May Status Report Thread

I didn't get location permission, nor did I buy insurance (didn't have the budget for it) and I will be in a public area next to a park and we will be waving guns around...that shouldn't raise any concerns :huh:

Fortunately though, my cousin is a local law enforcement officer and will be on set, in uniform :thumbsup:
 
Larry R said:
I didn't get location permission, nor did I buy insurance (didn't have the budget for it) and I will be in a public area next to a park and we will be waving guns around...that shouldn't raise any concerns :huh:

Fortunately though, my cousin is a local law enforcement officer and will be on set, in uniform :thumbsup:
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I probably wouldn't buy insurance if I had a cousin to come on set as a cop, either. =P

But, I sure did get insurance. At least I know if something does happen, I'm covered to an extent.
 
We filmed in a parking lot for our last night of filming. It got really cold, but we kept on going. About halfway through the shoot, the lights in the parking lot went out. This was the one weekend we had the main actor. He is really busy. We were all pretty discouraged until the co-director mentioned some people who might know how to turn the lights back on. We called and they told us it was in a pantry of the church we were by. The door is always locked though. We went to see and found that someone had forgotten to lock the door! We turned on the lights and finished shooting. It was great, and our first movie on the DVX as well!
 
Kholi said:
I probably wouldn't buy insurance if I had a cousin to come on set as a cop, either. =P

But, I sure did get insurance. At least I know if something does happen, I'm covered to an extent.
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I actually have one cousin who is county sheriff (the one that's coming to the set) and has been for 5+ years. Another cousin who is a California Highway Patrol officer (state trooper) for 1 year. And a brother-in-law currently in the police academy.

So I'm all set up! :thumbsup:

But also, my wife's cousin is an insurance man and he is working on getting me a good deal on liability insurance for future projects.
 
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9 May update.

All photography finished except for one 3-second greenscreen shot I have to redo.

Rough footage edit finished and presently doing colour correction and tweaking of the visual effects. Rough edit without closing credits is at 5 minutes one second. Closing credits will take up a further 30 seconds.

Sound effects almost finished and attached to the rough edit.

Music acquired, mixed and attached to the rough edit.

Now off to Hong Kong on other business and returning the 21st to finalize the project (that and the schedule of my lead actress pushed the project ahead of where I otherwise would have been at this stage).

V.O. actor travelling here from L.A. the week of the 22nd of May and is scheduled for one day of V.O. with a second day in reserve if needed.

On track. On budget. No surprises.

I'm turning into an accountant.
 
Aram Bauman said:
Yeah, all this drama and sleepless nights, carpeltunnel and hemriods, all for what?
Just to hear someone say "that was cool" :)
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hahaha! That could be in a sig.

My hero film is about 88% finished in all areas.

- roughly 15% more of the sound design needs to be done
- a small bit of narration
- I have about 30% more music to score.

That's basically it and my film will be totally finished. The final running length is 5 mins, and 33 secs.
 
msconce said:
... the church ... door is always locked ... someone had forgotten to lock the door! We turned on the lights and finished shooting. It was great, and our first movie on the DVX as well!
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I saw your inspirational video piece in the clips section ... Holy Payback, Batman!:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
Hey msconce
that's great ...we had a similar experience , we thought the minister was going to freak BUT he loved it and allowed us to film our small clip .
Well we are still without the main actor , not looking good at this time . The re- write is looking crappy ,Not what I wanted .
We are going to film anyway , just no guarantee we'll make it .

Ian
 
Another huge setback...myself and two of the other actors showed up on location for a rehearsal - specifically to work out the fight choreography, with the fight choreographer (he's also the superhero). Anyway, I talked to him Friday and he said he was going to be here, but yesterday and today I could never reach him...he never answered his phone...and after waiting over an hour, he never showed so we finally left.

Very frustrating...because now unless he has a really good reason, I'm going to have to find a new actor for the superhero role and I'll have to either find another fight coordinator or figure it out myself (like I don't already have enough to do). :Drogar-Angry(DBG): :furious3:
 
I really hope that doesn't happen to me. It's hard to keep people on-board without pay.

Good luck with that, dude.
 
i have neither a church OR a rooftop. guess i have no chance.

update: we shot monday night with good results. had one of our extras show up in bad makeup, so it took us a little while to fix that and get it right. other than that it was good.

we're behind schedule more than we'd like to be, but we'll get it done.
 
Im almost finished pulling the greenscreen from the shots and going to start on the digital matte paintings for my backgrounds this weekend. Have to match move the 3D effects to the actors too this weekend and finish shooting. I did a rough edit already to get the feel of what its going to flow like and see what works and what doesnt.
 
About 75% complete with the first rough cut, and already at over 12 1/2 minutes ... with the additional scenes left to edit, I can see this easily hitting 20+ minutes with opening titles & ending credits, neither of which have been worked out yet. Getting a SOLID 5 minute cut is going to be a fun challenge.
 
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