Movie Production
I know I haven't talked much about my producing and directing a movie, but I'm doing so.
I've been working on pre-production planning for the past two months. Well, the whole project started in January, with script writing. I did that too, and had that completed by the end of May. I didn't get started on the pre-production until the end of June. That planning in nearly completed. My sister has a bit more storyboarding to finish, and I have a few details, mostly prop-related, to finish. Our actors are in place (save for one who we just heard may have to work on the shooting date. We're praying HARD!), and our location is ready. Our base for locations is waiting. We're shooting next Saturday, on the 25th of August, God willing. Lord! Please let CJ be avaliable!
We only have one day to shoot this movie in, so there's a lot of cramming we have to do. And with over fifteen special effect shots, things are going to take some time. We're starting our shooting day at 8:00am on location, but I'll probably be up way way way earlier to get things ready. I'm thinking we won't be done shooting until we lose the light later in the evening.
Once we get all our footage, I'll then move into post-production, with editing and creating a trailer, and all that jazz.
Over the past few months as I gotten everything together for shooting, I've begun to realize why Hollywood movies can take years to do. The planning alone can take more time than shooting the movie! My movie is only going to clock around a half hour long, which isn't even half as long as a feature-length movie. Pre-production planning for that has taken me months of work. And I'm only using one location, and six actors total. I can't imagine planning something as complicated as say, "The Hunt for Red October" where there are submarines, and ships, and Armed Forces pieces, and not to mention all the actors. I've certainly gained a new appreciation for movie making with this project!
I've been working on pre-production planning for the past two months. Well, the whole project started in January, with script writing. I did that too, and had that completed by the end of May. I didn't get started on the pre-production until the end of June. That planning in nearly completed. My sister has a bit more storyboarding to finish, and I have a few details, mostly prop-related, to finish. Our actors are in place (save for one who we just heard may have to work on the shooting date. We're praying HARD!), and our location is ready. Our base for locations is waiting. We're shooting next Saturday, on the 25th of August, God willing. Lord! Please let CJ be avaliable!
We only have one day to shoot this movie in, so there's a lot of cramming we have to do. And with over fifteen special effect shots, things are going to take some time. We're starting our shooting day at 8:00am on location, but I'll probably be up way way way earlier to get things ready. I'm thinking we won't be done shooting until we lose the light later in the evening.
Once we get all our footage, I'll then move into post-production, with editing and creating a trailer, and all that jazz.
Over the past few months as I gotten everything together for shooting, I've begun to realize why Hollywood movies can take years to do. The planning alone can take more time than shooting the movie! My movie is only going to clock around a half hour long, which isn't even half as long as a feature-length movie. Pre-production planning for that has taken me months of work. And I'm only using one location, and six actors total. I can't imagine planning something as complicated as say, "The Hunt for Red October" where there are submarines, and ships, and Armed Forces pieces, and not to mention all the actors. I've certainly gained a new appreciation for movie making with this project!