-Bringing of the Light- Silver Screen Dreams Production

[Zacatac]

Logline:
A young man must battle his fear and the Darkness to reignite the universe.

Pitch:
Dar, the last Light Bearer, from a glorious society driven underground by the Darkness. As their subterranean society fails, Dar must deliver a device to the surface to reignite the stars saving the universe from the Darkness. But first he must find the surface and battle his fear and the Darkness.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3489807120_358946e146_b.jpg
Poster by: Rodney Smith (puckthemad)

Written By: Chris Keaton
Based of a Story by: Zac Crosby
Original Music by: Sid Barnhoorn
VFX: Jared Caldwell

[Zacatac]

Production Progress

As of April 12th
Script is Done, Shot list/Storyboards Halfway Done
Camera: In negotiations for RED One
Actors: Casting Calls being sent out 13th


April 14th
Shot List is Complete, 46 Setups needed (Actually 52, but those are quick ones)

[Zacatac]

Blog #1

In all honesty, I can say, in complete truth... I have no idea what I'm doing.

Heck, I've made my fair share of short films, a few World War two films, shot on a Saturday (reshoots on sunday) and edited for Monday, just to mess around.
This project is different, I will have a crew, it will actually try to function like a real set, Its not place the camera down, and film, it involves lights, Sound, actors places.

And they are going to be somewhat real actors, not my two friends wearing Military gear, I can and will treat them with respect, thus a little more serious.

So its safe to say I'm worried.

But Oh So Excited!

[Zacatac]

reserved 3...
(just in case)

[Zacatac]

and 4

[Chris_Keaton]

Cool! Can't wait to see the the darkness :)

[Sid Barnhoorn]

Cool, sounds interesting!

[stinkpot]

I can't wait to see what your location(s) will be. Welcome to the fest!

:beer:

[Chris_Keaton]

I can't wait to see what your location(s) will be. Welcome to the fest!

:beer:


I imagined the tunnels under the University of Illinois that ran from building to building under the campus. Most people didn't even know they were there. I only figured it out, because I was working in the basement of a building that had an odd door leading to a short set of stairs taking you into these tunnels. It was, of course, awesome.

[Zacatac]

I imagined the tunnels under the University of Illinois that ran from building to building under the campus. Most people didn't even know they were there. I only figured it out, because I was working in the basement of a building that had an odd door leading to a short set of stairs taking you into these tunnels. It was, of course, awesome.

I'm pondering going back to my high school.. they had bomb shelters built under parts of the school during I think.. the Cold War.. and I've explored them before. But similar darkly lit tunnels, dirt floors.

Any of the scenes shot on the surface are either at night, or will be greenscreen

:D

[ChristianScott]

Sounds interesting Zac!

[Zacatac]

thanks guys... I plan to shoot it sometime in may... so I have a month to figure out the CGI

:D

[SMarston]

sounds very interesting. seems like a lot to get done in only 6 minutes. good luck in the fest :)

[Zacatac]

sounds very interesting. seems like a lot to get to get done in only 6 minutes. good luck in the fest :)

Thanks


It all seems to fit perfectly into a 6-7minute film.. A few scenes might need to be cut, but nothing major

:D

[Luis_]

Dude!
I thought I had it rough trying to fit mine into the 5 minutes that I want.
I definitely want to see how this turn out.

good luck!

Luis_

[Chris_Keaton]

Dude!
I thought I had it rough trying to fit mine into the 5 minutes that I want.
I definitely want to see how this turn out.

good luck!

Luis_

It would seem easy if I wrote it for you. :)

[Zacatac]

It would seem easy if I wrote it for you. :)


BAM!

and for me, it was

(P.S. he's good)

lol

[Robert Eldon]

I'm looking forward to how this turns out. I really like the story idea and was hoping that some films would be like this!

Will this be present day? And is there a 'fantasy' aspect to this?

It sounds fun! Good luck!

[Chad_from_Chad]

that's funny, I have a light bearer story in my cabinet, but our stories are different. really excited to see how this one plays out

[Zacatac]

I'm looking forward to how this turns out. I really like the story idea and was hoping that some films would be like this!

