Mid-Week Coffee Break for 5-23-2007

by | May 23, 2007 | Links

I come across a lot of film related sites/articles of interest all the time, but instead of becoming a link blog and making a new post for each one, I’ll just post a weekly summary of things I’ve found that might be of interest. And since Wednesday is our...

Editing With Paper

by | May 23, 2007 | Documentary

I have five hours of footage (300 minutes) spanning seven tapes that I must now whittle down into one amazing seven minute documentary. It’s definitely intimidating. I think it’s worse than trying to find a needle in a haystack because I don’t care...

So Much for the Day Off

by | May 22, 2007 | Video Production

Within about an hour of this morning’s post, I get a phone call from the UPM of the other thesis film that’s been shooting since last Thursday asking if I’d like to be an extra because a bunch of their extras didn’t show. “Suuure”...

Film School History is Made

by | May 22, 2007 | Film School, Video Production

For thesis films we get three days of shooting. The original plan for the thesis I was working on was to shoot the final scene today, but it would have only been half a day since the actors had to leave by noon. Instead, we finished early last night so the decision...

On-Set Activity For 2007-05-21

by | May 21, 2007 | Coffee & Celluloid

Day wrap. Off to Moe’s for some dinner. # Off to set. # Setting up for next shot in a few hours. Playing ‘favorites’ in the meantime. # Finished completely rearranging a family’s living room. Hopefully I took enough photos to put it back. Now...