Untitled Vampire Hooker Project

Not to pee on your fire, but I highly recommend picking either acting or directing. Or, if you absolutely have to do it, only play a small role and direct. I've tried this and it's very difficult and watched others try. This usually only works properly if you're Mel Gibson or Clint Eastwood and have 20+ years of constant acting experience and can act without even thinking about it (and thus devote your energy into directing).
 
Shawn, out of curiosity, in what capacity were you directing? Were you setting up shots yourself or did you rely on a DP to handle that for you?

How much were you involved with actually focused on technical details while shooting?

How much pre-production did you do? Did you do storyboards and everything? My goal is to have everything planned out in such detail that Geoff will be able to just set up the shots based on storyboards (and some discussion of course).

Did you do any rehearsals? If so, how many?
 
My first short film I did, I wrote, produced, directed, and played a major supporting role in and I have to tell you, while I was doing it, I wanted to slit my wrists, ankles, femoral artery, and neck, then sit in a pool of lemon juice until I blessedly went to the great beyond!

HOWEVER, afterwards, and going through the post process with two different professional editors and the score composer, I definitely am glad that I did it. It was such a HUGE learning experience for both acting and directing. Now I just focus on one or the other unless I HAVE to do both, but having done it before, I now know the pitfalls to watch out for.

Tom, if you plan this out, trust your crew, and know what you are searching for in every shot, scene, etc... then I have confidence that we'll be fine.

YOU HAVE TO AIM BIG TO DO BIG THINGS! I'm with ya Tommy Boy (no pun or reference intended :Drogar-Evil(DBG):)!

:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:
 
The last short I did a couple of years ago was a pretty big production. I got a permit, had full insurance, rented a place for a week for the shoot, had a pretty big crew and a lot of actors/extras. I also rented a bunch of gear w/ a 1/2 ton grip package, got the rental truck, picked up the rented camera from the owner, and a bunch of other details. And while shooting, I could have definitely seen myself playing one of the lead roles (and really wanting to) while directing.

A few of the shorts I've been in, I kind of wanted to take the reigns and direct. I think I would have done an OK job.

Another thing is, this is a light comedy. It's nothing really dramatic, so I'm not too worried about the characters as much as if it were a heavy drama...

Bottom line is, this is something I really want to try and do. Hopefully it will be OK, but like Jai said, as long as everything is in place, we should manage to make something that isn't horrible... lol

And Jai, thanks dude... :thumbup:
 
Tom Marshall said:
The last short I did a couple of years ago was a pretty big production. I got a permit, had full insurance, rented a place for a week for the shoot, had a pretty big crew and a lot of actors/extras. I also rented a bunch of gear w/ a 1/2 ton grip package, got the rental truck, picked up the rented camera from the owner, and a bunch of other details. And while shooting, I could have definitely seen myself playing one of the lead roles (and really wanting to) while directing.
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Where can we see this film?:huh: Inquiring minds want to know....
 
Maliboo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The good ol' days.

I was a grip on that shoot Tom. I remember you spitting on me and stealing my sandwich.



Tom Marshall said:
The last short I did a couple of years ago was a pretty big production. I got a permit, had full insurance, rented a place for a week for the shoot, had a pretty big crew and a lot of actors/extras. I also rented a bunch of gear w/ a 1/2 ton grip package, got the rental truck, picked up the rented camera from the owner, and a bunch of other details. And while shooting, I could have definitely seen myself playing one of the lead roles (and really wanting to) while directing.

A few of the shorts I've been in, I kind of wanted to take the reigns and direct. I think I would have done an OK job.

Another thing is, this is a light comedy. It's nothing really dramatic, so I'm not too worried about the characters as much as if it were a heavy drama...

Bottom line is, this is something I really want to try and do. Hopefully it will be OK, but like Jai said, as long as everything is in place, we should manage to make something that isn't horrible... lol

And Jai, thanks dude... :thumbup:
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