the sink and the rug
i figured out how to use my 'especiallyneat.com' e-mail account, went through joe's lists showing what cast and locations will be on what continent, and sent an e-mail to hunter in an effort to detemine which script i have is the most current [we will soon be moving into color revisions; i saw a picture of the script for 'sexy beast' and they went through the colors one and a half times. there's something kind of cool about that].a technician from deluxe called me this morning, giving me some info about going from video to print. he referred me to efilm, their digital company, and now i have an e-mail from a guy at efilm. i've read some horror stories about making prints off digital, and so to make sure we do this right, we want to shoot a minute of footage, run it through the computer [edit, color correct, titles] and then make a 100' print to make sure that a) we can simply do it, and b) that there are no problems in resolution or quality consistancy.
i think just seeing something i shot printed and projected will be a big inspiration.
we bought the camera two days ago [and i'm continually learning about video and it's accompanying craziness], are purchasing an advanced lens system for the camera today, and kirk and i are looking at steadicam options tomorrow.
casting begins next week, and we will begin shooting some local scenes in november.
wow.
even as a student, i had more help and equipment than i will for most of this movie. our electric budget is tiny, but kirk and i have done some good work with next-to-nothing before. thus, i am trying to read [or re-read] a lot of my cinematography books and understand lighting; someday i will have a grip/electric crew and a truck. for now, it's my wits and some parchment paper.
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