Update 3/13/11 & Who's Spiking 2

Danielle telling me what she thinks of my directing

Am working on one of the more complicated edits--it involves Danielle eating about 20 different types of food, so if you were on set that night, you know what I'm talking about. It also involves Ryan Thomas getting a BJ

It was another tough night, and the scene has some problems. We had a problem with a shot where Danielle throws up--her hair kept getting in the way so you couldn't see the throw up. I never planned on using an insert, 'cause who really wants to see the throw up on the ground? But now I could really use it...

Then on another shot we have Danielle spin away from someone, and on the reverse shot she spins the opposite direction. Now the cut doesn't match. I don't blame anybody--the entire night's shooting was crazy, and we ran way behind.

But now I'm in fixit mode. I'm at about the 56 minute mark in this rough cut. I imagine the rough cut is gonna come in around two hours, which I will trim down to about 1hr 42 minutes or so.

Today's Who's Spiking The Camera stars Carl Stevens as "Leon".

Update 3/4/11

Many will recognize filmmaker David Cross

(though perhaps not sober, as he's pictured here on the set of GOH :)

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First 43 minutes of GOH is rough-edited together. It's got some good and some bad. I am, of course, my harshest critic. I think a lot of it is fixable through flashy editing, which was not my original intention, but so much for intentions...

Still, would REALLY like to reshoot one scene. We'll see...

Anyway...

I've begun playing a game called "Who's Spiking The Camera Now?"

If you don't know the lingo, "spiking the camera" is when an actor or extra looks directly into the camera during a take. It's a big no-no.

Anyway, have run into a number of takes when actors have looked right into the camera in GOH. I think it's just because the Red is so freakin' awesome they can't help it...

So here's the first installment of "Who's Spiking The Camera", and I thought it to be appropriate that the first one is our lead actor Richard Cutting! (and to play fair, all of these screencaps will have been pulled after "Action" and before "Cut!")

The Teaser is here!

As a thank you to all of you who are already on board with us, I'll unveil the teaser here first! Check it out and give us a comment on what you think and/or follow us with the button on the right!

UPDATE:

I hear you...you want it in HI DEFINITION, don't you? Here ya go. Change it to whatever your computer can handle...

CLICK HERE FOR THE HD VERSION


The regular is at the address below, and you can embed it if you want.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/MZhNwVLP6KM

Neglect!

I know...I been neglectful here.

Here's your updates--I've rough cut the first twelve scenes of GOH. That's right, about 20 minutes of GOH in a row! All of the audio has been imported and cut into individual take files which--believe me--is one of the least fun things to do.

I'm probably going to cut a few more scenes before I pull together some clips for a teaser. We had been asked last month to be interviewed in Rob Long II and Frank Lama's Smash or Trash TV show, and they want some clips so I've been looking for some stuff for them also.

So hey, pretty soon you WILL see some stuff one way or the other.

We actually shot a big pickup scene this month at what I like to call "Murder Warhouse". The Baltimore Film Commission got us the location, but it was pretty scary. Not a good part of Baltimore. And cold.

But we got a lot done...

Here's some more random pics.

 Richard Cutting and Danielle Lozeau before they learned to hate each other...

(it's a joke--everybody loves Danielle!)

(that's another joke at Richard's expense...)

 That is Dollhead Easter Bunny.

These are pics from pre-production when Jason Koch and Kaleigh Brown saved my bacon by coming in on short notice and doing a face cast of Andrew Ely.

Coupla Pics Courtesty of Joe Ripple

Fellow filmmaker Joe Ripple helped me out by taking some cool pics on set when he could make it out. I'll be putting them up here on occasion.


I have a rough edit of scenes 1-5 for GOH, and am pulling clips for a teaser.


Tonight though, we do a drunken commentary track for "Bounty". Our only wish, that Tom Proctor could be here with us. (Us being Me, Luke, Zig and Jared)

This picture is awesome--no FX were added or done to this picture. I don't know why she appears have demon eyes...a trick of the light.

 Mike Hodge came out and suffered some serious long nights with us...

 Wishing he'd said no when I asked him to star in the movie...

Cute extra with naked Heather-on-table

Happy New Year

Been busy with a number of things, and though I shouldn't be working on it right now with what else I have to do, I found myself compelled to do a rough-cut of the 1st five scenes on GOH.

Too early to talk about, but here's some random un-color-correct frame captures from the movie.

Have a great New Year's!

Okay, big pickups done...

So it was a crazy week. We went out in the 21 degree night and shot a fight scene with two actors who couldn't wear coats in the scene. (2 and 6/8 pages done)

I think they had fun, regardless of how much whining they did.

Then this weekend we polished off 13 and 2/8 pages.

One more big pickup(technically one scene, but it's like 9 pages and contains a big fight and 1 heavy effect) is all that's left to film. (though there's some wish-list shots that we may get if the stars align)

Not sure when we can get, but I'm working on a teaser--good news and bad news though; there's a deal on the table for my previous flick "Bounty", and now I have to go actually make the dvd supplements(Making Of, commentary)...and they're due in the next 2 weeks.

So the teaser may not be as fast as I'd hoped. Here's some pics from the pickups. Thanks to everyone who came out and helped us out!

 Judy Furlow as Dena. No, she'll be fine. 'Tis a flesh wound...

 Okay, this is actually Rob Ziegler who wanted a picture in the bondage mask in our "Christmas" room.

 This is one of the P.A.s who didn't move fast enough for Jared.

 Richard Cutting celebrating a little nod to FOC

Filmmaker Eric Thornett makes a cameo with Vanessa Rae Bent.

Richard Cutting, action hero...