Hey.
Finally; after months of listening to me ramble about Wake Up and consistently not give any material; here's the trailer I made in January(the quality is kinda shit, but good enough to understand what's going on). I finally got this uploaded to YouTube on a format that actually works and doesn't molest my computer's space. Enjoy!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Beef stew & other worldly delights
Well, the festival has passed; and sad to say, so has my opportunity to be in it. It's slightly perplexing to me, because my film wasn't selected, but everyone that was on the selection committee that's seen it evidently thought it was awesome; or at least liked it. So I'm confused as to how the people selecting the films all have sung its praises (to me, at least) but didn't get it in.
I was planning to go to the festival itself, but on Friday night I missed the bus down and on Saturday, I got the time wrong for the matinée, finding out about it only 5 minutes before it was actually starting, and the night screening I was far too drunk/nobody I was with wanted to go/it was St. Patrick's Day, so I missed that too. But for the winners, there was no surprises. The guy that always cleans up cleaned up, and the guy that usually wins the rest of the awards won the rest of the awards. Not to take anything away from anyone else's stuff that was in the festival; they undoubtedly worked hard to get their stuff in and deserved to be there; although from reviews, maybe not as much as some other films. I didn't go though, so I can't judge - and I'm still happy for everyone that did have their work screened.
Regardless, I sent it to another festival and got rejected (meh, I knew that was coming for that one), and there's two others I plan on submitting too. On the plus side, the hype I generated around my film with a preview I made is paying off; I've had a collection of people ask how and when they can see my short. So I've learned I can generate hype. As a result, the Film Society I belong to at the University is screening it on the University theatre along with the other submissions, so I'll get a limited exposure, but exposure nonetheless.
As for actually getting it online, my good friend at Monkey Molestor graciously offered to host it for me, so when that's up and running online, I'll link it up/get it on YouTube and offer it up here. Shouldn't be very long, since I know he's ripped it already.
Moving on, I've started to brainstorm towards my next short, but I plan on having this one be FAR more integrated with it once I get it going; I've got a comic (for one of my classes) that is based around the idea, I'm going to write a short story, and then of course, screenplay and shoot it. This'll be another one of my suicidal projects that'll put me next to broke, but it's way off in the future so I can worry about that later.
I also caught wind of a screenwriting job, volunteer, but actually within the industry. I don't know how many applicants they'll be but it's the perfect time for me, so I'm going to apply and see if I can get some real-world, actual experience. We'll see how that goes. I'm not holding any hopes, but then again it's an indy group that emailed the Administrator of Western's FILM Department, a 'deep' roster of 60 enrolled students out of 35000 on campus. Lookout.
Anyway, that's about all for now; there's still the countdown to finish, which I eventually will, probably all at once, but I've already failed on my "don't make it a long-ass countdown". Damn.
Mark
I was planning to go to the festival itself, but on Friday night I missed the bus down and on Saturday, I got the time wrong for the matinée, finding out about it only 5 minutes before it was actually starting, and the night screening I was far too drunk/nobody I was with wanted to go/it was St. Patrick's Day, so I missed that too. But for the winners, there was no surprises. The guy that always cleans up cleaned up, and the guy that usually wins the rest of the awards won the rest of the awards. Not to take anything away from anyone else's stuff that was in the festival; they undoubtedly worked hard to get their stuff in and deserved to be there; although from reviews, maybe not as much as some other films. I didn't go though, so I can't judge - and I'm still happy for everyone that did have their work screened.
Regardless, I sent it to another festival and got rejected (meh, I knew that was coming for that one), and there's two others I plan on submitting too. On the plus side, the hype I generated around my film with a preview I made is paying off; I've had a collection of people ask how and when they can see my short. So I've learned I can generate hype. As a result, the Film Society I belong to at the University is screening it on the University theatre along with the other submissions, so I'll get a limited exposure, but exposure nonetheless.
As for actually getting it online, my good friend at Monkey Molestor graciously offered to host it for me, so when that's up and running online, I'll link it up/get it on YouTube and offer it up here. Shouldn't be very long, since I know he's ripped it already.
Moving on, I've started to brainstorm towards my next short, but I plan on having this one be FAR more integrated with it once I get it going; I've got a comic (for one of my classes) that is based around the idea, I'm going to write a short story, and then of course, screenplay and shoot it. This'll be another one of my suicidal projects that'll put me next to broke, but it's way off in the future so I can worry about that later.
