CASEY and BROOKLYN (Casey Manderson & Kristine Cofsky)

A couple more shooting days left on the film. Whew.

As soon as it stops raining I can get out and hunt for a well lit baseball diamond, soccer field or running track (for night shoot). Looking forward to shooting that scene!

Also looking forward to getting into some serious writing (of course there’s the matter of editing this current film as well).

The good old HVX200 has been steady, but some part of one wireless mic or transmitter is sketchy, and continues to give us grief. This just means more takes for sound.

The mountain of footage continues to amaze me. So much to wade through.

Hoping to see at least a few films at VIFF. Perhaps soon!

The newest script is ready. Hopefully we’ll be shooting that one in the summer. Fingers crossed.

It’s taken me three days to go through two camera’s worth of footage and select the usable clips for ONE scene. One two minute (at the most) scene. I still haven’t made a single edit, just taking the usable parts and putting them onto a timeline. It’s 47minutes long (but this is double because most of the shots are TWO cameras) and now I need to cut those 47 (94) minutes into less than 2 minutes of magic.

It’s a scene with Kate and Kristine in Brooklyn’s Apartment.

Crazy times.

A NIGHT FOR DYING TIGERS Vancouver premiere is tomorrow at 9:15pm, Granville 7 theatre. Get your tickets now at viff.org.

I have no idea what to call this new film.

Back home in Vancouver.

It’s nice to be back home with Kelly and the doggies.

It will also be nice to get the new film in the can! Finally!

Wow. It feels like it’s been a long shoot. Shooting out of sequence has been really tough, but with no money (and so many characters) there’s no other way.

VANCOUVER FILM FESTIVAL - Premiere

A NIGHT FOR DYING TIGERS premieres this Monday (Oct 4th).

Still so much to do with A Night for Dying Tigers AND When Life Was Good (which premieres on Super Channel on October 7th). Details HERE

Calgary was fantastic. I’m really looking forward to VIFF so I can check out some great films and see some great friends.

After the festival madness it will be nonstop editing and writing until June 2011 with at least one other film ready to shoot in Summer (I’m really looking forward to shooting that one).

TASHA and CASEY (PRISCILLA FAIA and CASEY MANDERSON)

DAY TEN

More film-within-the-film action. Michael Hamper is over from the island and Kristine has procured a great location.

The first scene from yesterday is some of the best looking stuff I’ve ever shot/cut. It’s from the film-within-the-film. I can’t wait. Kristine and Paul were fantastic and Sidney was a tremendous help!

I had a lot of Tigers stuff to do today, so I couldn’t edit.

Dan is coming in from England in two days!

Time to head out for the shoot.

Another “film-within-the-film” section in the books.

Whew.

We did a really great job, I think, all things considered.

Kristine, Lesli, Casey, Rob, Ming, Gaelle, and the other actors. Bam.

It’s a challenge keeping the mixed format film-within-the-film look stuff in my mind (as far as cuts and edits, etc…), but so far, so great. This stuff is coming together QUICKLY.

More contemporary film-within-the-film stuff coming up after the weekend. Should be good!

Don’t wanna give anything away about the film, so here’s a photo from another day. Casey getting ready for day one’s driving around.

Me, ARNICA SKULSTAD-BROWN (Samantha) and CASEY MANDERSON (Casey) in LIFE IS STILL GOOD

CASEY MANDERSON (Casey) is going to clap for sync. I have a slate, but who gives a shit!

Day six is a day off.

Yeah, right.

Working on Tigers and Life is Still Good all day.

The opening (Brooklyn) sequence of Life is Still Good is roughly in there.

It will change fifty times by next Sept, but it’s fun and energetic (I think).

The big V begins tomorrow. Wow.

Let’s do this.