March 2012
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Quick note
Niko is sending me different color schemes attached to one of the opening shots and it’s super exciting! Choices, choices. -Mike P.S. The first official poster/still may be out soon!
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First Day of Shooting Evaulation
So, Sunday marked our first official day of shooting! We shot from about 10 in the morning to around 8 at night, with a small lunch break in between. Natalie (Girl), Gnat (#2), Josh (#1), and Nora (Makeup/Costumes) graciously accompanied us as we dragged them to two main locations where we subsequently explored, planned, and shot for about ten hours (including travel time). There had been a chance...
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Costumes
So, shooting was scheduled to begin Saturday but had to be pushed back for one simple yet crucial reason: costumes. As we drew closer to the day of shooting, we realized that all of the costumes needed were not, in fact, ready to go. So, we took Friday, Saturday, and Sunday as days to fully prepare costumes both conceptually and literally. We made a lot of progress and most, if not all should be...
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Filming starts on saturday, here’s a sound...
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Influences
Since our film is one without dialogue, there are certain shooting and acting techniques we will be looking to engage to achieve the same level of storytelling as—or at least a level running parallel to—our counterparts with dialogue. For inspiration, I’ve been trying to watch films in my spare time which have a certain lack of dialogue, along with films that cleverly use music...
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Shooting Schedule
Hey hey. So, me and Jamie P. had a good Skype conference about the shooting schedule last night (something which we will continue tonight w/ Niko)! It really seems to be coming together, and I’m getting more and more excited; with my mid-term on Wednesday, the prospect of shooting a few days later is the perfect enterprise to look forward to. Our plan as of now is to shoot over the course of...
Hi hi! I’m Jamie and I’m making music...
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“The bottom of his pants are muddy and rugged. We get our first glimpse of him as...”
– An excerpt from the Blurring script.
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Customary Start
Hello folks. I realize this blog is getting a bit of a late start, but we’ll do our best to fill it up with an assortment of behind-the-scenes stuff all the same. Our plan is to begin shooting next weekend, and work from there. We’ll try to get some pictures and such up sometime around then, if not before. Other than that, welcome to behindtheblur! -Mike
