ADR is almost finished

Howdy

Well the ADR on Sacrifice will officially be finished on Thursday with Jamie coming in to make the final touches. I hope everything turns out good, I really would like if I had more time to spend on the sound design as I thinmk it is really important Next up will be DVD authoring. As of yet I have no idea about what is happening with my colour correction I may have to take it upon myself to finish that off.

In other news I am now in my second week on the film 'beautiful' it is fantastic best professional project I have worked on so far. Richard has been showing me some great stuff,, actually taking the time to teach me all about lighting and what to do do to achieve some great effects. Of course the technical stuff is quite hard to take on board all at once but things are slowly becoming clearer, and more understandable.

Also I am Lighting guy on an 'I can see Queerly now' film that Maxx is shooting this weekend. Should be a whole lot of fun.

regards

Dave.

Hey another blog guys, have to keep this bad boy running.

Well all picture edits are almost done with Gimmie Shelter, and Back to the dead already in post production, he he! Phil sure is busy.

All films are going good, as for Sacrifice (ex 90 mile), I am becoming much happier with how the edit is coming along, more polished and clear narrative wise. A young dude from Salisbury TAFE has already sent me through some samples of some stuff, it sounds really good although I need to listen to it a few more times before I can give any extra advice.

This thursday we are all going to be showing our films to the rest of the class, and giving feedback, hopefully this is insightful and I will get some honest feedback which will allow me to improve the film. I have high hopes at the moment. Still organising ADR (Additional Dialogue Replacement) with the actors.

Working on a feature film at the moment called: "The Resident Magician". it is being shot in a breakneck 3 weeks. I am best boy on it, assisting Storm Ashwood. Next week I start on "Beautiful" which I am in fact getting paid for, it's gonna be really great I may actually have some money in my bank account which would be great. Unfortunately that means I will not be at school to supervise the ADR, Jen however has stepped up to the bat and offered to help with that whilst I am absent.....Thanks Jen.

cheers Guys stay tuned.

Dave.

Edit time

Hey people.

Well It's been a while since I have posted anything, been busy editing with Nick. I am also editing Annie's film "Time for Tea", which is great because it is giving me a some great oppurtunities to learn to use Colour, Motion 3 and Soundtrack Pro- sometimes frustrating always fun.

90 mile desert edit is going ok, I am not as happy with it as I should be. There is also massive sound problems, and it looks like we have to re-record all of Roger's dialogue- CRAP!!! Both Peter and Leigh have given helpful suggestions. With Leigh recommending us to change the title to "Sacrifice"

On the plus side I am the lighting attachment on the film "Beautiful", Cassie and James Mellor are also working on the film in the art department cool! and Maxx in camera department. Richard Rees Jones is the Gaffer and I will be learning from him.

Plus here's some trivia- Richard was the gaffer on Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow (pictured above).......Cool!

catch ya soon.

Kicking goals (ha ha yeah bad, I know)

Hello friends

thought i would post some new info, even though nothing much has happened. Went to AV Central last wednesday to dump all the XD CAM footage onto a hard drive, I bought myself a 400gb portable hard drive which will give me more than enough space for my entire project. This also means that post MAPS I can take the footage with me although MAPS keeps the XD CAM disks (dam beaucracy!) I managed to have a brief look at the footage at Low resolution, it still looks really good and I can't wait to start editing with Mr. Skeer- wonderous times ahead. Will try to work on finding a composer for my music soon, If anyone know a good composer please let me know.

Now that business is over, i will briefly mention social life as it has been busy since i moved to the city, dam it's good there is just so much more to do when you don't live out in the sticks.

Had a killer friday went to see "The Evil Dead" at the mercury with Rowan and some mates, It was wicked sick, they played a 35mm print of the film that was scratched as hell and looked like it had been in someones basement for about 30 years. They also played army of darkness, but we didn't stick around because we had other arrangements.

We then went on to Danny Steel's friday the 13th gathering, we watched friday the 13th part 3, and sat around drinking home made plonk, it was heaps fun, Rowan came dressed as Jack Nicholson in "The Shining" it was fantastic.

anyway seeya round.

dave.

After 5 days of shooting the 90 mile desert crew were growing tired of gregan's slavedriving.

Also just got this great pic from Dragan........thats right Dave keep leaning over.....

It's over! no more MAPS 07 films, boo hoo!!

Hey guys

well this is my post 90 mile desert blog. As i am currently exhausted as I write this. We also just moved to the city which means I have had no sleep on the weekend either.

anyway the shoot went great, I was tearing my hair out with stress about the weather situation. All the weather reports said we would experience rain, but no not callington believe it or not. Yep no rain all week, although it did drizzle down on Friday. However God must like me a bit since Just as we finished the very last shot of the film on friday as we started to pack up, it started to pour down. Ha HA! how lucky is that. I will now point out the good and bad points of the production, i am sure there is more but I am too tired to think.

