The Poet - A Kurt Jewell Film

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Filming has begun on The Poet, a teenage love story.

Synopsis: A boy is enamored by a gal from school and takes a more traditional path to catch her attention.

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Cast and Crew Info.

Cast is set:

Michael -- Lucas Judd
Eric -- Pete Stone
Peyton -- Katie Martinson
Kelsey -- Autumn Kovach
Friends -- Abby Colehour & Caroline Doherty

Crew:
Audio/Boom Operator -- John Heitzman
Script supervisor -- Jill Jewell
Grips -- Andrew Jewell, Trevor Nikrant
Story, DP, Driector -- Kurt Jewell

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BTS and other filming shots from our first shoot. More to come!
 

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Thanks for the welcome! I don't like to start a thread too soon, just in case things don't pan out. But this one's gonna go.

Half of the filming is "in the can" already and the next shoot is this Sunday! The tumblers are clicking into place. My only concern (same one as always) is pulling the score together. Audio isn't my passion (nor my skill) and being low budget doesn't help!

I'm really jazzed about my cast. I'm working with teens and they really pulled off the first shoot. They held up well with under the repeated takes.

Great to be back in the Fest!
 
Filming is done....I think. Always a few doough! How could I have done that! Just one or two "I'll fix it in post!" activities.
 
A old buddy of mine from HS was in town over the holidays. He's a graphic artist in Indiana. His name is Eric Gerecke. We tossed a few concepts back and forth and finally came up with this. I have to say that adding the texture was my idea.
 
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A old buddy of mine from HS was in town over the holidays. He's a graphic artist in Indiana. His name is Eric Gerecke. We tossed a few concepts back and forth and finally came up with this. I have to say that adding the texture was my idea.
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It's really good and very professional. Hope my artwork for my short comes out as good.
 
leenewton - I haven't seen a thread for your lovefest entry. Have you started one yet? How is production coming?
 
I've been delinquent on status updates and BTS photos. Filming completed on the 6th as planned. We had to rush out of our local as they were closing up shop. I did a no-no, I cut out second angle shots two shots. I've been able to "cut around it", but it's another 'note to self' for next time. I also found a few focus faux pas on my part. On the bright side, I got a chance to enhance my After Effects skills. For me each new film project is all about learning.

Audio turned out better than in the past. We were shooting in a local coffee shop while it was open, so I'm glad I got acceptable audio. I also found some nice music to go with the story.

I will get BTS photos up soon, now that I'm wrapping up edits.
 
We filmed at an old high school that's now a community center. The policy for getting permission involved $300K worth of insurance and a 4-6 week approval process. instead, I stopped by on the sunday prior to our shoot and casually discussed our plans to film with the retiree who was in charge of the building and got his OK. Filming went off without a hitch there.

I also filmed at a Caribou Coffee shop. I talked the manager into it one morning, but when I came back she back peddled a bit, wanting to get an OK from the corporate office. Surprisingly, after 2-3 emails with a regional manager got an email saying they'd "love to have us film". They were very accommodating. The only issue was that we had 2 hours for the shoot, once cast and location were tossed in the pot.

ZFarms - Where are you shooting?
 
I think it's done and ready for the upload. Got a cut that comes in at 42M.
Of course, I could continue to tweak forever. Only one thing that I may still change.
 
I used a few dolly shots in this movie for the first time.

So here's a question. I've always heard that zooming was "bad", due to the lack of perspective shift. I've been watching some feature films and have noticed that the do zoom periodically. So, when is it OK to zoom and when should you truck(dolly in)?
 
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