Everyday of Summer 2014

This is a project I did over the summer of 2014. I took a two second video clip of everyday and made a collage. Most of it was filmed on my Mino HD Flip camera and some shots were filmed on my Samsung Galaxy S4. Maybe one day when I've got the funds to do so, I will invest in a better film camera for these sorts of things.

The Smuggler

Phil, our professor, showed us a failed movie portfolio called The Smuggler. It was used as an example of poor pre-production. they mentioned actors and producers without permission and many other problems on top of that. basically the plans fell apart and never was put together into a film. Sad? Yes, but the really sad part was how little effort was put into what could have been a good idea.

Guillermo del Toro

In class we talked about the amazing mind of Guillermo del Toro. Our professor copied some pages from the book above. It was amazing! Del Toro is a genius when it comes to film making. 

The book covers many of his drawings and notes of his projects that he has done including Pan's Labyrinth and Hellboy. 

The book itself is a big inspiration for this blog. I would like to attempt to recreate something similar for my film projects.

Screenwriting

Dan Levine spoke with our class about screenwriting. He has had tons of experience as a screenwriter. He has worked on multiple big screen projects (all of which have seemed to slip my mind).

He has offered to help us with future projects at the school or even our own personal projects.

Another Day Missed

Another guest speaker came to our class, Brittany Poulton. This was another day that I missed and I never knew she came. I never got any notes of sorts because I was unaware of the guest speaker until a couple days ago.

Location Scouting

Marshall Moore came in and spoke to us about scouting for locations for a film.

It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. There are the obvious qualities like setting the mood for the film and color pallets and such. You must also have permission for filming in certain areas. Why? because laws and stuff. Wouldn't it suck to get your whole film finished and produced and then lose all your earnings in a lawsuit?

Libby & Art

We have spent an ample amount of time on this class project, which is a good thing. After all the casting, stills, treatments, recasting, and discussions, we finally have a basic script for the film. It's great and I love the effort that everyone has put into it.

The idea is a lot more refined than it was at the beginning of the semester. Now it's actually starting to look like an actual movie (which is the intention).

All that is left is to pitch the idea to the vice president of the school so we can get funding for our project.