How's the progress?

Kris Holodak · March 27th, 2006, 01:23 PM

Have a rough cut done and recorded most of my voices over the weekend. Unfortunately work is using up my laptop so I don't expect much progress on this until it's weekend again. Sigh.

Sean McHenry · March 27th, 2006, 03:01 PM

Chris, been there. Read my threads on the Christmas challenge. Had shoulder surgery so I had to finish mine early on that one to fit in the recovery time.

Still working on recovery. Shoulder stuff takes a while. Not too painful, just limited on range of motion still.

On topic - I haven't shot a frame yet. I am still working on the story line. I have a good "gag" for how to shoot it, I just need the reason to shoot it this way and a real story behind it. This is what happens when I am given too long to think about it. Plus I am working like a fiend on a semi-professional music video project of my own. You can read about it on the web site...

Good luck everyone. 1 week plus is it? I'll have something to show. I just hope the inspiration hits me like a thunderbolt - SOON!

Sean

Robert Kirkpatrick · March 27th, 2006, 04:06 PM

I've got an idea -- an idea I actually like -- but I can't find a good heart anywhere. I've checked the meat markets for something that could look like a human heart, like a pig's heart, but they're telling me that certain things aren't allowed to be sold by the FDA.

Oh, and I have yet to find a little girl to play the lead. This is gonna be close to the wire, if it happens.

Sean McHenry · March 27th, 2006, 04:14 PM

Usually I am the darker one around here but with you looking for a heart and a little girl, I'm getting morbidly curious.

I always remember what W. C. Fields used to say - never work with small children or dogs.

Try asking around the vets or a vet school. I wonder if they have anything on Ebay?

Sean McHenry

Scott Cozad · March 29th, 2006, 11:59 AM

Well, I finished shooting on Sunday and then started looking at what I had. Some of it is not good. This project is really stretching me, and I am really struggling with the lighting. Specifically, I am having a hard time keeping the lighting consitent from scene to scene. I will need to reshoot some of it this coming weekend.

Mark Utley · March 29th, 2006, 12:02 PM

I start shooting this weekend. I'm hoping to get it all shot on Saturday and Sunday, then have next week to edit.

Sean McHenry · March 29th, 2006, 12:16 PM

Ditto.

Sean

Robert Martens · March 29th, 2006, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Utley

I start shooting this weekend. I'm hoping to get it all shot on Saturday and Sunday, then have next week to edit.

Did the deadline get moved back? The threads I saw say the films are due midnight April 2nd, which according to my calendar is this coming Sunday.

Mark Utley · March 29th, 2006, 12:25 PM

In the DVC5 announcement thread, he said the deadline is April 8.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan Couper

Closing date for the competition is April 8th. This gives you a full month (mostly because that is when I get back from Africa).

Robert Martens · March 29th, 2006, 12:27 PM

Well, imagine that. Could've sworn it was the second. Odd.

Thanks for the good news, Mark, looks like I've got even more time to nitpick my editing.

Mike Teutsch · March 29th, 2006, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert Martens

Well, imagine that. Could've sworn it was the second. Odd.

Thanks for the good news, Mark, looks like I've got even more time to nitpick my editing.

In Dylans first post announcing that we were going to start DV#5 soon, he did say the second.

Then after the changes and trip announcement the date was changed to the eighth. Had me confused too.

Mik\e

Sean McHenry · March 30th, 2006, 01:54 PM

That's what caught me last week. I thought it was over this weekend also. Thank goodness it's not. I have been so busy organizing my other shoot and location hunting (begging and pleading for a church to let me shoot a vampire story in their building), and finishing my studio space at night... I'm tired.

I suddenly remembered Lilly's song in Blazing Saddles...she's tired.

Sean

Christopher Ruiz · March 30th, 2006, 02:51 PM

My partner is an experimental choreographer, and currently in the MFA program @ University California Riverside... who is basically constructing a series of gestures based on "reflections" and whatever props I give her for this entry.

This is really going to be something curious here for sure.

Being that identity construction (with cultural and feminist undertones) is her thing... combined with my exagerrated aesthetic.

I'm warning you now something very experimental is going to come out of this. She's already suggested basing the entire piece around a toilet and carrying a TV down my neighborhood (something about developing photographs in a toilet too).

Philip Gioja · March 30th, 2006, 03:18 PM

Progress report: Nothing shot yet. I have my location rented out for tomorrow and Saturday, and have actors coming and most of the props lined up. I'm kinda nervous but with a lot of work and planning tonight I think I'm in good shape. Hope the weather holds.

