COP FICTION ~ 48HR Film Project 2009
August 20, 2009
ELEMENTS
Character: Robert or Robin Leonard, Smooth Talker
Prop: a loaf of bread
Line of Dialogue: “In my opinion, it’s beautiful.”
I can see clearly now that I’m no smooth talker like Robert Leonard, but what can I say? This is my 2nd year and 2nd film competition as a 1 man crew. Don’t get me wrong, a 1 man crew is awesome, but for a project like this - it is very overwhelming.
As I’m sure everyone will know… Everything that can go wrong - has gone wrong.
I had all the intent and desire to run this project like an actual production company. But instead… the weekend were filled with anguish and pain. Heads were butting and heat exhaustion kicked in.
The day started off in the high 90s… and the sun was beating us down. Right in mid-day of production… RAIN.
Production was halted for a few hours to let the Saturday afternoon rain drizzle out. Sure, normally, I would have adapted to the environmental change and moved the story and scene along - however, I decided to wait it out.
Eventually, the entire production was moved and there were a lot of on-the-fly script rewrite.
Before I knew it - I was already behind schedule by several hours.
Audio problems. Battery problems. Missing lenses. Lost tapes… and most importantly ~ water. (definitely need to bring lots of water and umbrella for the crew/actors next time)
What started as a head start from last year’s fiasco by pre-planing properly - turned into the worst anxiety and fear. I pretty much lost my entire production team on the day of… (thanks to vodka and tequila ~ my “crew” got wiped out the night before. ergo - no show and no call)
So… I guess this weekend went back to doing it old school - ‘guerrilla style’.
Sometimes you just got no choice… when you’re given lemons, what are you going to do? Give it to that annoying brat down the street and hope that he trips on the way home…
It’s odd that the film you envision in your head never seems to turn out the way you want. That isn’t the odd part. The odd part is believing and hoping that you could do better than what you envision. But in reality, what you gain is really good experience… and if you happen to forget - you got the finished product to remind you of your agony…
I’m just glad that it’s over… the writing, filming, and editing… But in the end, despite it all - my worries and fears began to turn into relief and excitement…
And in my opinion, I think it’s beautiful…
Filed under: Film and Television — Nick @ 1:07 pm
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