Of Mice and Men and Masterpieces

Yeah, a bit premature.  But, hey, if this blog is suddenly about quoting people I've never HEARD OF then, well, I guess there's nothing premature about me.  

Nothing.

While we (E) may seem stressed out, please know that there is no stress here (my place) 

I don't have to type "shortaweekproject.blogspot.com" to get here anymore, I just google "Canon zr50 MC"

Zing!

p.s. Yes I've seen Leaving Las Vegas, I just didn't know that the person who directed it had a name, that's all.

Quote from Mike Figgis

"...too much information and too much choice is in itself a huge limitation on creativity."

-Mike Figgis (Director Leaving Las Vegas) in his new-ish book, Digital Filmmaking.

Coming Soon: Post No Bills Part II (of III)

Post No Bills Part Deux has been outlined, and well, that means it is already planned out a far more than its predecessor was at this stage.

But yet, we're filming Wed. night, which only gives a day for editing. It's going to be close.

If we don't make it, there is still one more short "in the can" that we haven't posted online.

However, there is a reason we have not posted it online.

And at this point, it would be a large step back.

And we might loose some fans.

Oh, the dilemma.

Canon zr50 MC camcorder

I just realized that the MC on the side of my camera probably stands for "movie camera."

Is this important enough to blog about?

Probably not.

Could these be the best short films ever made on a Canon ZR50?

Possibly.

Do I keep mentioning the Canon ZR50 because our site comes up when people search for it?

Um...what?

I gotta go write a short.

Week 9 - I Used to be Somebody

Without further ado...

"I Used to be Somebody"

Fix it in Post

One of the running jokes on the set of I Used to Be Somebody (due out later today) was the mantra "Just fix it in Post."

Turns out, it would have been a lot easier if "fix it in pre-production" were our slogan.

Who knew?

iMovie and its Limitations

I've cut (edited) these first nine movies on iMovie, the editing software that comes standard with the new MacBook.

iMovie is great for uploading videos, making a few cuts, and throwing some music on there.

iMovie is not-so-great for cutting back and forth between different takes, and layering sound from one clip over another.

iMovie is FRUSTRATING AS HELL if you're cut your films into pieces and want the sound to be consistent and not automatically fade-in on every damn clip, which may SEEM like a good thing, but when you are putting in 1 second clips, the dialog sounds like a car going by. You know, like:

"...hey man, what HAVE YOU been up to..."

This didn't annoy me the first seven movies I cut. Recently, however, this has become unbearable.

Final Cut Pro never looked so attractive.

Stay tuned...more editing software related posts in the future! Oh boy!!1!

And Coming Friday: I Used To Be Somebody (Working Title)

The New Page Design - The Results of that Poll from Two Weeks Ago

Turns out that people prefer the new design to the old design. Mystery solved.

Also, only one person voted for "What new design?" which means we have some steady visitor, and one new visitor, or more likely, one steady visitor-jokester.

While you're waiting for this Friday's awesome short, and speaking of web design, check out Blackle - it's just Google, but it somehow saves more energy because the screen is black.

Yes, it's strange to me too.

Prius - A Short - The Making of..

Some things learned yesterday on the set of Prius (working title):

-It's OK to reverse the roles of the two main actors ten minutes before we start filming.

-When you direct something you didn't write you can respond to all complaints, "Hey, I didn't write it."

-Using real photographers as characters playing photographers is a good way to get production stills.

-Chad is hyper-colored. (No, that is not racial.)

-Everything looks better in black and white.

I'm just glad to say....

...that it was warm out today.

And that Eric had the foresight to move his car outside and let it heat up a bit.

On Friday you'll know the horrifying reason why.