Ran into my first major obstacle, other than getting the camera. That is making the cast’s schedules work together. So the shoot won’t happen until January sometime, probably not till the second half. I’m out of town next weekend, then I’ve got a photo shoot New Years weekend and others in the cast are busy….
Category: Video Caper
Entries about my making of the short file The Great Video Caper.
Movie Progress
Last night I did a number of things related to the movie. The big thing was I started story boarding. When I did my shot list I wasn’t going to storyboard. But when I ended up having till New Years to start shooting I decided I had time for a little more detail. I found…
Weekend Movie Progress
Made some progress this weekend on the movie. I sent out the new draft to cast, though I haven’t heard back from them. At lunch on Friday I went through the script and highlighted the props. Then Saturday I entered them all into VoodooPad, so I have a complete prop list. Sunday I got back…
Rewrite #1
In addition to going to the Apple Store and looking at software and cameras, I also went to the book store and bought “The Guerilla Film Makers Movie Blueprint” by Chris Jones, Jonathan Newman, Cara Williams. Then I came home and decided to go through the script and adding more shot and acting direction. I…
I’m Going to Make a Movie
A new obsession. Just when my photography was getting to the point I felt I was pretty good, I got Robert Rodriguez’s book “Rebel Without a Crew: Or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker With $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player”. We were in Disney at the Virgin Megastore. They had a whole aisle of filmmaking books. I’d…