"THE TRADE" a Flyin' Monkey Films Production

Rodney V. Smith

Rodney V. Smith

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Starring:
Evie Kopp
Mario Rigby
Shawn Hook-Carleton

Produced by:
Jake Vincent
Rodney Smith

Written by:
Rodney Smith and Andrew Stoute

Original Music by:
Justin R Durban

Director of Photography/Director/Editor:
Rodney Smith

Gaffer:
Jake Vincent

Status: IN PRODUCTION
Camera: HVX200 with Brevis 35 Flip, Canon Lenses, 50mm 1.8, 135mm 2.8
 
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10.07.2008 - Came up with concept for script. Spoke to Jake about getting Stephanie Cima to star in this one. I'd met Stephanie on a music video shoot last weekend and wanted to work with her again, so suggested that there was a short that was planning. The original idea was to use her as one of the vampire chicks in "Blood and Coffee" but schedules didn't mesh... so I came up with the concept and started on the script.

10.08.2008 - Jake nails down Mario for the lead male "the Spectre". The script is finished but has a few problems... problems that Andrew immediately pokes holes through. We spend the rest of the day fixing it. A few problems pop up with getting my actors in. Stephanie can no longer make it, due to family obligations and my guitar player is MIA. So Craigslist to the rescue. I advertised for a guitar player and immediately went through my list of actors who had submitted headshots. Evie popped out and I gave her a call based on her broad experience in theater: she can learn lines quickly. So she agrees to do it and I call Jake and confirm the shoot time.

7:00PM - Met Evie at the Fairview Mall and after a brief coffee conversation, we headed off to the set. i was glad she wasn't a prima donna (or I would have cancelled the shoot.... possibly) and she was glad i wasn't a psycho. Drive to Jake's house to meet Jake and Mario and get set up.

8:00PM setting up in Jake's basement. We don't have production lights, just a hodge-podge of lights that Jake has been using rather effectively. I had known this going in, so the whole concept was based around the lack of light and how we could make it work effectively. There was definitely a fill light for Evie, and in the background we had a couple of blue flourescent lights that gave off an excellent spread. With a fill light at the side and the fog swirling, it simply looked awesome.

9:00PM rehearsals are done and we're ready for the first shot.

11:20PM we've wrapped the "Lair" scenes and are ready for day 2 with the Guitar Player. That's scheduled to shoot next tuesday.

10.14.2008 We had picture lock yesterday and with my original composer not being able to commit, I contacted Justin R. Durban about scoring the movie. He seems to have liked what he has seen, since he has committed to scoring. I've added him to the poster and I'm now fooling around with Color Correction. Pacing is good, the ball is in and I'm feeling really good about this film.
 
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Welcome...again! What happened to Blood & Coffee? (I'm still looking forward to that one too) Love all your posters.
 
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"Blood and Coffee" is still definitely on. This was just one of those really cool stories that I HAD to go shoot, right there, right then.... putting it together happened pretty quickly and much easier than I had anticipated, but we really pushed to get this thing written and prepped and shot in all of three days.
 
Again I state: no penguins were killed in this film.... well... if Nick comes on over for the last day of the shoot, I'm sure we can work something out. MUAHAHAHAHA

I should do a movie and call it "Day of the Penguin" where Nick has his revenge on all of us...
 
If I can go to Waco, Nick (and his mom of course) can go to Waco. Now the trick is to get you up here Dustin... Coulda used you as the guitar player....
 
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