Almost Time For Wrapping Up.

So finally I'm coming near to finishing the filming part of my film, and the editing is coming along smoothly. The only issue is that I'm having trouble finding a certain location to shoot at. The set needs to be a business office of some sort, but that's extremely difficult to find. Luckily, I have an uncle who works as an office manager at a small business and I may be able to shoot there. This unfortunately will be my final entry until I do my presentation in January, it's been a pleasure posting for anybody whose been reading.

Coming Into Frame.

I'm extremely happy with all the work I got accomplished this week. We've begun the editing process, and thanks to my friend Chuck, whose been a huge help on the project, the film is flowing together greatly. We had multiple days of shooting so we got a lot of shots in. I just have to mention all the appreciation for all the support and help I'm getting from my friends/ partners Cain and Chuck, who I'm planning to have come on stage with me if they wish to. We've still got a few more weeks of work left though, so we'll see how it goes.

Cut! Roll it Again.

This past week was a pretty decent week for shooting aside from having to do a few re-shoots. After having a slight change in the script and new ideas on how to enhance the scenes, my partners and I decided to film a few scenes that were already shot that way we would have a few extra cuts and we could see what worked better. The editing process has also been started and things are going pretty good in that area. Unfortunately this weekend one of my partners seems to be getting sick so we may have to postpone another weekend of film. Hopefully he'll get better and will be able to come to film.

Still Rolling...

Unfortunately this past week and weekend I wasn't able to get any filming done this week due to complications with school and my crew's work situations. This weekend looks to be promising because we all have free time this weekend. We're starting off by shooting as much as we can that way editing will be easier to maintain. I was lucky enough to acquire another helping hand to help with the filming process. I must stress that most short films that people see have a crew of a couple hundred people and usually cost a little over a thousand dollars, thus I will try my hardest to make the film look clean and crisp but it will be a bit strenuous. The main worries I have are how editing will go and especially how the audience will receive the film. I guess we'll just have to see.

Scene One, Action!

This week has been going really good because I finally got a chance to start shooting scenes. I have most of the intro completed thanks to one of my friends who is helping with the filming and editing. Thanks to him filming has become much more simple. The only tricky things are finding free time to where we can shoot and balancing certain things like lighting. I have no fear that this film will be finished and edited properly by the due date. I'm looking forward to presenting this in January.

New Direction

I have come to a conclusion in the past few weeks. I have realized that the way I've been writing has become to in depth and too long for a short film. So in order to make this work, I have ultimately decided to change my idea entirely. Instead of creating an convoluted, in depth thriller film, I'm switching to a much easier idea. Because of the limited time and resources I have decided to take inspiration from a few videos I have seen and decided to make some alterations to it. After watching a few game "walk through's" i stumbled upon a horror game that  thought, with a few of my own personal creative ideas, would be perfect for a film adaptation. It's short on plot, dialogue, full of thrills, and easy to do. Hopefully know this will go much more smoothly than what I had originally planned.

Perfecting the Art

This week has been a lot more about research as opposed to the usual script writing. I have been doing a lot of surfing on the internet looking at the mechanics of making. Luckily, I have a good amount of knowledge of how to film a movie so a lot of the things i saw weren't a big surprise. I've mainly looked at how directors use certain shots and how they pull them off, such as birds-eye view crane shots. This has been an eye opener because it shows that there a lot of materials that I don't have that I'm going to have to make do without. I've also had a few discussions with Mr. Malicke about how to do certain shots and what equipment I can use. In essence, I think I may be able to start filming in the next few weeks, a month at the latest.

Lights, Camera, Action...Almost.

So good news about the script, it,s getting close to being finished thus meaning I can start filming soon. I've already scoped out some decent locations for most of the film which, provided I have a good camera, will really pop. Also on the plus side, I already have numerous applicants asking to play roles in my film. I may even have to actually have a casting session with some of the people if they fit the roles. Things are starting to look very promising.

Far From Writers Block

Once again I'm happy to say that my story is growing into something good, atleast by my standards. I've already got people willing to help me in the filming and acting process, plus I've drafted some characters that I think audiences will enjoy. If I'm not careful I might bite off more than I can chew. With the way I've been thinking and writting I might be in the process of making more than a short twenty minute film. Guess I'll have to wait and see.

Now The Plot Thickens

So now I'm into my second week and I've been busy working. I now have a full blown plot in the works and I've been touchin up and revising aspects of the story itself. After all, a movie really isn't that great unless one has a decent story to tell. Hopefully within the next couple weeks I can get the ball rolling on the filming process.

So the Work Begins!

So the first week is done and it's been pretty tricky. Right now I have a general idea of what I want to do which is a horror/mystery film. Being that this is my first piece of work, I figured I mite want to start off with something that shouldn't be too hard to film and something anyone could relate to, because everybody has seen a scary movie before. The title is called "The Unforgiven" and so far I have a general idea of the plot and theme. Right now I've been in the process of working on a script, characters, and developing a decently interesting and strong plot (at least enough for a short film.) I must admit, it is a tad bit hard trying to balance out school work and this, and with the added pressure of possibly having a job makes things tougher. Oh well though, many of the people we consider to be great went against impossible odds to accomplish a goal, so school and a job...not even a shadow of a problem!

Why I'm Making a Short Film.

For my twenty percent project I've decided to attempt to make a short film. My inspiration for this comes from a life long interest of the film industry. I've looked into a range of things from how actors prepare for rolls to how a director uses a certain angle to make a shot come to life, so it's only natural for me to try this out. My goal in life is to be an actor or, should that not work in my favor, someone behind the scenes. Hopefully I do decently well on this, learn what to do and what not to do in a sense.
                In order for this to come to life it's going to take a lot of time, preperation, and percission to make this work. Thankfully I already have some expierence in camera opperating and acting thanks to Mr. Malicke, my broadcasting teacher. I know he's going to be a huge help in making this work for me which i owe him a huge debt should this work. The main obsticals are getting a script and decently good actors. Due to having free weekends, finding time and places to film shouldn't be too hard. I imagine I'm going to be working somewhat close to the due date to make sure everything is in good condition for showing, but for now I'll just have to take it day by day.