Will this be present day? And is there a 'fantasy' aspect to this?

It sounds fun! Good luck!

This is present day on another planet... so things are a tad different.

There's a slight fantasy aspect... but entirely rooted in some form of science

[Zacatac]

I'm currently being overwhelmed with starting a new job, thus I won't be posting for a week or two.. possibly, but in the meantime, still working, getting ready to put out casting calls

[sschedra]

I'm currently being overwhelmed with starting a new job, thus I won't be posting for a week or two.. possibly, but in the meantime, still working, getting ready to put out casting calls

Sigh! Yes, the cumbersome day job. Now if they would just pay us for our hobbies instead . . . (LOL).

Good luck on the film, can't wait!
Stephen

http://macjams.com/artist/studio_e

[Bro. Stephen]

you are not alone. I myself will be treating this like a big production. I am learning what to do and what and when to say lights, camera, action and all that stuff. My brother, Dsto, and I are new to the film industry and want to make a big impression and maybe make a living with this. Our film in this fest is called Visionary and we are going to have fun making it, if anything else. have fun with your film.

[Bro. Stephen]

I like your film idea, looking forward to seeing it.

[Zacatac]

thanks guys, for support and interest

[dsto]

EPIC! Sounds fantastic. If anything, this Quest theme seems to pushing the scope and vision(ary:)) of all of us. Sounds really,really cool.Good Luck!

[Zacatac]

Poster is up... Thanks so much for Puck!

[Rodney V. Smith]

and now my official welcome to the fest

[Zacatac]

and now my official welcome to the fest


Aha! thank you dude...

Now getting the Red One may prove to be more difficult than before, thus I might be shooting on my handy HMC150

[Zacatac]

Alright... Poster and Banner up and spelt correctly... :D :D

[Chris_Keaton]

Cool poster! Man, that Butterworth kid gets around.

[RodThompson]

WTF is this!??!?!?! I can't compete against something of this magnitude! His poster beats my film! :badputer:

[Zacatac]

WTF is this!??!?!?! I can't compete against something of this magnitude! His poster beats my film! :badputer:
Oh dear... already I'm causing mass Panic!

[kyrre]

Wow, that's quite a poster man. Looks like epic stuff!

[Rodney V. Smith]

Cool poster! Man, that Butterworth kid gets around.

Different kid, similar pose, similar clothing. Weird that. Now I have to avoid that pose for future posters... sigh

[kurtmo]

This sounds like fun. And your poster rocks!

You talked earlier about having a full blown crew for this film. I'm used to doing 90% myself. It takes more coordinating to build a crew and coordinate lots of schedules but it's worth it.

I didn't see, did you secure a Red for this production?

[Zacatac]

Yeah, over the past two months, I've gained alot of experience with crews over 5 (now thats considered a full crew to me)

As for the RED, I almost had the option of "borrowing one" but I may have to actually rent one this time around, either that or use the HMC150

[kurtmo]

I love my HMC150. I'll be filming with it. What do you use to edit?

[Zacatac]

I love my HMC150. I'll be filming with it. What do you use to edit?

Premiere Pro CS4

[kurtmo]

Do you use cineform or edit natively?

[Zacatac]

I'll be editing naitively... but Cineform is a good option, but i just don't see me buying it for a bit

[Brad S.]

Hey Zac, how's the pre-pro process going? I'm really intrigued with this and looking forward to watching the film.

Good luck.

[Zacatac]

its slowly coming along, shot list and everything is set, all i need are actors, and a crew...

The Red i wanted fell through, so shooting on the HMC150 it is


I need someone local to motivate me and AD this for me... lol

[Zacatac]

I can officially announce we will not have this done for the festival, but come this fall, I'm considering shooting it. I have a full script, that can be expanded.

Thanks to Chris Keaton for writing it!

[RodThompson]

Damn, that sux. We need an official "Who's Not In" thread now.

[kurtmo]

Sorry to hear that you're out!