week 14

yeaaah! we finished the editing) we were struggling against a lot of nero-vision software problems) *we decided to use nero on school computers, because our own computers are not that powerful*
of course, we have a lot of things we would like to change if we have time... e.g. we shot several scenes in the same room in two days, and the light is different.. and it was impossible to re-shoot, because Itamar was not available anymore.

but still, we put a lot of efforts into it and we like the result, although it may be done not on that professional level, on which other groups have done this task)

week 13

shooting is almost done, tomorrow we will spend a couple of hours for the last shots,
lights turned to be extremely useful, but still I feel that the whole atmosphere is not the one I imagined....
hopefully we can fix it with effects and music
but if we had time, I would re-shoot the whole film...

week 12

the thing what we were afraid of happened...
we were wating for our main actor, but it seems like he is lost or something happened to him - he doesn't answer e mails or pick up phone
so now, we are working on plan B, meaning just looking for a suitable person to be our main character...

week 11

seems like Itamar (our movie star) is not available this weekend, and this Satyrday we will spend on these big and small prepartion (creating red room, thinking about costumes, drawing pictures, etc), other actors are already found, part of the music is written and recorded (by my friend)))
we hope Itamar will agree to be in our film, otherwise we will panic :)

week 10

camera mic is pretty awful, and I am thinking of recording all the conversations separately and then matching them to the film itself, although it will cause additional troubles and very time consuming, I think we should at least try
also, we are going to use another software, maybe adobe or sony product, I will check them and choose the most suitable.
the film itself is from that "dark, mysterious" area, a bit david-lynch-ish) eg. the scene with the red room *got inspired from Twin peaks red corridor and rooms with the dwarf"
there is no so many talking in the film (which may be good, camera mic will not spoil the film that much), but instead they are different kinds - we have a monologue, dialogue and have dialogue (when one person is talking to himself, the other one sees it and replies , but the first one does not know or hear it)
for example in the Mulholland drive there are not so many talking as well, but instead a lot of close ups, so we can read the emotions and thoughts, instead of hearing them directly from a person.
of course we will have to work hard to get something that can be understood by viewers and not being just a set of strange mysterious shots :) (because there is an explanation for the whole story, the problem is - how to deliver that explanation to the viewer)

week 9

we got into the group - Meerim, Anna, Adel and me, we are quite different and have various tastes in everything, including movie genres)
but still I think there will be some common "rules" for any story we may choose, for example:
no more night scenes, even if we have the lightning equipment, there is no way to plug it in when we are in the middle of a street)
and of course arrange everything before starting to shoot (especially decorations, or costumes, etc)

week 8

yes, we have done it in time))) i learnt a lot during this project) first of all - plan your time and second - make sure actors are willing to work, not to play!! we had different problems with our main actor, he was playing up, that is why some shots were taken 4-5 times)) but we have a lot of funny ones)))
our movie turned out to be 5.20 min, and we decided not to cut the scenes smaller, because such an "action" movie, where events go very fast, is impossible to put in a shorter time frame...) so, i hope this decision is not that bad)