The Teen Movie Project is coming along. I spent the better part of this three-day weekend in front of my laptop with headphones on, editing 19 hours of footage into something resembling a movie. Meanwhile, on the other side of the room, David sat in front of his laptop, headphones on, recording the “Elizabeth’s Flowers” [...]
As of Wednesday, the still-untitled Teen Movie Project is officially in post-production. So far, the “editing” process has largely involved sorting hours of video into folders and cringing at my inability to look comfortable on camera. Fortunately, I’m playing a teenage girl, so that should work out fine. In other news, Star Wars Uncut has [...]
I work in theater, right? Not film? Just checking; I think someone must have forgotten to tell my day planner. Exhibit A: The Entourage Video At my work, there’s a little-known program called Entourage that I happen to administer. Being the marketing department and all, we decided to raise its profile with a little informative [...]
Yesterday, we filmed all the band practice scenes in Jonathan’s garage. Went pretty well. Highlights included Zachary’s pizza (thanks, David!), the grossest spider of all time, a never-ending song about butts, and an impromptu Squeezit commercial starring Benjamin and Simon. Which Jonathan made into an actual commercial: I have no idea what how this film [...]
I still can’t believe this is really happening. Only twelve and a half years behind schedule, we started filming the still-untitled teen movie on Saturday. It was a big 12-hour day, which included such highlights as being pushed into an unheated pool, turning a bakery into a teen dance club, and trying to say the [...]
I don’t think I had any idea how much work it takes to make a movie. I mean, yes, obviously it’s a lot of work. But it just grows exponentially! Insane. Anyway, since tomorrow is officially the end of pre-production–yes, that means production starts on Saturday!–I thought I’d show you the insanity that is my [...]