"Blind Date" by TheComo, Kegan Sant & John Labonney

[Robbie Comeau]

 

[Mark Harris]

Nice Como. That is CCed, right?

 

[Luis Caffesse]

Looking good, Como!
:thumbsup:

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Thanks guys.

Mark, yes it is CC'ed.

I made a change to it, because I really wanna pump the whites in this scene.

 

[Kegan]

Robbie has been showing me the editing process and we've been working on getting a tighter cut and CC'ing it better.

-Kegan

 

[mentatDUKE]

Nice grabs Robbie. Liking the young cast. Good luck.

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Thanks,

the video is close to done. Just gotta get the score from Phil!

 

[HBlack]

Ha, I didn't know Phil was working on yours as well. Pretty cool.

 

[Kegan]

Yep, it was sent to him a couple days ago I believe. Almost there, just has to be cut tighter and a couple flaws have to be worked out. Much better than I originally thought it would be.

-Kegan

 

[Marlon Ladd]

Robbie, you got a real good look goin' with the shot above. Is that cc?

 

[Kegan]

Surprised Robbie hasn't popped in with an answer yet, but yes - the above grab is CC'd.

-Kegan

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Well excuuuuuse me.

hehe.

Yup it's CC'ed.

A Vignette. Whites brought up, a soft focus, a tint, and voila.

 

[Marlon Ladd]

Looks good!

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Thanks.

Here is another grab from Blind Date.

 

[Maximus]

Nice grabs. Has a nostalgic, 40's feel. Look forward to it.

 

[Robbie Comeau]

Thanks Maximus!

 

[Zak Forsman]

kegen mentions doing some improv in an earlier post. can one of you guys elaborate on that?

 

[Kegan]

Well, without giving away too much I wanted to give the actors SOME creative freedom in situations where we were pressed for time and had to get a shot. It sounds strange, but when working with actors who are now entering the industry or are just trying to get exposure, I seem to notice that they buckle under the pressure of having to make sure "the next take counts".

I took the actors aside for a couple of scenes and spoke with them briefly, letting them know that we did have to shoot fast, but if necessary we would just find another day to make it up. I told them the general idea of the scene I wanted and asked what their opinions/thoughts were. They said that they didn't feel it fit correctly and by then they knew the theme of the script and the overall message we were trying to achieve.

I told them to improv it as they thought best and if it didn't work out, I'd be working on re-writing the scene or re-working it so that it flowed better. In both cases we had to do it, the improving worked great! Now, I know it wasn't the best way to achieve results after having fully finished a script, but it allowed them to half the number of takes they were doing when following the script verbatim.

Improving all the scenes wouldn't have worked at all, but depending on the way the shoot's going and judging the actor's comfort level with a scene - it can sometimes warrant it.

-Kegan

 

[mentatDUKE]

Thanks for the insight Kegan. I like hearing about everyone's process when it comes to directing actors. Looking forward to the film.

 

[Kegan]

Thanks for the comment mentatDUKE - much appreciated. We've tightened up the final now and I'm pleased with our final result (as pleased as someone can be with their own work, when in the back of their mind they're constantly pointing out flaws haha).

-Kegan