So far so good

I haven't started editing yet but all the footage looks pretty good, probably will need to reshoot a few things but they are minor things compared to all the good footage I have currently.

Welcome March and Production Notes #7

Just think in a few weeks spring break...I'm not as excited for spring break as I am for the warmer weather which I hope will follow.  The past weekend I was able to participate in the making of a film called "Resurrection Ferns" directed by Tate Bunker , the experience was good I'm glad I was given a chance and I hope I'll get more in the future.  I was also in the movie which was sweet.  I was an extra on the public transit bus they rented for the afternoon, I attempted to be "guy blinded by the light"  and yeah that was me.  I can't wait to see the film too, the synopsis I read was really good.

I'm going to go see if I can talk with Susan Kerns today about my scripts, she's a professor who wrote the screenplay for Tate.

Production Notes #6

I have an incredible idea but I dont know if I want to share until I actually have it written down in script format...ideas are so easily stolen online.  But I will be hopefully copyrighting this one because I think it is that good. :)

...I'm such a tease.

Production Notes #5

With Sound (updated)

This is the latest splash screen with some royalty free sound effects added in.  I still want to change it a bit though.

Production Notes #4

Fabricated NonFiction Productions

The above link is to the Fabricated NonFiction Productions splash screen that I created for my production company, Fabricated NonFiction.  More to come tomorrow.

Production Notes #3 update

So I failed to mention what kind of photographs I would want to use in this project.  I would like to show off Milwaukee.  The architecture, the public transit system, the lake front, the 3rd ward, the art museum, the interstate just south of the city, miller park, and other things I may have forgotten to mention.

Batman and Production Notes #3

This post has nothing to do with Batman but I thought I'd title it such just cause Sarah mentioned him.  Anywho, this post has to do with my project idea...Here is a link to a short 30 second video I made that that shows what I want to do. (It's in ".mov" format)

Production Notes #2

First of all I just want to say that I don't want to have a huge wedding when I get married lol... I know out of the blue but I was just watching spiderman 2 and freaking mary jane left her fiance at the alter for Peter.  Really? I mean who cares its a movie but she's a freaking whore for saying she'd marry someone else and then leaving what's-his-name at the alter for Peter, I'd be so embarrassed that's why I wanna go small on that day.

Enough ranting and raving, let's get to production notes haha :

So what I was thinking while walking around today taking pictures was 'what hasn't been done yet that could be done on a small scale with ease and a small crew?'  It doesn't even have to be all video.  I came up with an answer.

So maybe you've seen this vimeo video I posted on my facebook page titled "Fat City Reprise" If not here is the link.  Basically the director of photography took 45,000 photos and made a music video out of them.  I was thinking that could be fairly easy if you took in mind a few things.  

1. Don't think too big.

2. Simple shots, let the editing speak for itself.

3. Pans only? (Zooms could be a little difficult and if you zoom in to far then what's there to look at?)

Anywho, the idea that popped into my mind was to take roughly 5,000 images place them to a song that keeps a beat and tada something special.  What song did I think of?  Baba O'Riley by The Who.   Towards the end of the song it starts to speed up which is where I think the number of photos per second needs to increase.  (4:30? and even more around 4:55)

Raise your hand if you think it's doable or eyebrow if you think I'm crazy and I'm biting off more than I can chew for right now (maybe a summer project then?).

TX and GS400

Going out in this gorgeous weather this morning to take some more photos for cinematography and shoot my first video project for basic video.  I know exactly what I want for my video project I hope I don't master this one and then have trouble topping it later with my next two projects.  Well I'm certainly thinking high of myself... we'll see I guess : P

Stressed much?

Hello stress, where did you come from?  I don't know why but I had a mild panic attack this morning.  It had a lot to do with a dream I had last night.  Basically, in the dream I was in the situation of deciding whether or not I wanted to go back to Augustana for school or move on to UW-Milwaukee...it was weird because in my dream I chose to go back to Augustana and finish speech communication out before moving on to UWM.  I guess the stressful part about it was waking up and realizing that I didn't have that option any more AND the fact that possibly my subconscious really wanted me to stay at Augustana?  That was what caused this mild panic to ensue for like 12 minutes.  However, I was able to subdue it by thinking about a friend who packed up here belongings and moved out to Hawaii and what must have gone through her mind during that whole ordeal with the Augustana administration.  So where are we now?  Well somewhere between glory and shame, success and failure, life and death.  Getting my bearings and feet braced for anything is the best I can do for now... Also don't have so a lot of salt/sodium before you go to bed, load up on potassium if you want a good nights sleep, that's what I'll be doing tonight.

Production Notes:

What would you guys think about me posting my copyrighted pilot to my blog?  I don't know if it would fit but I could put it in Acts/Scenes.

Oh Wednesdays

One day of the week that couldn't be any longer.  Even though I don't have class until 3:00PM I don't get home until 9:30PM...sucks.  Anywho, I have a really good idea for a "short" film.  It might actually turn out to be up to 45 minutes long but I think each second will add to the film.  Without giving anything away before I have even wrote anything down, it will basically be about four peoples' lives that are connected in small ways and how little things affect the out come of their day.  It will be dramatic, nothing that will go into the film will be that shouldn't be there, and I will be determined to reshoot anything that I don't like in the editing room.

Breaking back / Production notes 1

My back has been harassing me non-stop for the past few days.  I'm not sure if its the way I'm sleeping (the bed is pretty hard)....(that's what she said)... or if it's the seven hours a week I have to sit in the most uncomfortable theatre chairs in the world.  Maybe it's a combination of the two, I just don't know.  I just hope it goes away soon.

But anywho, there are production notes I'd like to share.  I have a few doable ideas that have come into my mind when I've been in random places.  I will share them as the ideas start to become a little more solidified and well rounded.  Basically, I just have the ideas which is good to start with but I can't pick up a camera and start shooting yet.  More to come later.