"El Cucuy" a film by Amy Beth O'Brien

Whew! I actually shot some footage today. Cheyenne and I shot three brief scenes in the bathroom and she did a great job. But, that was just the warm up. The remaining three scenes - which constitute 2/3 of the film - are the big challenge.

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Oh, yeah, some BTS from Day 1 on the first page. Stills to come Monday or Tuesday.
 
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Thanks guys.

There's gonna be a hold on actual screen shots as I HATE the scene setting I used on Saturday and have to reshoot it all. Blurg.
 
The scene file setting was just way off for the lighting in that room. I tested it in a different bathroom in the house, then stupidly didn't re-test in the new bathroom when I made a last minute location change. To top it off, I didn't use my external monitor because I didn't have a proper attachment for it, so I couldn't really tell how off the whole thing was from the on camera LCD. Totally user error. Blah.

And yes, it's a pretty easy re-shoot. Took a couple hours the first time, so I don't think it will be longer than that the second time around. At least I can look at the camera work from the first time out and see what I want to change about that. Gotta find the up side to all this, right?
 
User error is a big ow. At least you didn;t switch the fps to 60 for one scene and then forget to switch it back for 5 whole takes. Things can get a little sloppy sometimes and we just forget to check and double check. Oh the stories I could tell you from my shoot...
 
AmyO said:
The scene file setting was just way off for the lighting in that room. I tested it in a different bathroom in the house, then stupidly didn't re-test in the new bathroom when I made a last minute location change. To top it off, I didn't use my external monitor because I didn't have a proper attachment for it, so I couldn't really tell how off the whole thing was from the on camera LCD. Totally user error. Blah.
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Ouch. That's too bad. Better luck with the re-shoot!

I have yet to use an external monitor on set, don't own one. Tried renting one once but it just didn't work out.
I know once I do I'll never go back to that tiny on camera LCD display. I really do hate it. :)
 
Bought a Noga arm today (thank you Pro Video and Tape!), so I'll be set for re-shoots tomorrow and my main shoot this weekend. w00t! This film WILL get made gosh-darnit.

Rodney, if we ever meet up, I'm sure we could swap all kinds of "on the set" stories over a glass or two of our preferred beverages!
 
AmyO said:
Bought a Noga arm today (thank you Pro Video and Tape!), so I'll be set for re-shoots tomorrow and my main shoot this weekend. w00t! This film WILL get made gosh-darnit.
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Killer, I love my Noga Arm that i just got. The arm is rock SOLID, just don't trust
the place it mounts to on your rig. I had it mounted to the side plate on
my Redrock rail, but it would losen and swing dangerously, almost lost it one time. Now I have it mounted to the top of the DVX200 and its more stable. SO
where ever you mount it on the camera side (not monitor side), make sure its
a vertical mount . IMHO.

Get us some screen grabs, looking forward to it!
 
Another day in the can. A bit behind schedule, but I hope to be able to pick up the pace tomorrow.

Screen shots on page 1 for those interested.
 
Devon and I were just talking about how PDX is going to be well represented in MonsterFest. Looking forward to what you're putting together!
 
Thanks guys. And yeah, we've got, what, four PDX films in this fest? Awesome.

I'm still plugging along, shooting on the weekends when Cheyenne is cooperative and around other family issues. I have one scene left to shoot, which involves some lighting tricks and a green screen, so we'll see how soon I can get that together. Cheyenne may play hooky from school one day this week so we can get it finished up. :)

In happier news, Justin R. Durban has offered his services as composer once again (he scored "Picture" for me). I'm really excited about this as I think he'll add a nice layer to the film.
 
Oh.
My.
Goodness.

Received this message at exactly 11:00am (according to the time on my computer, which is set to network time) : "Your entry has been successfully submitted and will now undergo a verification process." Hope that means I made the cutoff. I've been up for over 24 hours in one last final push to get this done, while taking care of a swine flu infected family. Yikes!

See y'all on the other side. I'm running on steam and high fructose corn syrup right now. Gonna get some lunch and crash.
 
Hope you made it in Amy! (and get some sleep!) Hope everyone in your flu-infected family feels better soon!

(edit: refreshed the list and I'm glad to see you made it!)
 
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