The good: Tha actors were great. The most amazing part for me was during the dream sequence it got really heavy, and Jamie just nailed it. Seeing his performance on screen made the whole thing worth while.

Also on friday we had a big extra's days, I was worried that we would have no extra's come but believe it or not about 10 people showed up, all of them dressed the part to a tea, They looked great and definately added production value to the film.

The bad: A particular make-up artist who will remain namesless, pulled out on me at the last second. DAM!!!
Have to pay the football club $20 for use of their power, man i really am cheap.

Well really things weren't too bad at all and you must expect some things not to go right.

Lets just hope it all cuts together, and yet another adventure begins.

toodles.

p.s a big thanks to my wonderful crew. Maxx for his fabulous camera work, Jen for sound. Dan "multi-talent Vink"- for sound and lighting. Danny "hurry the fuck up" Steel, Cassie- for Unit, Dragan for his constant stills work, Tom for clapper loading, Nick Cleary, and rowan for set dressing hamilton. Jamie, Janelle, Rachel, and roger my fabulous actors. Also to cert 4's- Ben for behind the scenes, and road control, abe also for general production work, and of course to Jamie for being a great unit manager and general run around guy.

I told you I'm not Fuckin Gay! (and back tot the dead).

Hello people

Well we are currently in our second week of production. Because I am neither on jen's or annies shoot I am using the week to tie up loose ends, find props, and rehearse actors, this is happening on tuesday.

I was lighting on Dan vink's back to the dead. Everything went down smoothly and there were no major hick up's. I got to play a zombie who gets brained with a meat mallet, my head being bashed into a bloody pulp.

otherwise currently attempting to get some shelter for Jen's "the ogre" this may or may not prove easy.

p.s I am not Gay!, am I Mr. Cleary???

IMPORTANT NOTICE

im jus letting you all know that im gay

Doomsday

Hey here is a pic of me and skeer, it's almost artistic i thimk.

Well today is thursday and it's down to the crunch. As of writing Myself, nick cleary, danny steel, dan vink, phil have all got the green light.

Nick skeer is coming in later, and jen is still battling to find a location. Rowan is almost there.

As for the doco's Dragan is almost there as for Annie who knows?, she is way behind and today is D-Day, hmmmm the heat is on.

Day is going pretty good going out on a film shoot later today that my mate is doing, and just gave rowan a script so that he can start making up a prop list. Tomorrow me and danny steel are doing a test shoot at glenside, see how goes. Should be cool.

anyway peace out.

Stand by Tom.

Hello people how are you going?

I managed to finish paper work, yesterday, stressing massively because I had to work later that day, and Peter said he was leavind at 1:30pm. I also managed to get Jamie to fax me his actors agreement.

So the cast so far is:

Gary Peter's: Jamie harding
Karla: Elle Steele
Mr. Kelly: Roger Newcombe
Grannie: Rachelle Glynn.

Cast is wicked, shot are cut down massively. Now all I need to worry about is props, catering, costumes, minor script changes etc.
Also me and Tom had a mini adventure yesterday, I gave tom a lift to MAPS yesterday, and my car broke down right in the middle of peak hour traffic on Marion Rd. That sucked, and then on the way home the car broke down near crafers. Meaning me and Tom had to trek through the backwoods of Crafers to reach Stirling, (hence the title Stand by Tom.- yeah kinda lame now that I think of it.)

Anyway things aren't too bad at the moment but I know trouble is round the corner, Also Julia farr dropped out of Jen's The Ogre, they fuckin should have told her that 4 fuckin weeks ago!!!!!!

Anyway enjoy above picture because that is exactly what I want to do with my car right now.

cheerio

Dave.

It is the twelf hour.......the countdown begins.

Hey guys.

With less than 24 hours til we have to have all our pre for peter, we are not doing too badly. The major hiccup however has been the case of actors contracts. Our contracts don't actually give actors a lot of rights, and this was deemed unacceptable to some. Fair enough if the film makes money actors shouldn't be stiffed for their services I too would be pretty pissed off.

Anyway today was a majorly shit day to some degree. My car broke down right in front of the actors house I was visiting, I did however manage to drive it to Glen Osmond KFC, where Phil picked me up. What a legend!!!!!! He really saved my ass.

Unfortunately I can no longer use Clementine Mellor (James mellor's sis). As her schedule, and Jamie harding's schedule clash too much. This really was depressing as I really wanted to use her. Oh well next film, at another time. Thanks to james for helping me out.

As the final hours set upon us all I have to do is get two more location agreements, and two more actors agreements back. I also have to do my location breakdown sheet sheet done, and MAPS for my movement orders. Sound like quite a lot actually......crap!!!

break it down now!!!!!

The history of Dave- part 1 The Shitty life of Sam, plus early works.

Hey people

Well while I am here waiting at school I thought I would kick start telling you about my film making and creative past.

The Early works

When I was fifteen I got my first job stacking shelves at woolies, he he why would I do such a thing???? One reason to buy a camera and make movies. My first camera was a sony high 8 camera which I bought for $500, plus I got a free bag, and camera tripod. Whoo hoo instant film maker.

