"Prove It" - A Conspiracy Penguin Production

conrad_johnson said:
Dear Writing Machine,

How's this beast coming along? Any luck with the gear? Did you get sucked into your computer and now you're running around in Final Draft writing too many scripts for Timefest?

Best of luck,

-Joe
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I am actually down to the last script for someone else which I am hoping to finish this weekend! I won't lie, we haven't really started looking for gear again yet, probably out of pure laziness. I have become quite distracted lately with personal stuff.

Beat Takeshi said:
Good luck with everything. Just shoot with what you have and blow us away with your story. :)
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Do you think that would work? My friend/filming partner keeps saying "They should be able to look past the quality and judge it by the story" but I can't get over the fact that, unfortunatly, many people "judge a book by its cover" if you will, or in this case, the quality of the film.

Thanks everyone for your support and I'll let you know what happens!

:beer: Cheers,
 
Jeez, Nick, you're still pushing scripts for timefest? :) isn't a bit late? few weeks left... we're working hardly in finishing the first rough cut for monday evening

p.s. i posted one more screenshot on our thread from the party scene :)
 
Tomas Riuka said:
Jeez, Nick, you're still pushing scripts for timefest? :) isn't a bit late? few weeks left... we're working hardly in finishing the first rough cut for monday evening

p.s. i posted one more screenshot on our thread from the party scene :)
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I am glad things are going well for you, Tomas. Yup, still one left. I was going to try and get the rough done now. Not sure if it will be made, but there is still time!
 
I think story is the most important. I'm shooting mine on a cell phone, so as long as it's well thought out and shot from the right perspective, the story will come across no matter the quality. That is what is so cool about this festival. It's a challenge in all areas. I don't think anyone would hold it against you if you had to shoot on a vhs camera as long as you tell the story visually and with emotion.
 
sfoster said:
I think story is the most important. I'm shooting mine on a cell phone, so as long as it's well thought out and shot from the right perspective, the story will come across no matter the quality. That is what is so cool about this festival. It's a challenge in all areas. I don't think anyone would hold it against you if you had to shoot on a vhs camera as long as you tell the story visually and with emotion.
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Hey, just got back into town and saw your post. That's really cool. I think that is one of the good things about this group is we recognize not just the visual quality but the quality in the story, shots, acting, directing and every other part that goes into making a film. That is why everyone essentially has a chance.

Rick went ahead and bought a new camera, not HD or anything but he should get it today or tomorrow and we will see what it looks like. Maybe it will make our film a bit more pretty. I am hoping we are not cutting it too close, but with all that's happened this week, I am not sure if we will get it donw tomorrow which means we might not get it done at all. We will see...
 
Just finished our first day of shooting. It went fairly well. We almost got into trouble with the neighbors because of the noise that our dune buggy made. Then, one of the guys was testing the footage on the computer and ended uo recording over a great scene. The issue is that the other actor from that scene had already left, so we will try to pick it up some afternoon during the week. Other than that, just a few small scattered scenes here or there left to do.

The only thing I am worried about is the audio quality. Our wireless microphones didn't come in in time so we had to resort to using the camera's mic. Luckily the quality is pretty good, although it was somewhat windy in certain scenes. Hopefully I can touch it up a bit in post. The shots look good (some of them). I am pretty happy.

Come back later for a teaser post. Don't worry, no footage of the actual film, either a small ridiculous and pointless clip or maybe a clip of me having a breakdown on set. Not sure which one I want to use yet. Trying to work out a problem with my YouTube accounts.

:beer: Cheers,
 
ConspiracyPenguin said:
We almost got into trouble with the neighbors because of the noise that our dune buggy made.
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Man, the fact that you have a dune buggy in the picture is already a cool teaser from my standpoint.

Your previous comments regarding story are so true. We've done stuff in the past that was super quality visually but fell flat story-wise. Given a choice I would take story over everything else every time. Jason Ramsey's film could have been shot on any camera and would have carried the weight it did because of the story/writing and actors who could pull it off. Whenever I start forgetting this lesson I go put on Ishtar.
 
ConspiracyPenguin said:
Then, one of the guys was testing the footage on the computer and ended uo recording over a great scene.
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That's a bummer man ... way back in the day we had one like that ... except it was running out of tape in the middle of an effects shot (throwing up blood ... some around here might remember that shot :) )
 
Here's my take on what the script might be, based on the fact that there's a dune buggy and we're dealing with time.

"dude... i bet you can get some sweet air with that thing"
"ya, totally but i only have like..." --looks at watch-- "...6 minutes until i gotta go to work"

-- 6 minutes of crazy napolean dynamite like stunts with a dune buggy--

"dude you got like 3 feet of air"

THE END



was i close?
 
Moojangles said:
Here's my take on what the script might be, based on the fact that there's a dune buggy and we're dealing with time.

"dude... i bet you can get some sweet air with that thing"
"ya, totally but i only have like..." --looks at watch-- "...6 minutes until i gotta go to work"

-- 6 minutes of crazy napolean dynamite like stunts with a dune buggy--

"dude you got like 3 feet of air"

THE END



was i close?
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Alright, who leaked the script!??
:badputer:
 
Moojangles said:
Here's my take on what the script might be, based on the fact that there's a dune buggy and we're dealing with time.

"dude... i bet you can get some sweet air with that thing"
"ya, totally but i only have like..." --looks at watch-- "...6 minutes until i gotta go to work"

-- 6 minutes of crazy napolean dynamite like stunts with a dune buggy--

"dude you got like 3 feet of air"

THE END



was i close?
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Dammit! Does that mean I can't enter anymore? :grin: haha! I should have done that. Maybe next time. Thanks everyone and Tom, I forgive you...for now. Talked to Steve, he will probably be able to get the score done in time. If we can get these last few scenes filmed and put togethe,r we should be good to go.

:beer: Cheers,
 
All the buzz surroudning this fest and all these talented people are starting to scare me. :grin: I am not sure if I want to put this film out there. My talents in this field are as follows:

1) Writer
2) Actor
3) Fimmaker

I can write well, I am a decent actor once I get going, but doing the whole shabang may cause the overall effect to decrease. Further, because of certain fallbacks, it won't be exactly up to my standards. But I guess that's why I'm here, to get feedback and to have fun.
 
ya, this is my first one. I've shot a feature on $0 before but i was just the cameraman and partial editor doing everything (other than writing, thank you Nick.) has been a totally different experience though i'm not acting in it like you this is by far the best way to go.
Its a hell of a lot of fun and at the end of the day you've got another film to show your friends/employers?

also... dune buggys!
 
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