48 Hour Film Fest (part deuce)

Friday I rushed over as fast as I could to our HQ (Scott's house) to witness the scheming process. Friday night was to be used for planning, Saturday was designated for filming and then Sunday was reserved for the editing wizards to work their magic. The movie needed to be submitted by 6:30pm on Sunday.

Friday Night

During our brainstorming session, we narrowed five or six potential ideas down to two, which we tentatively named "Gifts" and "Holes" (laughs) yeah.. Never mind. Where was I? Angela and Chris insisted that we take 10 minutes to just think to ourselves. Some people stayed inside, some people went outside, I went out to my car to grab my skateboard and proceeded to skate around the neighborhood. From this meditation method did a brilliant masterpiece spawn? No. I did however have an epiphany, I can still "Manual" like a rock star.
I took off not long after midnight. I knew I needed to rest up for a more than full day of shooting on Saturday.

When I got back to Scott's the next day, I was informed that we went with an idea that Chris Terry had (which unfortunately I can not discuss until the premiere). I read the treatment and loved it. I was blown away, I mean how does he come up with this stuff!? Man, I wish I was at liberty to talk about the story...

Ron B. and his boom & Kevin and his cam


Mike operating the cam & Running lines with Director Kevin

This guy I met during filming. He wouldn't tell me his name but we made dinner plans for later this week.

Laura Tapia (Hair/Makeup/Special Effects & her beautiful daughter Victoria)

Wonderful and Multi-talented Angela Ortner

I (heart) monitors.. hehe, I said heart monitors


Laura at work

Laura's amazing work!

They said I looked like a "Witch Hunter" in this coat...
What does a "Witch Hunter" look like? Me, I guess?

We shot from mid morning Saturday until about 3:30am on Sunday. We filmed almost everything outdoors and even in the middle of the night as the temperature dropped to an un-toasty 35 degrees. After we wrapped I was asked to be back on location by 7am to re-shoot footage that we couldn't capture the afternoon before, because of light.

After my two hours of sleep, I was back on the road.

The heights Kevin will go to for the perfect shot

A little perspective

Shot until early afternoon when we finally wrapped. I split from HQ in a complete daze. I babbled incoherently on voice mails as I returned calls missed from over the weekend. I think I am somewhat still out to lunch, and short of a sandwich but hopefully I will recover soon. Heck, I may never recover but was it worth it? Oh yeah. I met a wonderful new crew (which I will fill you in on later, once I get full names) to add to my already existing movie making family, which also include the amazing actor Ron Brokenbrough and brilliant makeup artist Laura Tapia. I also had the privilege of meeting and working with an amazing director named Kevin who was wonderful to work with. The direction that he gave and how descriptive he was about his vision made the whole process totally awesome. Just when I didn't think life could get any better, I got to stalk around with a gun, for HOURS!

Our editing wizards hard at work as our 48 hour mark approached

Scott, scoring some music

The whole posse was under the weather by the time that Sunday came around. Malnourished and running on fumes, just simply exhausted.

Word on the street is that the festival is some time in March, I will keep you posted.

Sorry about the poor and fragmented writing. I think that too many bags of chips combined with little sleep kills brain cells.

48 Hour Film Festival (part 1)

Deep breath in and now exhale....

The Sacramento 48 Hour Film Festival (process) has officially begun. At 6:30pm tonight, Chris Terry blindly picked our fate er... genre out of a hat.

Mystery. I'm nervous. I am however stoked to be working with Scott, Angela, Ron, Chris and Laura again. It's that comfy and cozy familiar feeling. I will keep you posted.