to make like it should be. My fingers are crossed.

As done as done can be...

Like everyone else, my cut-to-time is done. It took forever. I had a good amount of issues reworking the final scene with my reshoots, which took a lot of extra time, and I'm still not completely okay with it. But then again, I don't think I ever completely got into this project. Too much stuff going on, and I didn't feel like I could be completely creative with it, and like I've said before, I'm really more into the production side than being the director.

I'm excited to get a script we get to pick this time around, and I'm excited to work with Andy- I liked his rough cut and I'm interested to see how we can play around with stuff on the second project. I hope that two people from the class working on one film will help making it not so overwhelming. If not, I might flip out, throw the Country A-K rack out on the street, and go work at a Virgin Records store...

Bonne chance!

Cut to time is done! Yay! Things actually went really smoothly with all of it, other than misjudging the time it would take to render. I try not to think about how many hours of my life have been wasted in rendering... But yeah, I'm happy with what we accomplished and I'm just hoping that I will have as much luck with the next project.

C-C-C-Cut it!

Finished the cut to time. It is much tighter and decently shorter than the rough cut. But no way is it going to get under the 7:15 mark. So i'm gonna have to do the final audio mix myself. Which is fine. From my critique i got back it sounded like they were expecting me to want miracles of sound engineering. Which i don't. It's a quiet and tense piece.

I was really happy to see the rough cuts last class. No two directors make the same film.

And here comes the next project. I hope I don't overload this one like i did the last.