Take - a porchwax film

preston

preston

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hello all... i'm getting a late start, but i am now working on a short for lossfest.
it's called Take, and i can't wait to get it finished - hopefully in time for the deadline!

...thank you to all my friends who are helping me get this project done...

so far we've had only one evening of shooting, but it was rather productive.

good luck to all... :beer:
 
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maybe some out-takes could eventually, if i find the time... :Drogar-Evil(DBG):
 
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Welcome to the fray dude. It's not really last minute until it's the last week, so you got plenty of time. :grin:

good luck with the shoot.
 
Cool. Welcome to the fest. I'm trying to get my $h1t together for a last minute entry as well.

:beer:
 
update: 2.23.09

dark days... absolutely nothing was accomplished over the weekend, and it's my fault. sure my weekend was busy with -among other things- family obligations and grocery shopping and hauling dirty clothes to the laundromat, but i could have found the time. i could have wrangled together the people i need to put a shoot together. i could have scouted locations, planned shoots, written.. something, anything would have been better than nothing.

why? i'm not sure, except that i feel myself losing the desire to finish. i feel like i'm wasting my time, not to mention the time of my friends who have agreed to help me.

i look at what i've done so far on this project, and i am easily discouraged. i know it could have been a lot better, and again, that's my fault. i know i've rushed, been under-prepared, and inexperienced, and i'm using this as an excuse to second-guess the entire thing. i tell myself i don't know what i'm doing, i'm going to embarass myself.

so now, monday morning, i'm wondering if i'll make any calls, set up any shoots, charge the batteries. i'm not sure.

i'm just not sure.
 
preston said:
update: 2.23.09

dark days... absolutely nothing was accomplished over the weekend, and it's my fault. sure my weekend was busy with -among other things- family obligations and grocery shopping and hauling dirty clothes to the laundromat, but i could have found the time. i could have wrangled together the people i need to put a shoot together. i could have scouted locations, planned shoots, written.. something, anything would have been better than nothing.

why? i'm not sure, except that i feel myself losing the desire to finish. i feel like i'm wasting my time, not to mention the time of my friends who have agreed to help me.

i look at what i've done so far on this project, and i am easily discouraged. i know it could have been a lot better, and again, that's my fault. i know i've rushed, been under-prepared, and inexperienced, and i'm using this as an excuse to second-guess the entire thing. i tell myself i don't know what i'm doing, i'm going to embarass myself.

so now, monday morning, i'm wondering if i'll make any calls, set up any shoots, charge the batteries. i'm not sure.

i'm just not sure.
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Have you ever heard the story about the little engine that could?
 
well the good news is... i made some calls, scheduled a shoot for tonight. so i'm gonna charge the batteries, plan out what i want to shoot, and do my best to get what i want.

if all goes well, one last shoot on thursday night should do it. then it's sequester-time for me, some coffee and adobe premiere.

hey noel, i'll audition any music that you're willing to lend to this film... :)

mark - you're right. we could call it Gloom-Fest.

good luck to all....
 
well, thursday has all but come and gone, and i'm happy to say... we had a good night of shooting! with the exception of a daytime exterior scene (to be shot saturday), we are pretty much done with photography. :)

thank you djm, your help is much appreciated.

i'm looking forward to digging in to this footage and seeing what i can make of it.

good luck to all...
 
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Hey, Preston. Read your thread. I see you've had a tough time. Glad you pushed through. We all have those same feelings - ah, the difficulty of indie filmmaking. Everybody can't do this (make films) or they would. Remember that and good luck to you.
 
that's true, not everyone can make a film. i'm just not sure what group i'm in...

officially, photography wrapped today. finally. unofficially, i wish i could reshoot everything. problem is, it probably wouldn't be much better. it's ok though, because i'm gonna finish this thing, and when it's all said and done, i'm gonna be a better filmmaker. still might never do it again though, haha...

i'm sick. editing is painful enough when i'm healthy, so this week should be absolute torture. ok, i'm done crying (for now) :crybaby: good luck to all...
 
hey thanks! i hope you say that once you've seen it, haha...

UPLOADED!:Drogar-BigGrin(DBG)
 
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