"Rant"

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Nick_Lee

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Do we have to make a post like this to enter? Hopefully because I'm typing this at 4 in the morning. If not, whatever.

"Rant" is a working title...that may actually end up being the actual title. I'm not sure yet. I have to talk to my cast and crew. His name is Ezra. haha. I'm sure we'll come up with something.


Anyways, I'm still writing, so I really don't know how this will turn out...considering it's my first short ever...i'm guessing it's not going to be too great. It's basically about a guy who "loses"...something and goes out to find it. orly? haha.

I hope this thread was enlightening and inspirational.

Farewell,

Nicholas Lee

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The premise:
Ezra Fields, an aspiring oil painter, looks back at the work he’s done in the past two years and realizes that he’s blatantly copied what’s already been done. To defeat his unoriginality, he leaves town in search for his lost muse.

That's that. I'm really unsure of the structure this short's going to take. As of now It's definitely going to feel more like a montage than an actual narrative short. Hopefully it stands alone as a story either way.

I'm planning on shooting with a dvxb and a letus extreme. + 50 1.4 and a 35 2.0(i think 2.0 anyways) nikons.

I don't think I have the manpower to light every scene so I'll probably be shooting outside as much as possible.

I know that the title "rant" seems really irrelevant, but hopefully when you watch it you'll understand why.

See ya.

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stills can be seen below.

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I know...light setup makes no sense...I have no idea what I'm doing. haha.


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Hey Nick. I don't think the post is required but it's useful for raising awareness for your film (at least within the DVXuser community).

Welcome to the fest!

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A rant about a thread for short called rant, that's awesome irony. Channel that frustration! :) Look forward to seeing it.
 
question...is it against the rules of this festival/real life to have say...the name of a big gas station chain in the background of a shot? No malicious intent...simply for the location. anyone know?
 
Not if you're going against the company..

But if you're not, it should be fine. You're not harming anything/anyone.

In my last fest, I have a guy drinking and you could faintly see the wisers logo. I was fine.

But double check with the mods just to be sure.

Robbie
 
I sent a pm to the mod who made the "rules" thread...he didn't respond. haha.

So I guess to be safe I'll just scratch that part altogether.
 
So...me and Ezra went out and shot today. First time using a 35mm adapter and it was the weirdest thing ever. You get a lot of stares when you're two dudes are walking around a park with a grenade launcher. I have some stills.

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A word of advice for anyone who's never shot a narrative. Don't go out without a plan and expect an epiphany of cinematic glory. It probably won't happen. haha.
 
My partner in less than mediocre film making has a ridiculous schedule at Georgia Tech at the moment and shooting is nearly impossible. I've condensed the script even further and I'm hoping that it will make sense. It's probably going to be less than 3 minutes long. We basically haven't shot anything yet and we have 1 weekend to do it...hopefully this works out.

Any advice with shooting on a tight schedule? as in a couple hours a day and most of it being at night? Can I finish this short with only around 8 hours of time with the actor left? total? not including set up?

If I finish this it will be the most glorious miracle ever. I demand an all American cookie from the mall if I finish this. Hopefully Ezra will buy me one.

p.s. wish us luck
 
Thank you for the encouragement sir. How do you get advice on here? Haha. I need to get more e-fame and a more interesting camera setup maybe. I'm planning on getting shooting done on Friday. It's going to be glorious. Any advice on shooting in public locations?
 
rehears your actors thoroughly before hand. if you;re going to guerilla a location, make sure they know their lines. go over blocking without the camera. then grab the camera and keep it simple. no complex moves like trying to walk with them and stay in focus.

try to plan it to be a one shot and stagger your actors, so they're not flattening the frame, unless they;re arm in arm with each other.

make sure if they're walking towards you that you;ve given enough room. a lav would help with this. once people see the boom, the gig is up.

point is shoot fast and shoot clean. get in, get what you need and get out before security shows up.

oh and fight scenes are bad to shoot in public. they're way too complex.
 
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rehears your actors thoroughly before hand. if you;re going to guerilla a location, make sure they know their lines. go over blocking without the camera. then grab the camera and keep it simple. no complex moves like trying to walk with them and stay in focus.

try to plan it to be a one shot and stagger your actors, so they're not flattening the frame, unless they;re arm in arm with each other.

make sure if they're walking towards you that you;ve given enough room. a lav would help with this. once people see the boom, the gig is up.

point is shoot fast and shoot clean. get in, get what you need and get out before security shows up.

oh and fight scenes are bad to shoot in public. they're way too complex.
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AWESOME! exactly the kind of thing I need. you're in atlanta...be my mentor? haha. thanks a lot though seriously. really appreciate it.
 
So I take it this means the shoot went well? Are you wrapped?

I WISH I was in Atlanta right now. Toronto is cold and is going to continue to be cold for a while longer..... brr shiver shiver...
 
The shoot went fairly well...until it got to be 10 o' clock and we were both completely wiped from school and shooting all day. I set up lights for the last 2 shots...me and ezra looked at each other...and passed out on the spot. haha not really but that's the gist of it.

We didn't finish...BUT! we have next Friday to shoot again so hopefully we'll get the last shots we need to get it done.
 
well get the edit together so you can see what holes need to be filled. if you have any doubts about any scenes or shots, make a note of what you want to see in the edit and then so and SHOOT it. you have some time to make use of it, and it looks like a fairly small crew (overstatement there), so you can totally do this.
 
thanks! i'm trying that out now and it looks pretty decent. hopefully it turns out right.

and the crew is awesome. haha. the guy who took the picture was there because...it was his house. haha. i picked my friend up from georgia tech and we were on our way to the suburbs and i called him and was like "yooo....can we film at your house?" haha so that's that. fun stuff. learning a lot! if anything i'm learning a lot of ways how not to make a movie. edison said that right?
 
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