OTHER: --l Chum Per Hour l-- Dark Comedy Series

Matt Harris said:
So Mike you're thinking 6 episodes total for season 1? Was the series written with a cliffhanger at the end, or does it wrap up? Just curious.
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Possibly.
And yes, episode 6 ends with a bit of cliffhanger, or 'realization', if you will.

Still unsure as to how many will be in Season 1.

I just want 6 episodes finished and ready to go before we launch anything.
If we go the web series route and release a new episode every 2 weeks this would give us a 3 month cushion to fall back on.
 
Marlon Ladd said:
Grabs look pretty sweet. I like that wide shot of the two of them in the kitchen. Looks like it was well lit, because you exposed for outside, meaning you could actually make out what's outside the window and usually when you do that the exposure is darker inside.
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Thanks! Most of it was lit naturally. Save one Diva Ring Light off to the side behind the camera.
I hate blown out windows and try to avoid them if at all possible.
 
Michael Anthony Horrigan said:
Thanks! Most of it was lit naturally. Save one Diva Ring Light off to the side behind the camera.
I hate blown out windows and try to avoid them if at all possible.
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I used to be the same way about the blown out windows, but I'm not like that anymore. I have to have them blown out now or I just can't stand it! LOL! That's how I get my light rays.

How many watts on the Diva Ring??
 
Oh, okay. Sounds like it gives off a pretty good shine.

I haven't been keeping up with Dexter since the first season. I don't think I noticed the blown out windows there. Have you seen "Dark Blue?" I love how they light their scenes. They give me inspiration.
 
Sweet grabs! I'm pumped to see this thing finished. So glad you found some talented and dedicated people up your way. If anybody deserves that, it's you, man.
 
Thanks, guys. It's been fun for sure.
Hope to start putting it out on the web this Fall.

EDIT: Speaking of which, thanks to Matt Harris for the banner!
 
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A couple more grabs from a shoot over the weekend.

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NEWS: We have a website that has close to one MILLION members that is going to advertise for us by posting 3 CHUM banners on their site.
We will also be giving away a new iPad to viewers who spot a hidden item in one of the early episodes.

More details on all that coming soon.
Launch date is October 2nd, 2011.
 
Oct 2nd is right around the corner! I love it, how many episodes you got totally completed? I am working on those web banners for you tonight.
 
Thanks, Matt! We have 3 locked and ready to go, minus some tweaking. We have a couple more that just need some pickups.
Plan to release one episode every 2-3 weeks. 8-9 episodes for the first season. Thanks again for the banner help, dude.
 
How has it been for you working on one particular project, fleshing it out (pun intended), as opposed to doing 6 minute shorts?
 
Matt Harris said:
How has it been for you working on one particular project, fleshing it out (pun intended), as opposed to doing 6 minute shorts?
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It's been interesting. Especially since I didn't write it. I have created a few "Chum Dates" that will be part of the series but the original story was written by Tim, the lead.

Good practice for a feature, for sure. Still, I'm doing far too much on my own. A crew would be nice. Occasionally we get a guy to hold the H4N. Occasionally. :)

The story is shaping up and the pacing is very different than a 6 min short. I'm still hacking it up though. If it's too dull people will tune out. For instance, we had two episodes that I hacked apart and made into one, thanks to some advice from a local buddy. Actually, I trimmed it to under 6 min, he helped get it to under 3 min!
 
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