"Corrado" - A production blog

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Sini covered it pretty well here...I'll fill in the blanks...

Sizemore added a lot more profanity to the script. It already had profanity, but he took it to a new level. It's how he rolls.

No nudity. It's one of the few things I can't tolerate in my own movies.

Corrado sequel - No. He is mentioned in passing in the script for Hangar 14 by the gangsters "We'd have got the f&ckers out of there if Corrado had been here"

If you want to be a PA send me a PM in September when I'll be looking for PAs.




drunknbear said:
These questions are for both Adam and Siniarch.

siniarch, so you were a camera man on Corrado?

How has Adam's project compared to other projects you've worked on, as far as size of cast/crew, budget, shooting schedule, etc.

How do you feel Adam handled situations/problems on the set? Did he ever seem like he was on the verge of a breakdown?

Any critiques you have for Adam directing-wise, since you were there first hand?

What kind of turn around time is there between scenes that involve shooting of guns?

Did Sizemore bring anyone with him to the set? How did he arrive? Did he have a trailer?

Who'd win in a no holds bared street fight? Messner or Sizemore.

How much profanity is in the script? And did Sizemore add any more?

Is there any nudity in the movie?

If things go really well with Corrado, can we expect a sequel?

Can I be a production assistant on your next project?

Coke or Pepsi?
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aurantaurant said:
Again, you're shooting your own self in the foot with these massive generalizations. You're saying that you're just stating facts, etc.
But dude that's not fact. And it's baseless.

It's comments like this that caused me to respond in the first place.

There's guys on here who are taking your word as scripture and you're feeding them erroneous information.
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aurantaurant, Adam may be giving us some generalizations, but they're generalizations based on his experiences.

And he's also giving us a TON of specifics.

The main thing Adam has done here is give us an unusually detailed production diary. That's why people take his generalizations to heart -- he's backed himself up with specifics at other points. (An unprecedented amount, I might add).

But you are also making generalizations, just in the other direction. You flatly state that what Adam says is "baseless", but what are you resting that statement on? You're own experience? What you've read? What others have told you?

If Adam is wrong, please refute him with some specifics first and your own experiences (or where you are getting your info from). That gives your generalizations some credibility.

Naveen
 
taormina said:
No nudity. It's one of the few things I can't tolerate in my own movies.
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what if you were given a script to direct, that had a "tasteful" love scene featuring scarlett johanson and jessica alba????!!!!!! and they were signed on!!!!??? and you were given eleventy billion greenbacks???!!!!!!!

:D:D:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG):Drogar-BigGrin(DBG):crybaby::crybaby:
 
Adam as usual I'm not trying to pick fights, I just think there's room in this world for more than one perception of the way things work. But as siniarch reminded us, you have said multiple times that this is all your descriptions of doing it YOUR WAY, and I think we all know that your way is maybe a little different than most. So sure, I disagree with you on a couple of points, and maybe my experience hasn't been the same as yours. But hell, you've gone out and shot a feature and I haven't (yet), so mazel tov. Keep doing it your way until your way don't work no more...
 
Man!

Man!

Found this thread yesterday afternoon and couldn't stop reading it! I was literally on the edge of my seat waiting to see what happened next. I never got to see the footage but that doesn't really matter. What you've done here is more than most people will ever do. Making movies IS HARD WORK. You pulled off something amazing and I'm sure you will sell your picture, pay off your investors AND pull a profit. I think all of the attention you're getting from agents and the like is partially because they know how hard it is to do what you've done and are pretty impressed with your achievement. Even if the film is not a masterpiece.... YOU DID IT. You produced, cast, wrote, directed etc.. and you will finish it and sell it. The next one will be better from what you learned on this one. Congratulations Adam and thanks for sharing as honestly and openly as you did. Really an amazing learning experience for me. And don't sweat the negativity. I work in visual effects and over the years I've learned that some people just don't get "Works in progress". Showing your rough footage was very brave. So many things come together in the edit. I've seen rough cut sequences of many huge movies. Even some that went on to win oscars and they were also difficult to see what they would become from those rough temp edits. I know that you offered free DVD's to the members of this list but I would rather buy one when they become available to help support your efforts.

Thanks again for this thread. It was practically a movie in itself! Excitement, disbelief, fear, sadness, exhilaration, suspense and I suspect there will be a happy ending too.

Best of luck!
 
Eddie Van Halen once gave great advice to a journalist... and I quote... "F*ck the critics."

