Smuggler's Ransom- OFFICIAL THREAD

Just wanted to announce that Herman Witkam is going to be working on the final song for Smuggler's Ransom... we're working on getting Patrick Levis for vocals!
 
Working on some CC... another screen grab :)

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Hey Brandon, I've been reading this thread for quite a bit and I'm excited for this film. Seems like you're a really hard working guy. I had a few questions about your film.

How did you pay your cast/crew? Deferred payment or upfront? Also, how'd you find a budget for the feature?

Good luck with the Fox Faith distribution!
 
Thanks for all the comments! I am getting pretty excited as I can see the end of post ahead!

ernesto- We payed our crew members when we shot the film. There were several unpaid crew, AD's, PA's and such, but our main crew was paid.

We wrote up deferred pay contracts for all of our cast members and had them sign them after we finished production. Those contracts are for pay, if we get distribution and cover are initial production costs.

The budget was found through a few private investors who had seen our previous short, and felt we could move on to another level. :)
 
Hey dude.. Great job.. Looks great..
Where do you get all of your sound effects/background sounds? They are great!

- - Justin
 
Sneak Peak!

Sneak Peak!

Here's an opportunity! The first TWO people who PM me, will be given the chance to see the first two minutes of the film, Smuggler's Ransom. Please PM me for the details! You won't be disappointed.
 
So, any updates on how it's going? I'd love to hear about how you are working out the distribution... and this "FoxFaith" thing sounds really interesting, just wondering how you're gonna get the film on the market...
 
When're we gonna get another Director's Diaries? :)


Hurry up and finish this thing already :grin: We're all looking forward to seeing it. And good luck with FoxFaith :thumbsup:
 
Just thought of something else.

If (and when) there is a Smuggler's Ransom 2...

it can't be named Smuggler's Ransom 2.

It's gotta be like, "Dealer's Ransom", or "King's Ransom" some other type of new-but-in-the-same-type-of-name thing, like Smuggler's (insert noun here).
 
Brandon Rice said:
Here's an opportunity! The first TWO people who PM me, will be given the chance to see the first two minutes of the film, Smuggler's Ransom. Please PM me for the details! You won't be disappointed.
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Damnit Brandon, I wish I would've seen this thread yesterday...although I wasn't around at the time.
 
Hey all, sorry for not updating or being around much... been super busy. Anyway, Smuggler's is still pressing on. Working on our last song for the credits, Herman Witkam is going to be orchestrating the music for that one. Matt Derr is also working hard on the score for the film, and Stephen Brock is still moving on sound design. We have "our foot in the door" at FoxFaith so we're excited!
 
I am working today on tweaking some things on the trailer to send to FoxFaith. I really could use some help with the sound design. Please PM if you're interested. Thanks.
 
Updates..... Lots of em'

Here are the updates people!!

Mark Johnson is working on some new VFX for Smuggler's.... Including some matte shots and several gun effects.

Herman Witkam is going to be orchestrating our end credits song, which we are working on now. We have a rough draft of lyrics down. Just finishing that up.

Patrick Levis from the band: Least of These (www.leastofthesetheband.com) has signed on to be lead vocals for the end song as well, so we're stoked about that.

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Thing's are good here... just slow, as I've been out of town the last two weeks.
 
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Brandon, how many shooting days did you guys have for your movie?

Because I was looking at the production diaries and there were only four, and in the second one, one of you guys mentioned being halfway through. So did you guys shoot most of the feature on just four days? If so, how'd you manage to do that, even no-budget features usually have like 18-day shoots don't they?

Thanks,

Ernesto.
 
First off, the movie times out to around 45-50 min. runtime. Not quite a feature length... about half... So, in essence we could have shot a feature length in 8 days...

The way we shot so fast is many reasons.

First, we were blessed with having extremely talented and well prepared actors...

Second, we (Daniel and I) always discussed things down to the smallest detail before getting on set, as well as having a rough shot list, which is revised while shooting from time to time.

Third, I try to shoot everything using one lighting setup. Usually this takes more time initially, but if I cover all my angles right, it saves lots of time.

Hope that answers some Q's :)
 
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