Matt Sconce
Veteran
STRICKEN UPDATE:
Hello everyone!
Stricken is going great! Last night, my interview about Stricken aired on KAIL Channel 53. I was featured on about a 10-20 minute segment of the "Eye on Horror" show and I feel it went well. Some sneak peaks were shown as video played behind me on my editing monitors, and the Teaser Trailer was shown for the first time on the Air. I have been hearing good things about the interview, and hope it brings even more distributors to Stricken's door. We already have 8 groups waiting to see a screener, mostly distributors and some sales agents. They have all contacted me, so the information on Stricken is getting out there.
I watched the rough locked-ish cut of Stricken last night on Blue Ray DVD on my 50 inch Television and was extremely happy with it's look. It looked crisp, the movement was beautiful, the actors look great and I cannot wait for it to be in finished form so I can show all of you!
I have some great people involved in this post process and am adding more by the day. It is no longer that the Ball is rolling on Stricken's journey...it is more like the Indiana Jones Boulder. Things are going well and excitement is increasing each day.
The following story tells you how things have been going for Stricken these last 6 months of Stricken filming. Things just fall into place exactly how we need them to...
We were going out to shoot b-roll and insert shots of the City on Saturday. My father and I had permits to film the exterior of the police station and film from the top of a 7 story Parking Structure. Our goal was to get some exteriors, a timelapse sunset over the city, and some city at night shots. We shot the exteriors, then moved to the parking structure. We quickly realized the view we would get of the sunset would be behind Grizzly stadium's lights and look nothing like a cityscape. We then frantically began to drive to find an alternative location to see some of the city and the sunset at the same time. Within 1 minute of driving, we encountered an individual, who will remain nameless to protect them, that agreed to help us (Although we had just talked to them out of our car window to ask where we may be able to get that shot. They took us to the top of the TALLEST BUILDING IN FRESNO and let us not only shoot our sunset and daylight city shots, but our night shots as well. We rode a speed elevator then climbed a 20ft ladder with our equipment to get there, but filming from a 22 story location vs a 7 story location made all the difference!
After the shots, we went to the city parking structure to film some close night shots. We were filming downward at the streets and getting traffic racing by and stoplights, etc. We REALLY needed a shot of our character Jenny's car turning around after her change of heart but had not been able to film it yet. It had to be a specific car and it had to turn a specific way. We thought of calling Christina Tellifson and have her drive out so we could get the shot, but it was getting late. As we were wondering about that, the exact car we needed car not only drove under us, but accomplished the same exact turn we needed! It was like we had planned it!
Since the start of Stricken, that is how things have been going. We are blessed and very greatful! Take care everyone! -Matt Sconce
Hello everyone!
Stricken is going great! Last night, my interview about Stricken aired on KAIL Channel 53. I was featured on about a 10-20 minute segment of the "Eye on Horror" show and I feel it went well. Some sneak peaks were shown as video played behind me on my editing monitors, and the Teaser Trailer was shown for the first time on the Air. I have been hearing good things about the interview, and hope it brings even more distributors to Stricken's door. We already have 8 groups waiting to see a screener, mostly distributors and some sales agents. They have all contacted me, so the information on Stricken is getting out there.
I watched the rough locked-ish cut of Stricken last night on Blue Ray DVD on my 50 inch Television and was extremely happy with it's look. It looked crisp, the movement was beautiful, the actors look great and I cannot wait for it to be in finished form so I can show all of you!
I have some great people involved in this post process and am adding more by the day. It is no longer that the Ball is rolling on Stricken's journey...it is more like the Indiana Jones Boulder. Things are going well and excitement is increasing each day.
The following story tells you how things have been going for Stricken these last 6 months of Stricken filming. Things just fall into place exactly how we need them to...
We were going out to shoot b-roll and insert shots of the City on Saturday. My father and I had permits to film the exterior of the police station and film from the top of a 7 story Parking Structure. Our goal was to get some exteriors, a timelapse sunset over the city, and some city at night shots. We shot the exteriors, then moved to the parking structure. We quickly realized the view we would get of the sunset would be behind Grizzly stadium's lights and look nothing like a cityscape. We then frantically began to drive to find an alternative location to see some of the city and the sunset at the same time. Within 1 minute of driving, we encountered an individual, who will remain nameless to protect them, that agreed to help us (Although we had just talked to them out of our car window to ask where we may be able to get that shot. They took us to the top of the TALLEST BUILDING IN FRESNO and let us not only shoot our sunset and daylight city shots, but our night shots as well. We rode a speed elevator then climbed a 20ft ladder with our equipment to get there, but filming from a 22 story location vs a 7 story location made all the difference!
After the shots, we went to the city parking structure to film some close night shots. We were filming downward at the streets and getting traffic racing by and stoplights, etc. We REALLY needed a shot of our character Jenny's car turning around after her change of heart but had not been able to film it yet. It had to be a specific car and it had to turn a specific way. We thought of calling Christina Tellifson and have her drive out so we could get the shot, but it was getting late. As we were wondering about that, the exact car we needed car not only drove under us, but accomplished the same exact turn we needed! It was like we had planned it!
Since the start of Stricken, that is how things have been going. We are blessed and very greatful! Take care everyone! -Matt Sconce
rogar-Shock(DBG): I am screening it for them on Blu-ray and have printed out screening notebooks that have images from each scene on the left, and room for notes on the right. After this, I will lock the edit in about a week. :engel017:
