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Just finished writing my first vlog in months. Will probably shoot it on Saturday when I'm 'taking a break' from essay writing.

Production shots from our first day of shooting our documentary on Live Action Role Players.

#documentary #production shots #larp #larpers

So apparently not wanting to sleep or write any of my three 3000 word essays is a good way to prompt spontaneous script writing. This is valuable information.

#script writing

Complications (part 2)

So, remember that post I did about the Halloween contest I was entering, well it turns out that didn't happen. Basically we bit off more than we could chew. It became increasingly apparent as the deadline grew ever-closer that we wouldn't have time to properly script and produce our idea in time, no matter how much we liked the idea. Turns out trying to make an experimental film and a contest entry at the same time is pretty much impossible.

Ah yes, the experimental film; the thing that took up almost every moment of my free time for about a month (I may be exaggerating a little, but its not far off). It was more or less unanimously agreed by everyone taking the module that it was reasonably enjoyable, but extremely hard work and something that we all just wanted to get out of the way as soon as possible. It was intense, not just because of the sheer workload required to get it finished, but also because of the strain of having to think outside the box and away from traditional narrative structures as much as possible. Its safe to say that most of us won't be doing an experimental film for quite some time.

Anyway, back to the Halloween film. Yes, we decided it would be impossible to produce a video that would do the idea justice within the time constraints, but that doesn't mean we gave up. Since the idea was instigated we've scrapped the whole 2 man production team idea and decided that if we want to do it properly we need to put together a decent sized crew. The project has grown from something thrown together by a couple of students to (once again) the biggest project I've ever worked on. We've got a budget and everything (a whole £50!).

Okay, so it's not exactly a Hollywood blockbuster, but we have very high hopes for it. I'm not going to give any specific details as yet, but I'll post updates on the project over the next few weeks. Exciting times are a'coming!

Tomethy

After a month of this taking over my life I have now finished my experimental module. I'll write a proper post about it soon, but till then this is what we came up with.

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DIY chest rig!

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Complications

Another week, another competition for the film-making society. Only this time there's a lot more pressure. Although the latest, Halloween themed contest doesn't have the constraints of only having 72 hours to write, shoot and edit a film, it's proving to have its own unique complications. Namely the fact that the last contest had a team of 5 working on it, and this time round we only have two. That in itself isn't a problem, on a small project such as this a smaller team can turn out to be better, especially in terms of shooting. The problems arise when you take into account that between us we have to write a (reasonably) unique script, plan shots, find actors and locations, design costumes and then actually shoot and edit the thing whilst having to deal with a module deadline we both have at the end of this week. By no means am I complaining, I love a challenge and if we can pull this is off and make it look half as good as we imagine it being I'll be chuffed to bits; it's just for someone who had little else to do in their first year of university than sit down, play Xbox and eat jelly babies, its a bit of a shock to the system. I'm actually finding myself really enjoying the pressure and the urgency of this situation I've found myself in, and I can safely say that if the industry I'm going into is even half as hectic as this week's going to be, then I want in.

Tomethy.

Here's our entry for the 72 hour film contest. Enjoy.

All done with the 72 hour contest! I can't show you the finished product until Wednesday, but we're extremely happy with the result. I can undeniably say that this is the best project I've ever worked on.

Tomethy.

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72 hour film contest

Oh hey guys! So I guess you could call this a reboot of my (pretty unsuccessful) attempt at a blog. I've not posted things on here for a while because reasons, but despite appearances I haven't been idle. Much. However, now is not the time for poor excuses; now is the time to talk about what I've been doing for the last two days. Since Friday night me and some friends have been taking part in a 72 hour film contest run by The University of Lincoln Film-making Society. The rules of the contest are simple; each team is given 72 hours and the name of an inanimate object and told to come up with the most imaginative creation they can within the time limit.

I'm not going to tell you what object we got (you can watch it for yourself when I post it on here in the next few days and find out), but what I will tell you is it was an absolute hoot to shoot! I haven't done a proper film shoot for about 4 or 5 months, and to get back into it after such a long time was quite invigorating for me. Now I only hope that the finished product turns out the way we want, and that we get some good feedback from our work.

As for the future, well it seems my course this year has a lot more in the way of practical elements in second year, which is extremely exciting. As soon as I've finished with this film contest I'll be making a start on an experimental film due in for the end of this month. Experimental film is something I've never attempted before, and to create something that doesn't follow traditional narrative structures is going to prove a challenge, but I'm confident that with a good amount of planning (and probably an equally good amount of improvising) we can make it work.

Exciting things are happening!

Tomethy

#film #72 hours #film contest #experimental film

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Not that I'd ever be seen plugging my friend's content, but GO CHECK OUT THE FIRST VIDEO IN LOWNEIFICATION'S NEW VIDEO GAME SERIES "OUT THE BOX" IT'S GOOD, HONEST!

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What do you mean it's not a tripod?

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Tripods are underrated, trying to make a video without one is proving rather difficult. Also Hi, I'm not dead.

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