The Watchman a Michael Anthony Horrigan Film

Thanks, guys!

As some of you know doing everything yourself can be quite the challenge. In the end it just makes it all the more worthwhile.

Thanks a bunch!

PS- Testing out the new banner.

Mike
 
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Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
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love the new banner Mike, as you know I'm a big fan of your work! Can't wait to see this fest entry you've put together!

Rogan
 
I'm amazed you can do it all yourself. I have to have at least a person or two, if just to hold the boom pole!

Excited that I'm going to get to see this one soon!
 
jasonthewho said:
I'm amazed you can do it all yourself. I have to have at least a person or two, if just to hold the boom pole!

Excited that I'm going to get to see this one soon!
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The funny thing is for my first short I had a pretty good crew. Even though they were just friends helping out. Every short since then the list gets smaller and smaller. This short.... zero! Absolutely nobody was available.

I should have shot some footage with the ladder that had the broom pole duct taped to it. It acted as a boom for the mic.

One of my favourites was taking a closeup shot of a wristwatch on my own hand while trying to set the timer. This required two free hands so I used a mic adapter that slides on top of the camera. I held on to the camera by biting the rear extension of the Mic! Lucky for me it's a small camera. Getting the focus right was a serious pain in the ass!!

Well, you do what you have to.

Cheers!
 
A little bit about The Watchman.

I wrote the script soon after TimeFest was announced.
The story revolves around a man who lives his life by a meticulously timed schedule. Something interrupts his schedule causing him to slip into madness.

This was a one camera, one man crew shoot. Shot entirely on the little Canon HV20. No adapters, just the occasional wide angle lens.

The only money spent on this project was for Mini DV tapes and feeding the talent. No crew to worry about, just actors. I didn't even rent gear this time.
I borrowed a digital audio recorder from a buddy and lit the movie with natural light and lamps found around the house.
For some of the night scenes outside I used some flood lights that we have for a hockey rink in the winter.

Most of the outdoor scenes were murder. The Weather was terrible and we had to cancel many shoots. Too many to mention.

I edited it with CS3 Premiere Pro for the Mac. I have a new iMac with Leopard. CS3 crashed constantly. At first it was just occasionally, near the end it was every couple of minutes.

I'm going to try a complete re-install and see what happens. I spent hours on the phone with tech support during the last few days. Premiere Pro 1.5 worked flawlessly on my Windows Laptop.

I would make the change to Final Cut but can't afford it at the moment.

Needless to say, this was a challenge and it was made as cheap as you can imagine. I just want to thank the members here for their support.
Without them I probably wouldn't have been able to finish it.

Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers and good luck to all who entered!

Mike
 
Congrats, Mike. I'm glad you got it finished and you know yours will be one of the first ones I watch. I understand completely what you were saying about your crew getting smaller and smaller. By continuing to do it on your own shows that indie filmmaker determination and spirit that alot of people don't have. I've gotten to the point where I don't even like to ask people for help if there's any way that I can do it on my own.

If you weren't so far away we could definately team up for some stuff - 1 day, man. Good luck and my review will be coming soon!
 
leenewton said:
Congrats, Mike. I'm glad you got it finished and you know yours will be one of the first ones I watch. I understand completely what you were saying about your crew getting smaller and smaller. By continuing to do it on your own shows that indie filmmaker determination and spirit that alot of people don't have. I've gotten to the point where I don't even like to ask people for help if there's any way that I can do it on my own.

If you weren't so far away we could definately team up for some stuff - 1 day, man. Good luck and my review will be coming soon!
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I was hoping to see something fresh from you this Fest. Maybe the next one. You shook the foundation last Fest with a very cool entry! :thumbup:

Thanks for the encouragement and I look forward to your review.






unless it's bad... :evil:
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
A little bit about The Watchman.

I wrote the script soon after TimeFest was announced.
The story revolves around a man who lives his life by a meticulously timed schedule. Something interrupts his schedule causing him to slip into madness.

This was a one camera, one man crew shoot. Shot entirely on the little Canon HV20. No adapters, just the occasional wide angle lens.

The only money spent on this project was for Mini DV tapes and feeding the talent. No crew to worry about, just actors. I didn't even rent gear this time.
I borrowed a digital audio recorder from a buddy and lit the movie with natural light and lamps found around the house.
For some of the night scenes outside I used some flood lights that we have for a hockey rink in the winter.

Most of the outdoor scenes were murder. The Weather was terrible and we had to cancel many shoots. Too many to mention.

I edited it with CS3 Premiere Pro for the Mac. I have a new iMac with Leopard. CS3 crashed constantly. At first it was just occasionally, near the end it was every couple of minutes.

I'm going to try a complete re-install and see what happens. I spent hours on the phone with tech support during the last few days. Premiere Pro 1.5 worked flawlessly on my Windows Laptop.

I would make the change to Final Cut but can't afford it at the moment.

Needless to say, this was a challenge and it was made as cheap as you can imagine. I just want to thank the members here for their support.
Without them I probably wouldn't have been able to finish it.

Hope you enjoy it.

Cheers and good luck to all who entered!

Mike
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Wow, you definitely tried to stay on budget this time :happy: Most of my money was spent on actor/actress. I filmed in daytime so no light was used. I used AE CS3 also and fortunately it didn't crash that often on my PC. AE CS3 is way faster than AE 7.0, which I used for LoveFest. Your story sounds interesting. I hope to comapre the footage between my HV20 and yours soon :shocked:
 
totitefilms said:
Wow, you definitely tried to stay on budget this time :happy: Most of my money was spent on actor/actress. I filmed in daytime so no light was used. I used AE CS3 also and fortunately it didn't crash that often on my PC. AE CS3 is way faster than AE 7.0, which I used for LoveFest. Your story sounds interesting. I hope to comapre the footage between my HV20 and yours soon :shocked:
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I stayed on a zero budget policy the last few times as well. Minus tapes and food. :)

Another HV20 user... seems to be a lot in this Fest!

Good luck!

Mike
 
Tom Marshall said:
I'm going to be brutally honest with all my reviews this time around. My goal is to get people to cry... :thumbsup:
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ha!! Tommy... you are living my dream.

(Back in college, we called someone like you the "designated a**hole".) AWESOME! can't wait to read your reviews and see how many people you can piss off and at the same time, form your epic legions of a brutally honest fanbase.

(oh, my film was shot with the HV20 as well)
 
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