Hi, every(any)one!
Clearly -- as any of my students already had figured out, I suspect -- my ability to judge how long it takes me to do things is substantially limited. I thought things were going quickly with the unpacking, but then reality set in... and then literally as I was setting up my editing station, my partner Pete fell off the roof! Aack!! It was A) scary (I found him lying on the ground, moaning, basically unable to move), B) not even half as bad as it could have been (only one night in the hospital and no neck or back injuries), and C) time- & energy-consuming to do everything around the house that he was unable to do for a while. He's hobbling around with a Frankenstein boot now, back to work and off the Vicadin; seems as normal as he ever did...
And then, this past weekend, I did set all aside, editing included, in order to participate in the 48-Hour Film Project. Woo-hoo!
90 groups participated in Minneapolis this year -- reps gather on Friday evening and receive their genre, line of dialogue, prop and one character. Then we have 48 hours to write, produce and edit a short film (4-7 minutes) including all these elements. It's stressful and fun! I directed this year, which added to the stress, for sure, but it definitely worked out. We had a great group of people! The poor writers stayed up until 3 am working on the script Friday night, then Sat'y morning we secured some locations (really lucked out, there), and I made the shot-list (!!!), and then we shot 'til 8pm. Sunday we edited, turning in our finished product to the judges 15 minutes before the deadline! There will be a screening of a dozen or so of the films (including ours) at the Riverview Theater in South Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Ours is called "Finishing Touch" and you can view it on the editor's website, here: web.mac.com/paulyfunk (he lists our assigned genre as "Comedy" but it was actually "Sci-Fi" -- blame that on the lack of sleep!). On this same website, if you're interested, you'll see another video called "Return of the Century," which is the one I Assist. Directed last year -- that one was harder to edit and really should have been a full 12 minutes or so in order to make complete sense -- but, hey, you can see me in it as a guest at the party! :)
It was interesting this year to direct a script I didn't write most of -- always a good experience. No film written and shot and edited all in TWO DAYS can be perfect, and of course there are some flaws with 'Finishing Touch,' but overall we're quite proud of all we managed to pull together and it's got me all revved up to get back in to See & Be!!
"Attraction = Moths to a Flame" scene, here I come!
Love and Peas,
REA
2 comments:
I would hope you and your super-secret agent/writer/musician Mr. DiSimone explored the very few (alright, one) degrees of separation you had before working together. If not, ask him "Where's Howdy's?" or tell him "I.B.B.Y." when next you might see him. Good to see he can take direction.
Yes! You knew him, then? It was a little funny how it came up... but I dont' think Jimmy would want that story on the web. :) He was the lead in 'Return of the Century'- You should watch that, if you haven't yet.
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