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aravance

aravance

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This will be my first official entry into a DVXUser Film Fest.
**crosses fingers**

Finished the script a few weeks ago.
Length: 6 1/2 pages.

I'm taking sort of small scale approach for this one. Rather than tell a grand tale of international intrigue and espionage, I want to tell more of a personal story, a glimpse into the life of a man who is at the end of his rope. Think more Rear Window than James Bond in terms of spying.

CAST
Rob Cardine.............. Craig Griffin
Heather Jenkins........ Mattye Bresnen

CREW
Director/Screenplay......... Van Blumreich
Director of Photography... Josh Reese
Boom Operator................ Kevin Broussard
Music Composer.............. Ian McDavid
Foley/Sound.................... Matt Mellin
Production Assistant........ Bryan Brick
Dolly Grip........................ Jeff Peeples
(more to come)

Preproduction has already begun.
We have about half of the locations locked down and have already started rehearsels.

I'll keep updating this thread once I have more things to show.
 
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Welcome to the fest. I'm glad to hear you're mixing it up and giving us a different angle on the spy game. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with.
 
Today I visited one of the locations we will be shooting at and decided to take some pictures. Originally I was going to hide an envelope amongst some debris on the ground, but it might work better if we hide it up in the vents and have the character reach for it. I took the pictures home and decided to play around with some possible looks for the film.

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Raw Scene

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Scene with Color Correction and Light Bleach Bypass

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Scene with Color Correction and LS Coolish

I thought that Bleach Bypass was the route I was going to go, but after looking at these photos, I think I prefer the cooler look from the LS Coolish filter than the warmer Bleach Bypass Light. It's staler and darker and I think that fits the theme of the movie better.

This is all just preliminary testing...so who knows what it will end up looking like.
But these pictures at least explore some options.
 
Awesome location! I actually like it with NO correction! But it's your film! Anyway, location should shoot real nice--great find!
 
I really like the cc and agree with the LS coolish. I like the idea of doing a small film for this length. Unfortunately, I didn't tak my own advice. Good luck with the project.
 
Banner is now up.

More crew credits added as well.

Production is almost complete.
We have one more weekend of shooting, then it is all post work.
[Editing, Sound Effects, Music, Color Correction, etc.]
I'm really hoping we can finish before the deadline, but it's going to be hard.

**crosses fingers**
 
I've been trying to get a final lockdown on the edit.

My film turned out to be a lot longer than anticipated.

I've been spending most of my time editing the short film down.

It was at 8 minutes, then 7 minutes, and now I am at 6 minutes and 11 seconds.

I've been spending the last few hours trying to figure out how to shave those 11 seconds.
 
Get rid of the credits, take out filler, trim some establishing shots, don't hold the cu's so long, I dunno.
 
If you have closing, scrolling credits...you might consider a single "credits frame" at the end for the festival entry. That way it can still be seen, but doesn't take so much time.

You can always include the scrolling credits in the version you produce for yourself, your cast, and your crew, etc, etc
 
Looks like several spyfesters have met and tackled the same problem. It can be done. I hope you saved the long version though, I'm sure we'll all want to see it after judging closes.
 
Yeah, I definitely am going to release the "extended" version at some point.

I probably should've made my version first and then whittled it down, but because of the time crunch, I opted to just make the 6 minute edit first and then eventually do the longer edit.
 
Cutting down the film was the hardest part for us too. Good luck. I look forward to seeing your film.
 
I ended up getting the edit down to 6:04.

But really those last four seconds are just the closing credits.

It just didn't feel right ending the movie without any or just putting it as one frame on the end. IMHO it kills the feel of the movie and is distracting to the viewer. I want them to feel like they are viewing a complete movie and give them a smooth viewing experience all the way through.

I read in some other forum about how people will complain about using the extra five grace seconds for credits, but I actually did it before reading about the grace seconds.
The edit has been locked and the sound is already in place. It would be a huge pain to change it all now.

But I've also come to the realization that people are going to complain and gripe no matter what you do.

So I'm just going to stand firm in my film and my decisions and hope for the best.

All that's left is getting the music in place.

Looking to upload sometime tomorrow.

Gotta make a poster too.
 
Well, I finally did it.

I finally made it into a DVXUser Fest.

I can now scratch that off my list of things to do.
 
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