"FALLING UP" a Flyin' Monkey Films production

Cut the first sequence together and all I have to say is this: no reshoots!
I've got a couple of pick up shots listed, one that I somehow completely missed from my shotlist. Maybe I didn't hit record or something equally stupid. In any case it's a shot I can get without having to go back to the location.

I'll call Mark and see if he can come over tomorrow so we can get this closeup.

I'm editing long, more for pacing right now and the scene is a really good one. Now I gotta go back amd make sure it's funny as well as cool. Screen shots to come in a little while.
 
First Production still are now up from Day #1. Still can be viewd on Page 1 of this thread.

I've also edited together the first promotional videos for Falling Up/DVX Fest which will be released over the following weeks on YouTube, MySpace and Facebook.

Since we can't use actual footage from the film we shot a little extra bits yesterday for supporting footage, but also for promotional pieces. Hope you guys get a kick out of it.

When each promo is released, I'll announce here in the forum and link you guys.

In the meantime here is the logo for the Bubba Sean Show, whom you guys will be seeing a lot of in the next couple of weeks.

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We'll be shooting pickup shots and the trailer on thursday of this week. Mark just had a bit of a home emergency and he's about hip deep in water. The trials and pains of winter. Makes me paranoid about having my office with all my equipment down here in the basement now...
 
they were riffing on it. I like when you have a bunch of good actors in a room who can feed off each other. All I said was "react" and I got all kinds of faces to choose from. Bubba went way over the top for some, which was perfect since it is a comedy (I really had to keep reminding myself of this), and James and Jessica came up with some great stuff on their own. I wish I could show all of that little clip, but alas it's one of those gems that are only meant to be viewed as partials.

I gotta say this though: it's a different animal when directing comedy and I;d forgotten how much different it was. My lighting and even camera angles and moves tend to skew directly towards horror. Watching the shots I could have sworn I;d had more color and light on the background, because I really wanted to keep it light... but some part of me just wants to go dark. Still the sequence did turn out nicely and it's got a definite Rodney "stamp" on it. Now I gotta make sure that this "Stamp" doesn't over ride the rest of the film and I can focus on the funny.

I'm bringing the funny dammit, even if it kills Rogan.
 
i was wondering where the hell you were. I knew it though: all I had to do was mention your name.

We're filming the commercials tomorrow, including the Robots Don't Wear pants one
 
Production day #2

Production day #2

Drove over to Mark's house today to shoot 2 promo pieces for the film. The aim was to shoot 3 trailers today to promote the heck outta the film and Lossfest as well. Mission accomplished.

We met around 3:00PM despite a little bit of car difficulty on my end. I was supposed to drop my wife off at school, so I could have the car for the afternoon, but this morning our 8 month old (evan) decided that he was going to wake up and ruin the game plan. It gets a little complicated why his waking up stopped the plan, but the whole point is this: I was vehicle-less. I pretty much had to get a ride from my father-in-law and with his car packed full of production equipment (minus dolly and tracks) I managed to make it to the shoot.

Mark's house was a little different than what I had expected, but most houses in Toronto are nothing like what I expect. Ever. It actually had some decent space and was visual.. helps that there is a girl living there. Anyway, I set up lights, found the best angles and played around with a few ideas. It was the least stressful shoot so far and I was glad for the opportunity to just hang out with my actors and just try things. We had a limited window before the roommates returned home, but we had planty of time to just experiment, and if something wasn;t perfect, we just tried a different tactic. Good reminder of why I like actors and working with good actors. The good ones always have so much to offer, even in a look, a gasp, a nervous tic... they just take their personalities and put them onto the character and it's fun to see it.

Anyway, the trailer is going up later tonight as well as a new podcast. So keep any eye out for it.

Oh yeah: He have secured the location for the house. Mark's roommates are out of town this weekend. So we're shooting the house scenes on Sunday morning 8:00AM. We might be able to wrap on Sunday, but I'm not rushing anything. I want to take my time and make sure I got all of the shots I need and that they're all as perfect as they can be.

Showed Jessica and Mark the cut of the opening sequence and they loved it. They'd had something different in mind from seeign what we'd shot, but once they saw it, they completely got it. Oh! And it is FUNNY!
 
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