Week plan 28/01/2013

Hi folks.

Here's a quick one.
Continued looking for actors by posting more ads in random places all over the internet. From this searching, I have had a reply from Napier university. I have forwarded details of the film and take it from there.

A treatment and budget has been completed for my animation unit and the first cut will be completed this weekend.

Week plan:
- update cv. Improve technical skills and interest skills as well as a design overhaul.
- review mock interview skills
- have a quick meeting with crew to organise contracts.

That's it for this week
Cheers

Semester 2 Update, Animation and Work Experience

Hi folks,

Here's the update:

I have started semester 2 of my HND and the pressure is back on. I am still looking for actors and have contacted both Telford and Napier Acting schools. I have now posted an ad on Gumtree which can be viewed here.

Now I am currently planning my opening sequence for both my Animation Unit and Opening Titles for my short film 'Damage'. The brief is to produce a 30 sec animation, so I have split up the project into 6 5 sec shots to start with. At the moment I have began work on an establishing shot of a meteor flying towards Earth, as well as some test shots of Newspaper headlines talking of the Disaster. I will be producing a small production file for this project to keep everything up to date. This file will include a budget, treatment and shot breakdowns. The finished version will be uploaded to vimeo and youtube as a trailer for the film.

In other news, I have completed a first version of the sky arts sting competition. The video can be found here. Any Comments would be great and would help me make it better.

Now for a work experience update:

I have definitely got work experience lined up for a week with 20 20 Productions in Edinburgh, which is great. But I am currently in the process of trying to get more work with Freakworks in Edinburgh also. The more work experience, the better. So I have contacted them, hopefully this pulls off...

Well thats it for now. More posts to follow

Cheers

Week Plan 14/01/2013 and Production Update

Hi folks,

Here's this weeks plan:

• Continue searching for Actors.
• Arrange a production meeting with crew members to sort out job arrangements - contracts have been sorted out, amounts need to be sorted out for the duration of the shoot.
• Continue location search - finding a flat will be tougher than I thought... I asked Edinburgh Film Focus about their locations and the cheapest flat was £500 a day, so back to the drawing board. 

My crew members for the shoot as it stands are:

Simon Messer - Camera

Dan Fairhurst - Sound

Jamie Herriot - Lights

Hair and Makeup - Charlene Sives 

My scheduled filming dates are the week beginning the 18th - 21st of March. 

Lastly, I have one location secured so far - the Video Studio. 

Well that's it for the now.

Cheers

Happy New Year and Week Plan 01/07/2013

Happy New Year!

It has been an awesome Christmas and New Year, and after a 2 week break, its back down to driving forward my Major Project and Showreel.

Firsts things first, my vimeo channel has been created where I will upload some of my VFX tests (a link will be posted once I comply with vimeos video compression standards).

I have contacted Telford Acting School, asking for my main actors for my major project. More info to follow...

Week Plan 07/01/2013:

• Arrange Crew members for filming in March: A Camera operator and a Make-up artist have been secured so far, my mission is to employ at least 2 more to pull this project off.
• Liase with other class mates to work out available dates for everyone to avoid confusion later on.
• Start Major Project Production File.
• Begin storyboarding 30 title sequence for the Animation section of my Graded Unit.

That's it more me folks

Cheers
Mike