Because you’re donezo (for this semester, anyway)! It’s difficult to summarise the experience I’ve had with FTV this semester in a blog post. I’d rather do it through song. But, this is a strictly textual medium, so let’s keep it … Continue reading →

We are so gosh darn close, I can practically taste the finish product. Which is an interesting thought, actually: what would Buzz taste like if it were a sandwich? My answer would be as follows: stale rye bread, stinky cheese, … Continue reading →

Yesterday Shobi, Ned and myself headed back to our location house to film a few extra cut-aways and an establishing shot. And guess what? I’m flipping glad we did. Our film was lacking purpose, structure, aesthetic power. It had the … Continue reading →

Last Friday we showed our (extremely) rough cut to Robin and Paul. It was indeed a very sobering experience, showing our project to a pair who were not familiar with the storyline in the slightest. After the viewing, Robin and … Continue reading →

And so the editing begins! We started with our first edit suite date on Wednesday morning, and have already done a fair amount, including a rough edit of the opening sequence and of Petunia’s monologue, as well as a rough … Continue reading →

About a week after I initially submitted the synopsis that was to become Buzz, someone cocked their head sideways at me and said “Huh, that sure does sound a lot like that Tropfest film, Fishy”. And so remarks in the … Continue reading →

Inspired by Paul’s sound deconstruction of that scene from Blood Simple in today’s lecture, I decided to have a crack at it myself with some different material. Recently I’ve been frantically catching up with season 2 of the US version of … Continue reading →

(On the filming, anyway) Oh, what a day it was! It was cool being producer, since I felt like I got to really absorb how flippin’ sweeto our team was, instead of being preoccupied with silly things like cameras (although … Continue reading →

T-44 hours. Yesterday we went to the location with our wonderful AD, Jax, to sort out lighting. Despite having a few tutes dedicated to lighting, we struggled a lot with figuring out how to light the opening monologue effectively given … Continue reading →

With the shoot date (12/5) cannonballing towards us at full-speed, it’s time to iron out a few remaining wrinkles on the shirt that is our production. Wrinkle One: Makeup Our main concern with this is the fact that we’re actually … Continue reading →