When Shoots Go Bad...

[Generic Skinhead]

I'm on a 3rd year film shoot at the mo, and it's a mess. The weather is awful, gale force winds and all the chill associated with that. Today shooting was aborted, in fact the whole location was aborted. I can't believe shit like this happens on graduate films.

I'm assistant lights-geller of windows, lifter of boxes. These guys have some serious equipment, and a caravan for the actors, catering etc all for a 15 min film.

The location was an antique store using one room. After 1 and a half days the DOP realised he could not work under the cramped conditions of one small room. The sound guys moaned about a busy street outside, church bells, wind, the car-park next-door, and a guy with a jack-hammer.

So my point is:
For all these guy's mountains of paperwork, and big budget and pro actors the lack of a proper Recce with key crew has put the whole thing in jeopardy. I plan not to repeat such mistakes!

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I can't believe I sold my image rights for a pint of Guinness!

[Mods]

That sucks. Why don't professionals ever work round these problems, like us amateur film makers?

Are they too up themselves?

Mods

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Mark "Mods" Lovegrove
Anarchy Pictures

[steven_craig]

pre-production - pre-production - pre-production

i'm interested, what is the 15min short about Generic?

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a carefull man tries to dodge the bullets, while a happy man takes a walk!

[Generic Skinhead]

Good question Steve. Reading the script is'nt a big help, but from what i have worked out, It's a tale of revenge in a small rural town. A vindicative and vengefull old woman destroys the lives of a close knit family. It's called Nell after the main charachter.

Course me and some of wittier members of the crew have fun with that title.

"The shoot from Nell."
"We'll move heaven and Nell to get this movie made."
"This film hasn't got a chance in Nell."

Oh god, it'll drive ya crazy. Crazy eyes tell ya.

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I can't believe I sold my image rights for a pint of Guinness!

[twister!]

It probabbly doesn't matter but wasn't there a dodgy film a few years ago with Jodie Foster in it called 'Nell'?

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[Thousanth]

Ah yes the Jodie Foster 'Nell' *yawn*. I do believe this could be one Nellish post if we all go on about how Nellish our shoots get.

I have just one question; aren't all old women vengefull and vindictive? Correct me if I'm wrong.

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"I'm a vitual gold mine of original, fantastic ideas...now if I only had a pickax..."

[Generic Skinhead]

If you wait long enough someone will alway ressurect the same old topics, eh Chance?

[zTolerance]

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That's why they usually shoot scenes in studios.

[steven_craig]

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pish, absolute pish

if it rains, your main objective is to make it look like its not raining i.e. dont shoot the wet pavement or use a wide angle lens so you dont see the globs of water going through the air or turn off some lights etc, if you cant, you do your fuking best and try.. maybe pick up your shots at another time (but that is a logistcal nightmare - believe me been there done that bought the t-shirt) - film making can be moulded and shaped to suit but like i said in Feb pre-prod, pre-prod, pre-prod!!!