Jonathan Jones · March 30th, 2006, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Christopher Ruiz

She's already suggested basing the entire piece around a toilet and carrying a TV down my neighborhood (something about developing photographs in a toilet too).

Well......my curiosity is aroused.....and I feel genuinely creepy using that term in this case.

-Jon

March 27th, 2006, 03:01 PM	#122
Sean McHenry Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,193	Chris, been there. Read my threads on the Christmas challenge. Had shoulder surgery so I had to finish mine early on that one to fit in the recovery time. Still working on recovery. Shoulder stuff takes a while. Not too painful, just limited on range of motion still. On topic - I haven't shot a frame yet. I am still working on the story line. I have a good "gag" for how to shoot it, I just need the reason to shoot it this way and a real story behind it. This is what happens when I am given too long to think about it. Plus I am working like a fiend on a semi-professional music video project of my own. You can read about it on the web site... Good luck everyone. 1 week plus is it? I'll have something to show. I just hope the inspiration hits me like a thunderbolt - SOON! Sean __________________ ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m shooting on D.V.’ - my hero - David Lynch http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com

March 27th, 2006, 04:14 PM	#124
Sean McHenry Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,193	Usually I am the darker one around here but with you looking for a heart and a little girl, I'm getting morbidly curious. I always remember what W. C. Fields used to say - never work with small children or dogs. Try asking around the vets or a vet school. I wonder if they have anything on Ebay? Sean McHenry __________________ ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m shooting on D.V.’ - my hero - David Lynch http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com

March 29th, 2006, 11:59 AM	#125
Scott Cozad Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sparks, Nevada USA Posts: 42	Finished shooting? Not! Well, I finished shooting on Sunday and then started looking at what I had. Some of it is not good. This project is really stretching me, and I am really struggling with the lighting. Specifically, I am having a hard time keeping the lighting consitent from scene to scene. I will need to reshoot some of it this coming weekend.

March 29th, 2006, 12:02 PM	#126
Mark Utley Major Player Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Posts: 479	I start shooting this weekend. I'm hoping to get it all shot on Saturday and Sunday, then have next week to edit. __________________ Mark Utley

March 29th, 2006, 12:16 PM	#127
Sean McHenry Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,193	Ditto. Sean __________________ ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m shooting on D.V.’ - my hero - David Lynch http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com

March 27th, 2006, 01:23 PM	#121
Kris Holodak Major Player Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 302	Have a rough cut done and recorded most of my voices over the weekend. Unfortunately work is using up my laptop so I don't expect much progress on this until it's weekend again. Sigh.

March 27th, 2006, 04:06 PM	#123
Robert Kirkpatrick Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 199	I've got an idea -- an idea I actually like -- but I can't find a good heart anywhere. I've checked the meat markets for something that could look like a human heart, like a pig's heart, but they're telling me that certain things aren't allowed to be sold by the FDA. Oh, and I have yet to find a little girl to play the lead. This is gonna be close to the wire, if it happens.

March 29th, 2006, 12:27 PM	#130
Robert Martens Major Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Miller Place, NY Posts: 820	Well, imagine that. Could've sworn it was the second. Odd. Thanks for the good news, Mark, looks like I've got even more time to nitpick my editing.

March 30th, 2006, 01:54 PM	#132
Sean McHenry Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Hilliard, Ohio Posts: 1,193	That's what caught me last week. I thought it was over this weekend also. Thank goodness it's not. I have been so busy organizing my other shoot and location hunting (begging and pleading for a church to let me shoot a vampire story in their building), and finishing my studio space at night... I'm tired. I suddenly remembered Lilly's song in Blazing Saddles...she's tired. Sean __________________ ‘I don’t know what I’m doing, and I’m shooting on D.V.’ - my hero - David Lynch http://www.DeepBlueEdit.com

March 30th, 2006, 02:51 PM	#133
Christopher Ruiz New Boot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Riverside, CA Posts: 16	My partner is an experimental choreographer, and currently in the MFA program @ University California Riverside... who is basically constructing a series of gestures based on "reflections" and whatever props I give her for this entry. This is really going to be something curious here for sure. Being that identity construction (with cultural and feminist undertones) is her thing... combined with my exagerrated aesthetic. I'm warning you now something very experimental is going to come out of this. She's already suggested basing the entire piece around a toilet and carrying a TV down my neighborhood (something about developing photographs in a toilet too).

March 30th, 2006, 03:18 PM	#134
Philip Gioja Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Piper City, IL Posts: 350	Progress report: Nothing shot yet. I have my location rented out for tomorrow and Saturday, and have actors coming and most of the props lined up. I'm kinda nervous but with a lot of work and planning tonight I think I'm in good shape. Hope the weather holds.