Category: Film making
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Death Grip Update – DVDs, Progress, and more
Death Grip‘s almost done and we’re hoping to have DVDs available at the theatrical premiere on June 30th. Our plan is to have DVDs and Blu-Rays available at the showing, with the following special features (none of these are guaranteed, but they’re planned): Death Grip Feature Film (in 1080p on Blu Ray) Cast & Crew…
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A Tour of Contour – Behind the Scenes of Contour aka The Agent – Now Online
Our making-of featurette for Contour called A Tour of Contour is now available online for free. It’s the behind the scenes video featured on the Contour DVD. Since Contour is being re-released as The Agent seemingly without any special features, I thought I’d just release it online for free. If you like it, consider buying…
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Editing for Death Grip is done – and Why Directors Shouldn’t Edit
Last night I finished editing Death Grip, much thanks to help from producer/co-star Rebecca Ahn, co-stars Chelsea Steffensen, Nathan Hoskins, the cast and crew, friends, family, and industry pros. I loved the process of editing, but in the future I’d rather not do it again. I’ll still edit action scenes. I can churn out a…
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An Introduction to The Action Kickback Movement
If you’re reading this blog, “action fan” doesn’t adequately describe you. You’re an “action junkie.” You like your action scene unprocessed and unrefined, no sugar added, preferably in a powdery form whose purity is demonstrated by its rapid solubility in a drink. When taken by the average film-goer, its potency separates his frontal lobe from…
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Your film’s trailer – How to shoot for it, and editing tips
For the past month I’ve been toying with making a new Death Grip trailer that’s more “mainstream” and suited for international markets. It’s been far more difficult than I had imagined. Here are the things I continually find in error while I cut this thing: No one-liners One-liners tie the story together in a really…
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Helicopter Camera Groupon – $60
This probably won’t be up for much longer, but you can grab a remote controlled helicopter with a built-in camera for $60 from Groupon right now. http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-spy-camera-helicopter?dl=d47388
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Final Stages of Death Grip Post-Production – Picture Locking
The past three weeks of Death Grip post-production have involved locking the picture, meaning after this, no more edits will be made. When the first 13 minutes were locked, I sent it off to Brett Perry, who is composing an orchestrated soundtrack, and Matteo Grilli, who is doing sound design and mixing. Matteo worked with…
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Death Grip is going to Cannes (the market)
Rebecca Ahn and I are attending the Cannes film market this year in May. Production designer Ejay Ongaro is likely attending as well. Death Grip isn’t in the film festival, though. That deadline’s long since passed. Our sales agent Wonderphil will be there selling Death Grip to distributors. Here’s hoping for the best! At the…
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Doing titles
I’m getting titles done for Death Grip among other things. I hate doing titles because I have no real fashion sense, yet I still want simple words to look good. So it’s always best to seek help, in my case it’s Joe Golling again, the man who’s doing our key art. He pointed me to…
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Improvisation Counts
At my first job as a computer programmer, my boss told me something that I didn’t understand at the time but fully comprehend now: At some point, it’s no longer about making the right decision, but making the decision right.