The Weekend was one of the most testing experiences of my life in having to do so many jobs at once in such a short amount of time, but i pretty much got it all done so i am happy with my achievements. Every time i do 48 hour film competitions the weekend tests me professionally and personally, film and lifedrama wise, anyway heres some points and items of interest i wanted to share with you guys from my whirlwind return to Christchurch.
1) I spent the weekend overcoming obstacles, just like the characters i write about....I had no car or anyone to borrow one off (they were all being borrowed by other people or weren't working). So i bused to meetings and walked to others, mini missions all around. Caught up with my family and the dramas, sorted them, went to the mall met the actresses and my music guy (surface or also plays a part in this movie as bobby) and went to the 48 hour briefing with my middle bro and sis, afterwards i spent looking for an invisible tripod which shock horror, couldnt be found (if you reading this ash, bro, i will replace it in june k?)
2) So I didnt get to start scripting my master piece til midnight, while very other organised person had started at midnight, i had to tell my friend who was gonna be cameraman to miss out on the project cos so much going on i couldnt take care of everybody, anyways i managed to hammer out a storyline with characters and finish with a solid script by 2 am, sent it by email to my cast then hit the pillow with more energy then i had all day.
3) The actresses i worked with, Lydia and Rosina were great, they turned up on time and even though it was both their first proper time they approached my script both professionally and with zest, so it was a fun experience all around.
4) My budget for the shoot was 150 bucks, the majority for food to sweeten the deal for the cast since they were working for free, a tripod, dv tapes and a usb stick to hand it in. Fun afternoon with lots of laughs and out takes
5) We ran out of daylight when it came to shooting the finale so i told Sam (our chief antagonist) we would have to reshoot in the am, yeah, i got muddy doing sweep kicks for nothing, but i will post the deleted scenes on this blog at some point so its not wasted :)
6) Spent the night slowly exploding as one thing went wrong after another, i didnt have the editing software i thought i had and my computer i went to all the trouble of bringing back in a suitcase (theres a reason people invented laptops) didnt have firewire! (should have checked that in retrospect - i just assumed, and as they say, to assume is to make an ass out of you and me) so problems solution? call little bro for my old comp, sure enough he drove it round, but then we could only capture it in windows movie maker as vegas was on strike. I edited about 3 scenes then went to bed with a churning gut, a headache and slept a broken man.
7) Knowing time is against you isnt a good feeling and the seeds of distrust are planted long in your subconsious before you wake up, i knew we couldnt finish on time but nevertheless tried. We shot the finale again, no time to choreograph so we just went with what felt right (which turned out good i thought, would have prefered flashy moves and dust and sfx etc tho but next project) our chemistry was great so this finale made the movie in my opinion.
Afterwards me and wifey had lunch, reshot the location then went home to edit for the next 5 hours (not enough time by far) rough cut of the good takes, no room for a soundtrack, sfx, and the ineveitable double clips and missing scenes that slipped through the cracks of pressure the deadline under your skin, but for what it is the idea behind it shows so i hope people can see that.
Handed it in half an hour late as competion only takes .mov or .mp4s, wmm only puts out avis and wmvs so had top rerender it in vegas for mov. took 40 minutes, 35 mins to long and we missed out. Handed it in anyway so it could at least show on the big screen for my cast and friends.
Anyway for the cast and for you guys i will have the official edited version of "King style, silent shadow" (will make sense after you see it) here on my channel and this blog in July.
8) spent the rest of sunday catching up with little bro and wifey over KFC and watching the Dilemna, well i did, both of them fell asleep after a long weekend lol, before hand little bro had helped me move out me and wifeys stuff from upstairs of our house as middle bro was moving into it. Will move wifey to Aux soon to live with me so i am hoping for some extra work soon so will sign up with an gency when the time is right. I packed everything then went to bed, then back to auckalnd. Its amazing how much an airpiort can change in 2 months. Christchurch Airport is amazing now, truly to a international standard, proud of my people lol.
Anyway i have a good feeling now, i'm not talking about the cold and cough i got from my quick kiss and run from christchurch, no, its the feeling that this is the start of my fortunes changing and that the hundreds of seeds of planting in my fruitful past can now blossom, im not worried what they grow into, im just looking forward to seeing how high :) the skys the limit! ;)
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