With all the flak that you've taken over this, I think it's great that you've documented every step of the way. I've learned quite a bit from your posts and I'm sure others have as well.

PS - I'm getting my motorcycle license in August... let's riiiiiiide... :beer:
 
Emilio was great. I like his look very much - as a matter of fact, when he got shot he did the most radical fall down some stairs without me asking him to do so. It looked awesome, and we used it in the film. A good guy to work with.
 
Hey Adam, When you first started this thread you were mentioning your experience you said you did many shorts and a feature length documentary.

How many shorts was it you have done and are any available for viewing online? and what was the subject of your documentary and did that end up going anywhere?

Just curious.

Im sorry if this was already answered but this thread is now far to immense for me to go back and look.
 
I did a 35mm short with my crew, I did a tv pilot on an F900, and I did a ton of little stuff on my HVX sans crew. None of my stuff is online anymore, as far as I know. I did an MTV spoof for a competition once that people really liked. It got 30K plus hits on youtube.

I submitted my 35mm short to about 5 festivals and it didn't get in. It was the first thing I had ever done. It was okay, but not good enough to get into fests. I never put any of my other things into festivals. I don't know why. I think because there was never anything I felt was really festival worthy.

The doc was about my Grandfather who served in WWII in North Africa under the Italian side. It's bunch of period footage and interviews - all in Italian with english subtitles.

Submitted to two doc fests but no luck.The scope of the project is so narrow that it doesn't have broad appeal. The Italian really kills it. However, as soon as I'm done with Corrado I'll submit it to more Euro fests where it will be better received.

Either way I wanted to document his story before he passes away - he's 88 - and I had a blast doing it.
 
Been getting PMs and e-mails from quite a few people asking to see footage or even the demo that was on the site which I took down.

So far I committed myself to show footage to one person on this site because he has a feature in production about the same stage as me and I feel that I can get some good, constructive advice since he can recognize unfinished work and see past it.

For the rest of you, rest assured that I am dying to post something here. But I'm only going to do it when the footage has been color corrected and had post audio done. It's really the only way I'll do it anymore.

At that point if you hate it - oh well. At least it will be technically excellent sound, picture, and quality wise. Anything less and I am selling myself short and will rehash the trailer debacle all over again.

Do I want to show my stuff? Heck yeah. I even want to give out free DVDs. But not until it's ready to be shown.

Hope you guys understand!

 
taormina said:
...The doc was about my Grandfather who served in WWII in North Africa under the Italian side. It's bunch of period footage and interviews - all in Italian with english subtitles. ... Either way I wanted to document his story before he passes away - he's 88 - and I had a blast doing it.
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You have to get this ASAP! Just set up the camera and let em talk while they look at old photos. It'll take just one day.

I've known all sorts of vets with amazing stories that no one will ever hear because I didn't capture them, including one old Italian WWI vet, Tony, who I use to talk to about the Great War, Italy and coming to America and marrying off his three daughters, Italian style of course. Once these people are gone.........it's forever.
 
10s said:
You have to get this ASAP! Just set up the camera and let em talk while they look at old photos. It'll take just one day.

I've known all sorts of vets with amazing stories that no one will ever hear because I didn't capture them, including one old Italian WWI vet, Tony, who I use to talk to about the Great War, Italy and coming to America and marrying off his three daughters, Italian style of course. Once these people are gone.........it's forever.
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This is absolutely true. I do a lot of formal interviews in my work, but these are always the most rewarding. I know that Spielberg has gone to great pains to document survivor and soldier stories over the years.

We should start a thread where we post life-story / legacy interview suggestions, grabs, excerpts and so on.

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10s said:
You have to get this ASAP! Just set up the camera and let em talk while they look at old photos. It'll take just one day.

I've known all sorts of vets with amazing stories that no one will ever hear because I didn't capture them, including one old Italian WWI vet, Tony, who I use to talk to about the Great War, Italy and coming to America and marrying off his three daughters, Italian style of course. Once these people are gone.........it's forever.
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I did finish it. The doc has been done since January. It took 2 days, actually. He has a cool story - he fought in Africa alongside Rommel and the Afrika Korps, was captured in Tunisia by the Americans, then brought to the US as a POW where he served out two years as a prisoner. He was in Texas, in Louisiana picking cotton, at Lordsburg in New Mexico, and finally in San Bernardino.

Plus I bought about a grand worth of period combat footage from the Axis side - very rare stuff indeed to intercut.

It's a cool doc.
 
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