I also caught wind of a screenwriting job, volunteer, but actually within the industry. I don't know how many applicants they'll be but it's the perfect time for me, so I'm going to apply and see if I can get some real-world, actual experience. We'll see how that goes. I'm not holding any hopes, but then again it's an indy group that emailed the Administrator of Western's FILM Department, a 'deep' roster of 60 enrolled students out of 35000 on campus. Lookout.
Anyway, that's about all for now; there's still the countdown to finish, which I eventually will, probably all at once, but I've already failed on my "don't make it a long-ass countdown". Damn.
Mark
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Silence Averted
So I've been fairly quiet on my film in recent weeks. It's not that I've lost interest in updating this blog, although sometimes it's difficult to cut out what's interesting to what's boring (and frankly, editing isn't exciting to talk about), I've just been working hard on it because of impending deadlines. But no worries; alas, ALAS, it has come to a halt - the film is completed, and submitted to two separate Film Festivals (One that's National). I find out tomorrow if it gets in to the first, and I dunno on the second one (national).
I'm fairly confident it'll get in the first, as it's a student film festival being shown locally. There's lots of interesting stuff condensed into an ADD lover's paradise of 12 minute films over 2 hours, so you get a bit of everything. If you're in London, Ontario, Canada on March 16-17th, check it out at Rainbow Cinemas, and then go get wasted for St. Patty's Day.
The film itself I'm fairly happy with; I was told earlier today that I'll probably never be totally satisfied with my work, which is likely to be true. I love how the images are crisp and sharp; at the bottom of this post there's a few framegrabs of the finished product. The story flows well visually - 99% of the actions match up from shot to shot, which is what took the most amount of time in editing (which I assume is typical), but the dialogue isn't quite as natural as I'd wanted it to be. For that I don't blame the actors; rather, it was certainly my directing. On set I envisioned it laying out differently (pacing wise) then what the edit gave, so it's a bit choppy, or more accurately, too obvious it's scripted. The actors themselves deliver the lines fine; my lead actually did a fantastic job and really got a good feel for the character. The music wasn't what I expected either, but that's cause there wasn't enough time for an original soundtrack and it was a scramble to find an artist that I could use their music for free. I also didn't like how it transitions into the flashbacks; I couldn't get the proper feel so I used a green matte, which will probably confuse people rather than give the feeling of murky "sickness". I probably should have additive dissolved or something... I dunno, maybe I'll recut it (probably not, though).
What I DID like though was the title screen, and the crispness of the images. The opening scene alone is like an art painting that moves; everything about it is so sharp and colourful. The title screen is complete badassery for effects, and I'd explain it but it's easier to look at the pictures at the bottom.
There's a lot more to talk about in this film, but I think I'll hold off until after the festival (and I'll get this film up online).
Mark
I'm fairly confident it'll get in the first, as it's a student film festival being shown locally. There's lots of interesting stuff condensed into an ADD lover's paradise of 12 minute films over 2 hours, so you get a bit of everything. If you're in London, Ontario, Canada on March 16-17th, check it out at Rainbow Cinemas, and then go get wasted for St. Patty's Day.
The film itself I'm fairly happy with; I was told earlier today that I'll probably never be totally satisfied with my work, which is likely to be true. I love how the images are crisp and sharp; at the bottom of this post there's a few framegrabs of the finished product. The story flows well visually - 99% of the actions match up from shot to shot, which is what took the most amount of time in editing (which I assume is typical), but the dialogue isn't quite as natural as I'd wanted it to be. For that I don't blame the actors; rather, it was certainly my directing. On set I envisioned it laying out differently (pacing wise) then what the edit gave, so it's a bit choppy, or more accurately, too obvious it's scripted. The actors themselves deliver the lines fine; my lead actually did a fantastic job and really got a good feel for the character. The music wasn't what I expected either, but that's cause there wasn't enough time for an original soundtrack and it was a scramble to find an artist that I could use their music for free. I also didn't like how it transitions into the flashbacks; I couldn't get the proper feel so I used a green matte, which will probably confuse people rather than give the feeling of murky "sickness". I probably should have additive dissolved or something... I dunno, maybe I'll recut it (probably not, though).
What I DID like though was the title screen, and the crispness of the images. The opening scene alone is like an art painting that moves; everything about it is so sharp and colourful. The title screen is complete badassery for effects, and I'd explain it but it's easier to look at the pictures at the bottom.
There's a lot more to talk about in this film, but I think I'll hold off until after the festival (and I'll get this film up online).
Mark
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