My Soul To Keep - presented by Easy Water Films

Grabs look great. No worries, you can get to the 6 minute mark...and if not, Alex will guide you there. I agree, he's a good one to have looking at it. Congratulations!
 
Thanks for the kind words. Better than coffee (well, except maybe for that Starbuck's Frappa-whatever).


Editing can really make or break all that came before it. A film starts with a script and ends with editing, but it's all the blood, sweat and tears (and brushes with the law) in between that give a film its soul. Who knew a 1/4 second of facial expression could add or take away from a story in a final edit?


Look forward to seeing this one.

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I've got it down to 6:53. I actually love this part of the process because it forces me to see the film beyond my own sensibilities which tends to the "long take" side of the fence. Trimming it up always makes the film stronger. Anyway, fat is trimmed and I've exorcised one whole scene. I have a feeling where the rest of the time is going to come from, but want to get the opinions of Bryan and Alex before proceeding.
 
Not sure about that. George Lucas and his Special Editions have me gunshy about ever doing multiple cuts. My expectation is that once we get My Soul to Keep down to six minutes that will be the film as it should exist. We'll see....
 
Chris -- Where's FREEFALL and how is it coming along??

* runs off to the thread.

EDIT: And I now have answered my own question! I'm a month behind on this one.

Sorry to hear of the postponement. I'm excited, just as well, for this film!!
 
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krestofre said:
Glad you like the grabs, Michael.

Alright, rough cut is finished. :)

It's 8:40 long. :(

Not much fat to trim either. This could get interesting ....

Chris
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Man I was so afraid I'd run into the same problem. Thankfully my first cut of the film is sitting at 6:40. Whew!

Keep at it. I promise you'll find stuff that can be tossed.
 
Yeah, I was disappointed that the schedule didn't work out for Free Fall. It's going to be an exciting film when we get to do it, and it's only postponed for a season. I put a trailer of sorts together for it for an expo that I'm attending. I should post that footage just for the heck of it.

The bright side is that I was able to focus fully on My Soul to Keep and the preproduction of this film was a lot more rigorous than any of us expected, so it was good not to be focused on more than one project.

I'm looking forward to your entry too, Kyle. I love the banner!
 
How was it working with kids? I've never tried directing a kid yet... frankly I'm terrified. Partly because of the bureaucracy involved with having a set-teacher, but mostly because... kids are kids. What if they get bored.. or cry! Haha...
 
I should start with a caveat that these are exceptional kids, and they have experience acting and want to pursue this profession. It's not like I just asked some friends to donate their children. These are focused individuals.

That being said, they got bored. They wanted to play sometimes when we were ready to shoot. We mitigated that by having a crackshot crew so we moved relatively fast, and we had people on set not working crew to meet any needs the kids might have. Beyond that, I just treated them with respect, and plainly asked them to perform how I needed them to. It was no problem in the grand scheme of things.

If you have some specific questions I'll address them as I think this could be a valuable conversation for the community as a whole, but that's the short of it.
 
Not that adults don't get bored or cry - or throw big hissy fits. No shortage of stories of actors stomping off, not showing up, prancing around like a princess, etc.

I have worked with pets better behaved than some adult actors.


It all comes down to professionalism, and age (and apparently species) does not determine that.

I have worked with several kids and never had a set teacher, but insist on a parent always present. Child actors show up like everyone else, do their job, and go home.

Nothing to fear.




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Working with kids is great especially if they are your own as in my case no problems...(As he bites his lip) of course by that I mean fighting on the set, whining and throwing fits of boredom, and hearing I am hungry every five minutes. Just basic kids stuff so being a parent helps in the long run. Cool point to be brought up in the threads can't wait to see this one guys.
Pauly
 
Interesting thread.

Don't know much about the fest. When do we get to see this short (and others of course)?
 
October 27th.

Really an amazing collection of talent all wrapped up in these fests, from the FX, scoring, Dp, and on and on.

Stay tuned for a fantastic venture.

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How is this one going? Updates please?
(it's getting hard to keep up with all the talent on this site!)
Looking forward to seeing this one.
 
It's going really well. Running time is no longer a concern, just getting the best cut of the film is the focus.

Alex hasn't seen a new cut since ... Saturday? But there's a new one coming down the pipe really soon and I think it has worked out any remaining concerns that I had for the film.
 
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