A big thanks has to go out to Ryan, Gretchen, Nick, and TJ today for enduring the terrible weather today and helping us out with shooting our short film, The Courier. Ryan directed and ran the main camera while TJ ran the B-roll camera. Nick ran audio and carried around a boom mic for nearly 8 hours, and Gretchen helped us with our lines and was our consultant for making our blood look realistic.
It was a hard shoot, with the weather being so nasty. We endured cold temperatures, rain, and sleet. The film follows our two characters, Snorri and Hamilton, through a pretty difficult journey, and the weather allowed us to really follow their journey in our own physical way during the shoot. By the end, Micah and I were both physically drained, and I think it will really come through in the final cut.
The day was by no means easy, but it was a lot of fun. We have been waiting to make this film for a long time, and now it's finally going to happen. We've been working on lines for weeks, and we managed to get through most scenes without too much trouble. The first couple of takes of each scene were a little rough, but we always managed to get a few takes that turned out really well. I think we'll have more than enough footage for Ryan to put together a great-looking film.
This will only be a short film, weighing in at around 15 minutes. We're hopeful that we can get it entered into the Route 66 Film Festival this year and generate a little buzz. We have a feature-length script that we'd really like to shoot, but I can't imagine the time and energy that would take. We had 14 pages of script today. Our feature has over 120 pages. Yikes.
As soon as Ryan is done with editing and post-production, we will debut the movie on an upcoming episode of Just Two Guys. We'll plan on interviewing Ryan and Nick about their roles, as the two of them have been a big part of getting the movie made. Then we'll show the film.
I wish I had some pictures for you to see of the day, but I didn't take a camera along. We had a lot of props, and I didn't really want to spend too much energy documenting the experience while we were trying to concentrate on shooting.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
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4 comments:
John-
I think I saw you at Target today.
AC-
Yep, that was me. I felt so bad. I was in the middle of a diatribe about some nonsensical topic when I saw you, and it took me a couple of minutes to figure out who you were. I thought about trying to track you down to say hey, but I thought I might look a little too stalker-ish.
Hope you had a nice time shopping.
John
I just wanted to back up John's comments. Ryan, Gretchen, Nick and TJ (Will) were awesome. Ryan is a great director. He assembled a great team. It's too bad that we are losing Nick to Portland, OR. He has directed almost every Just Two Guys episode.
As a person acting like an actor, it was a real challenge. I have to say that even though it was 37 degrees and I was covered in mud and Karo syrup, it was still a blast. I realize I was a difficult actor to work with. My demands and threats of walking off the set didn't deter any creativity by anyone else. I can't wait to see the final product.
It was an awesome day, other than Micah and his weird demands. 12 bags of JUST brown m&ms, expired bottles of Crystal Pepsi, and the April 12th, 1988 edition of Time Magazine. Weird.
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