There was no time in the last two weeks to even post here! I was up from morning till late at night every day of the week leading to the 48Hour weekend. And the weekend itself, well, we had even less sleep! But after all we made it! Read a few things written in 9ur google group:
It was 6:20PM as we started rendering the video yesterday. Took about
40 minutes, another 5 minutes to copy it onto a hard drive. We had
about half an hour to make it downtown. In the car I copied the film
onto a USB stick and memory card while Marc was driving like crazy! We
had less then two minutes left as Marc let me out at the entrance of
the Federation Square Atrium. I ran as fast as i could, and, I made
it, we made it!
We ended up calling the film “EXIT” …I think we had our problems
coming up with good names.. : )
It isn’t the best clip, the script could have been simpler, the story
shorter, funnier, and would have been great if we had the chance to
see Adam dance! We also forgot to add the screaming at the very end
and there are few more things that wasn’t wrong during the edit. We
also didn’t have the chance to replay the film before rendering it.
But this all doesn’t matter, because we made it! We created a film of
7 minutes within 48Hours! And besides the stress, struggle, we had a
good, memorable time! We did something different this weekend! We all
integrated us and made the best out of those 48Hours! We had some good
laughs, and I hope everyone can make it to the screening on the
Saturday the 5th where we can laugh some more! : )
Thanks to everyone for the hard work, patience, your creative input!
Rachel: Your ass does not look fat and you did a great job!
Hula Hoops: We all like your earrings, you did great!
Richard: Keep on dressin’! Great respect for wearing your mask
constantly the last four hours of shooting!
Adam: Besides your manners, great performance!
Marc: As the most experienced film maker on set, was good to have you
around, we couldn’t have done it without you!
A big thank you to Tomek for his help, for climbing the roof after I
chickened out.. : )
Dave, Pascal, and the rest from the Theater Research Institute! Thanks
for having us there, and sorry for smoking up your warehouse!
The screening will be on the 5th of November! I’m already excited to see our film on the big screen, while we might be the only once laughing, we will laugh extra laud! : )
Another good new is, Let’s die it! has found an editor. His name is Marc, his background is music but somehow he found his way into movies. I think he studies film and must be in his 2nd semester at the moment. Let’s see what he can make out of our material!
The 2000′s are today what the 80′s were for us in the 90′s!
And can I add that nothing significant happened in the last two decades, I mean, even in the early 90′s there were hundreds of 60′s, 70′s and 80′s music collections you could buy, there were radio stations only playing music from that time, there were TV shows dedicated to those decades. But I haven’t seen any 90′s or 2000 collection, nor radio stations, nor TV shows and. Was it really that bad? Did pop music and all this produced garbage really kill it all?
Help me out here! I’m trying to think of the significant things that happened in the 90′s and 2000′s. What did we listen too and what will stick, what did we wear, what did we watch on TV and in the theatre.. TV and theatre might actually have a realistic chance. And did the internet really bring us anything?
My question is, what came after SEX, DRUGS, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, OPEN LOVE, LSD, BLACK EYELINER FOR MEN, BELL BOTTOMS, SHOULDER LONG HAIR, AND THE EARLY YEARS OF MTV?
It’s not just the right way but it’s also about the right “who’s”.. does this sound right? So, there is still nothing official from the Melbourne 48HFP that tell us the website[x] is ready and open for registration. And when I look at their website then nothing has changed in the last week or two. While I assume there are a whole bunch of other things to organize besides the website. So I hope the announcement will hit us soon. Other cities have already kicked off this years[x] and Melbourne and other cities in Australia are one of the last to start this year, what is understandable looking at the weather. While cities like Berlin have not even set a date for their this years competition, hmm, it’s gonna be cold there any time soon!
I am happy to announce that Let’s die it! at the 48hfp has found another key role. It’s my friend Rachel who is gonna be my co-producer, hopefully one of the main writers if I can convince her that her style and quality of writing is great, and maybe some of the other positions. Who knows how our team is gonna look like, we may just end up as a two man team filling all the roles our selves – if we have to. That’s the one thing, no mater what, we’re gonna make that movie! Rachel has been part of a few previous film projects, here’s one for the Seattle 48hfp 2010:
She loves comedy and really wants to get into editing, she did a film course a few years back, and what we have in common the most is probably the fact that we both watch way too many movies and tv series.
Fiction is historical more accurate then any documentary or record about history,
only for the fact that it is fiction, therefor not bound on telling the truth. While fiction itself is topped by some of its genres like science-fiction and adventures in terms of historical accuracy and truth. What I’m trying to say is, the less it is related to the history we know, the more it is true. So what I’m really trying to say is, don’t believe everything you see, read, hear about! And therefore, as a direct result of this argument, watching movies is a valid way to educate yourself!
Side note: Of course all said above is widely based on the commonly known and supported fact that everything is a lie, the media are all controlled by one big company who is also responsible for the two world wars, Vietnam, the economic crisis, world recession, the fact that we will never drive hydrogen powered cars, your new 50″ plasma television; your new $60’000 BMW; your new LG refrigerator and washing machine that will all break down within ten years of use, instead of.. hmm.. never, this might actually be true.. just look what they still drive in Cuba!
It’s still month away but I can’t wait! Every day I check the Melbourne 48hfp website and I can see they are working on it. And when you read through the names of the registered teams you will find “lets die it” somewhere on the list. I couldn’t wait anymore, there are no official news yet that the page is open for registrations and the final step where I have to pay for our team still forwards to last years page. So we’re on the list but not yet confirmed. I hope it’s gonna happen any day soon! I am not sure how many teams will be allowed, if I saw it right it could be 41, or maybe this was last years number. Let’s try to be patient.
Our team – the team. The next step would be transforming my team to our team, because so far there is only me and a handful of people interested in helping out.
The next step is finding the right people for the so called, let’s just use the feature film making term: “Above-the-line”, short ATL. A Canadian producer/writer friend, now living in Paris explained me everyone above the line is who gets good pay and other benefits out of a movie. While I don’t like that that much, I like Wikipedia’s description a little bit more:
Above-the-line is a term that refers to the list of individuals who guide, influence and hopefully add to the creative direction, process and voice of a given narrative in a film and their related expenditures. These roles include but are not limited to the screenwriter(s), producer, director, casting director and actors.
The thing is with this project here. No one, doesn’t matter how high above the line will probably ever make any cent out of this, and that’s not why we’re doing it anyways. And hopefully everyone involved helps us to create a nice little piece of work. But there are certain crucial positions that need to be named and filled beforehand. Above-the-line definitely means more work for the individual in their position but also the chance to win awards at the festival. But even tho, at the end I hope we’ll all gain something completely different. I hope we’ll have a challenging time that builds us, teaches us and creates a great memory we’ll talk about long after the festival is over.
Here I introduce myself as long time photographer, artist and first time director. I have visions that I want to bring onto the screen.
It’s time to put word out and call for the once who want to do their part.
Rock ‘n’ Roll!
Marco
Above-the-line is a term that refers to the list of individuals who guide, influence and hopefully add to the creative direction, process and voice of a given narrative in a film and their related expenditures. These roles include but are not limited to the screenwriter(s), producer, director, casting director and actors.
