To Kill a RockStar - A Film by Preston Jarvis

Hey Preston, you ever pick up your actors, drive to a location, and shoot a scene all on your lunch hour?

david jerome
 
david jerome said:
Hey Preston, you ever pick up your actors, drive to a location, and shoot a scene all on your lunch hour?

david jerome
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yeah - today as a matter of fact. how did you know? oh yeah - I tricked you into acting in my film!

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I guess I can use this time to 'update' on our progress . . .

we had another shoot today - on my lunch break - and we managed to shoot a pivitol scene from RockStar. it really feels like we're gonna get this thing done on time, but there's still alot of work to be done.

editing is going to be a challenge, but I'm actually more worried about encoding (David, I'll need your experience here).

today's scene was actually fun to shoot because I wanted it to be "all in one take". we managed to get the shot and I'm happy with it. a steadycam would have been nice, but this scene kinda works the way it is - rough. it just needs some sound effects and it'll be a lot better.

I'm sure everyone is feeling this deadline like I am. I know David is, cause I was there.

this is so much fun . . . now if I could just stop drinking every night, I might be a lot further in my progress. :beer:

P
 
I don't know if I'm going to see your film because I happen to really like some rock stars...:D

Just kidding, can't wait to see it.
 
tmpafilmer25 said:
I don't know if I'm going to see your film because I happen to really like some rock stars...:D

Just kidding, can't wait to see it.
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I can think of only one person who might be offended, but I've changed the names to 'protect' the guilty . . . :Drogar-Thinking(DBG
 
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I'm shooting 4:3 so I can have the last say on framing in post.

I know there's a letterbox matte in Premiere's titler - is it accurate as 16:9? this is my first time dealing with these issues, so I appreciate any help or advice.

:: if anyone has a 16:9 letterbox .tga or .psd file, please let me know if you'd be willing to share it with me (because I might edit in a program other than Premiere).

thanks everyone!
 
GUERILLA FILMMAKING

Guerilla Filmmaking is the best way to describe how this film is being made. No schedules, no pre-planned locations, no rehearsals, no shot sheets, no storyboards.

But it's fun. I'm not saying we're unprepared when it's time to shoot, we just set up, get the shot and move on. No 12-15 hour shoots here. No entire weekends dedicated to the film. Our longest shoot so far has been about 90 minutes.

We're not done shooting, but that's ok. Hopefully we'll shoot another scene today - on my lunch break - and I'll edit it tonight.

Good luck to everyone. DramaFest is going to be great!
 
Guerilla Filmmaking is how I got my horrorfest entry done. Nothing wrong with that at all!

Glad to hear you are progressing with your film!

Best of luck to you. Can't wait to see your work!

-Ted
 
Way to go Preston. You have two more week-ends. With your speed you ought to be able to get another film done before the deadline. I just figured out I should not be an editor, or else I should only shoot one take of each shot. I spend hours trying to decide what take to use. And it's not because I know what I'm doing. It's because I just can't decide. I have a phobia of making decisions. I can't believe I ever get anything done. Maybe I shouldn't try editing unless I'm drunk.

david jerome
 
david jerome said:
Way to go Preston. You have two more week-ends. With your speed you ought to be able to get another film done before the deadline. I just figured out I should not be an editor, or else I should only shoot one take of each shot. I spend hours trying to decide what take to use. And it's not because I know what I'm doing. It's because I just can't decide. I have a phobia of making decisions. I can't believe I ever get anything done. Maybe I shouldn't try editing unless I'm drunk.

david jerome
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yeah, drunk editing is worth a try. :beer:
 
UPDATE:

shooting is still not complete, but hopefully by this weekend it will be. then the weekend will be devoted to editing, editing and editing.

good luck to all who are still working . . .

ps - does anyone have a 16:9 matte/template for Premiere 1.5? - or a targa for other NLE's?

bye!
 
preston said:
UPDATE:

shooting is still not complete, but hopefully by this weekend it will be. then the weekend will be devoted to editing, editing and editing.

good luck to all who are still working . . .

ps - does anyone have a 16:9 matte/template for Premiere 1.5? - or a targa for other NLE's?

bye!
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Sounds like a challenge. Break out the Rock Star energy drinks and get Killing... those Rock Stars.

I can break out a matte for you. I assume you are doing 720x480 4:3, right and want to matte within that to 16:9? If so I have that I can send you. I did have to make it one pixel taller on the bottom to get it exactly 16:9, so not sure if that will be a prob.
 
Hey Preston, still haven't found that template? That sucks. Is that something that you can make in photoshop?

Good luck on wrapping shooting (and editing, editing, editing!).
 
jeremytuttle said:
I can break out a matte for you. I assume you are doing 720x480 4:3, right and want to matte within that to 16:9? If so I have that I can send you. I did have to make it one pixel taller on the bottom to get it exactly 16:9, so not sure if that will be a prob.
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Jeremy, thanks for offering to help!

yes, I'm shooting 4:3 so I can do some "post-framing". right now I'm using the "widescreen" template in Premiere, but it's obviously much wider than true 16:9. actually, the footage doesn't look too bad at this ratio, but I do want to see what it looks like at 16:9.

Theodore J Arabian said:
Hey Preston, still haven't found that template? That sucks. Is that something that you can make in photoshop?

Good luck on wrapping shooting (and editing, editing, editing!).
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looks like you and Jeremy posted at the same time, Ted. I could make a matte in photoshop, but I don't know what size to build it. :undecided good thing Jeremy has one already sized.

crunch time!!
 
Yeah, I see that my post came in right after Jeremy's offer. Well, I am glad that he can help!

Good luck, Bro!
 
I hope everyone is getting excited about the deadline. me personally - I'm excited and a little worried. this is the first time I've tried anything like this, which is not an excuse - it's just a fact.

I am trying to figure out quicktime pro, but it's hard to get anything to look good right now. I'm trying to go with the 400x225 image size - does anyone know yet what will be acceptable?

uncompressed avi from premiere looks great, but when I export it from quicktime, I'm getting a lot of ailising (sp?). is this normal, or am I not doing it right?

also, I have no idea how the keyframes work. should I set it for every 24 frames, every 48? I have no idea.

so many questions, so little time.

good luck everyone! :happy:
 
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