Scheduling ADR has become hell for me -- my main actress is in LA, and won't be back until Monday evening. Luckily, I was able to find a spot (while skipping class), so all should be okay.
I haven't really looked into my second script all that much; been very busy. But I'm slowly coming up with ideas to jazz it up. I'll for sure go over it tomorrow and get a good idea with Sean about what we want and how we're going to pull it off. Should be exciting!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
ADR and communication issues
At the beginning of the week, everything was going great. I had the video all done and there seemed to be no problems getting it onto the pro-tools program. Even better, my audio people were actually responding. I had a time reserved to do ADR on Friday and turned out my actress couldn't make it. We still got some ADR done because the other actor was able to make it. However from there, the communication has dropped dramatically. I tried to contact my actress several times to try and figure out when she was available to do her part of ADR, but she didn't start responding till Saturday morning (actually really late Friday night after I was already asleep). By the time I got the email and looked at the times, everything was full.
At this point I don't really know what to do. I sent Swingley an email yesterday to ask for his advice and told him we would be willing to go in at 4 in the morning if we have to. I know he does freelance work on weekends, so he hasn't responded to me yet. Hopefully we can get this all worked out, but right now I am a little on the edge. Why can't people just check their cell phones like most normal people do? Especially when you know you are a part of a crunch time scenario.
At this point I don't really know what to do. I sent Swingley an email yesterday to ask for his advice and told him we would be willing to go in at 4 in the morning if we have to. I know he does freelance work on weekends, so he hasn't responded to me yet. Hopefully we can get this all worked out, but right now I am a little on the edge. Why can't people just check their cell phones like most normal people do? Especially when you know you are a part of a crunch time scenario.
Friday, February 22, 2008
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!
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!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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
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.
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.
Monday, February 18, 2008
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...
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...
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