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Mid-Week Coffee Break for the Thirteenth of June

Jun 13, 2007 |

"You've Got to Be a Citizen of the World" - I was a guest blogger over at Carolina Flicks, where I wrote about my interview experience at North Carolina School of the Arts with some thoughts on film schools in general. Virtual Sets for Virtually No Budget - More...

Make a UPM Kit

Jun 12, 2007 | , , ,

During my first semester in the Film School we had a Production Management class. In it we were required to create a UPM kit. Shopping for these items brought back grade school memories. Here's what we had to pickup: One portable file box or satchel - the UPM kit One...

Post Editing Thoughts

Jun 11, 2007 |

It's been about a week since I've locked picture with Cubicles. I meant to post this sooner, but producing has kept me pretty occupied. Below are two things I discovered during the editing process that I will definitely keep in mind in the future. Know what your...

Who Produces What?

Jun 10, 2007 | ,

Since thesis films have started, there's been some confusion as to what the difference is between the Unit Production Manager (UPM) and Second Assistant Director (Second AD), both first year jobs. On F3s, there was only a Second AD and everything seemed to work out...

Friday Night Dailies

Jun 8, 2007 | ,

Just got back from watching the dailies from the first show I worked on. Everyone that works on the show is required to attend, no matter what their position, mainly so we can associate what happened on set and how everything was set up with what the final picture...

How To Get 50 Zombies

Jun 8, 2007 |

One of the main producing responsibilities is casting. The upcoming film I'm Unit Production Manager on (let's call it Bush Zombie) has an epic battle scene where we need as many zombies as possible. Getting extras to show up can sometimes be a challenge. People might...

Getting the Greenlight

Jun 7, 2007 |

I had another Director's Prep today and discovered a formality that I never knew existed. This prep was considerably longer than the last one I attended being that it's a double show, and a quite unique double show at that. It's being co-directed, co-written, co-shot,...

Mid-Week Coffee Break for 6-6-2007

Jun 6, 2007 |

OWL Music Search - The idea behind this service is you upload a song, mark the section you like, and then OWL searches through a database of songs and tries to find similar music that's under the Creative Commons license. I gave it a shot with Cubicles and it returned...

Coffee, Time, and Snacks

Jun 5, 2007 |

Cubicles is locked, taken away from me, abandoned - however you want to put it, it's done. During the two week editing process I kept track of how long I spent at The Film School and what kept me awake/full during that time. Here's how that went: 3 Cups of Coffee 2...