Production journal

this is the blog for all of my film projects for those who are interested in keeping up with them. formerly my thesis production journal blog. rm_f1st('7','350','true','false','000000','7q970ylc6mo','true','ff0000'); current projects: Aurors, Within These Walls, and Crossworld Please feel free to leave comments of questions in my ask box.

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new projects

alright so i graduated finally and now im working on my first post graduate projects. ive got two scripts im currently working on because my muse has officially gone schizophrenic

The Aurors

Boone, North Carolina

short film/pilot based on the works of J.K. Rowling. A young wizard starts his career as an Auror with the Aurors Bureau investigating the magical crimes and hunting down dark wizards.

Within These Walls (working title)

Boone, North Carolina

short film. a group of high school seniors break into school at night to play a prank but they are not alone. something is lurking in the darkness that plans on never letting them leave high school alive.

hoping to possibly shoot one or both of these in April up in boone. anyone in the area and interested in working on either of these projects should let me know.

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here it is the final product

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forever editing

ok so i haven't updated this thing in a while but here at the end im going to. 

i am done filming!!!!!!!! yay. on the down side though i have one technical problem after the other in regards to my editing which im hoping is done with. 

so here i am 3 days before this thing needs to be turned in and im  writing like a mad man and i feel like i will forever be editing. 

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some of the raw footage

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Just built a steady cam rig for my thesis with my granddad

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Finally

this past weekend i finally started production on Gingerbread Man and got a lot of coverage done.  still a lot to go but at least we have gotten started.  screen caps to come. 

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For Class so today instead of research since i dont really need it for my project i went location scouting for the coming weeks. i also started to gather the equipment that im going to need and get a crew together.

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research ethics

FOR CLASS

so as far as the research ethics stuff goes i don't really think it applies to me as such because one im not doing research im producing a work of my own creation.  that said i do see how being honest and up front do apply.  my crew and actors need to know what they are signing up for and they need to know what is expected of them.  i think some of this may have been more relevant before i changed projects and was dealing with another writer who had ownership of the intellectual property.

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gingerbreadmanthemovie:

casting didn’t go that well, i only had one person show up. i’m really despised with people at this moment. the real sad thing is that i wrote this 2 years ago with certain actors in mind. the problem is that both of them have graduated and one of them for what ever...

ha if only i had that. i'm a film major at a school with no film program. so i'm kinda on my own. unless you wanna pass along that advice you got.

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I'm Dissapointed

casting didn't go that well, i only had one person show up.  i'm really despised with people at this moment.  the real sad thing is that i wrote this 2 years ago with certain actors in mind.  the problem is that both of them have graduated and one of them for what ever reason is not talking to me.  i swear i will be so happy when all i have to do is show up to set and do what i'm told. 

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Casting today

at 6:30 in chapel wilson

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Abstract

My thesis is quite simply that film as both a product and an art form and the process of filmmaking is by its very nature interdisciplinary in action.  I intend to do this quite simply by producing a student narrative short film, which will illustrate the interdisciplinary aspects of the film making process in a real life situation.  At the end I should have a completed product that can stand next to other short films as well as thorough documentation of the interdisciplinary process at work in the creation of film.

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Gingerbreadman soundtrack

i wrote gingerbread man myself and music has always had a major affect on my writing.  so here's a playlist of songs that have inspired this particular story.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAFD8EA622AADAAC7

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ok so we are officially on Gingerbread Man instead of Mental

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second project idea

my second idea and fall back which my become the primary given recent events is a shorter project based on a script that i wrote a while back which is kind of action thriller.  its designed to actually be the last part of a larger project the kicker being ther is no beginning just an ending. 

this actually is kinda cool idea because this project is only the last part, the fanale of my college career.  and i always like when things have more than one meaning. 

this idea is simpler than the first because its a shorter script, smaller cast and shorter run time.