From this all the time I would make ridiculous films with my brother and my school chums. I even shot the 1st scene of a horrror feature film, up at the Tailem Bend Lookout. It told the story of a group of teenagers who trecked into the woods, but one by one were killed off by a psychotic ex-army vet, who was also deformed. The results were pretty funny, but I soon gave up, which was probably a big mistake, even if it sucked at least it would have been funny.

After several ridiculous films I made The Shitty Life of Sam (pictured). The film was quite terrible. I remember it screened at the ISO Bar on Hindley street but it had no sound, so eventually people just turned away back to their conversations whilst I eagerly ran around telling them to turn around and watch the screen.

he he come to think of it that's pretty much what I and evey other film maker does for the rest of their career, battle to make people turn around and actually watch your film.

chow for now.- next week The Good, the Bad, and the Clarry- an unfinished Doco masterpiece.

p.s if you would like to view my films for any insane reason just let me know.

viddy well little brothers

Welly welly well then

The 22nd of May is now just one week away. And my progress is scant at best. I am now seriously starting to doubt my chances of getting this film up annd made. I have had seriously one F*ing week to organise things. It is ridiculous!!!!!!! I will list the good, the bad, and the ugly of this project.

The Good- Have XD CAM, and possibly a monitor, and track. Have a make-up girl who is super keen, and super good it seems, I have locked down one of my four actors, I have sponsorship from Nippys. Callington Primary School seem happy to oblige and let us use their school.

The Bad- I do not have three of my actors, I heald only three auditions, I have had no calls from Actors Ink. SA Casting is still working on my project. Callington Council are feeling sketchy about letting me shoot there. The General Store is asking for money. I have no football oval. I have no catering at all.

The UGLY!- Callington Council are feeling sketchy about letting me shoot there. which could totally f me up.

he he isn't filming fun, still this is the most stressful time of the shoot other than actually shooting. Great.

dave.

Filmclass 101 (lesson 1).

Hey guys decide every now and then. (And since I am bored). I will do a review of my fave films, giving you film maker info, and reasons why it is cool.

Title: Bad Taste
Director: Peter jackson
Year made: 1987.

The Now legendary film "Bad Taste" is famous for being Peter "Lord of the Rings" Jackson's first feature. Up until then Jackson had made backyard movies with his super 8 camera. This usually consisted of copying his idols, ala James Bond, and Ray Harryhausen who was responsible for his ground breaking stop motion animation on "Jason and the Arganouts".

Although released in 1987 the film actually began production in 1983, taking Jackson 4 years to make, he would film it in dribs and drabs, using the money he made from the newspaper he worked at to pay for stock and processing.

Known for it's massive amount of gore, it was shot completely from the hip, with everything made up as they went along.

Originally titled "Roast of the Day", or "Giles Big Day Out", the film was meant to be a 12 minute short film to test out Jacksons new Bolex 16m camera that he had bought. But after years of shooting Jackson realised he had over an hours worth of footage, so he decided to rename the film and finish it off as a feature.

There are hundreds more tales to tell about the making of the film, including how jackson made his own dolly, crane, and stedicam. Or How he once got a bunch of twelve year olds who were playing on the beach to operate the camera crane when no one else turned up. Even of how Jackson not only wrote and directed, he also shot, edited, did the make up effects, produced, and even acted in the film as the part of Derek.

But although the making of the film is fasinating. I fell in love with the film for what it is, a film. I remember watching it as a twelve year old, and then thinking....Dam i can do that. Jacksons talent was amazing I thought, so what if didn't have a big budget, the special effects were good, it was well paced (with constant camera movement), and it was constantly entertaining.

Overall the film, and Jacksons style has continued to influence how I work as a film maker, because I thinnk of a film like this and what it has done for me.

best line: "Eat lead Sucka!"

til next time- Dave.

Storyboards are for the non creative

Howdy

Sorry bout lack of post and pictures. Trying to get things done. I would say this will be my last post at least until the 22nd. Had YAP Awards on friday. Cathy's tree won best screenplay, and Squeaky Clean won an award for excellence which is good.

On the production front I have already auditioned three actors, and hopefully more. The character of the old lady is pretty much locked down, the other characters who knows? Locations I have none. Have to go to Callington this week to try and get some places. The council still hasn't gotten back to me. Basically the film is under serious threat. This is really depressing. I do have a production manager from cert 4 who is going to help but there really isn't much he can do without a car.

I suppose everyone else is struggling too. Poor Dan Vink doesn't even have a freakin make- up person. Dam you all to Hell!!!!!!

Anyway see how we go, it's never meant to be easy, and if it would any schlub would do it.

Dave.(stressmaster).

the 22nd of may....bahhh!!!!

Hey guys

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while. It's just that I don't have internet access at home at the moment and the school has temporarily blocked blogger. So sorry Daniel Vink that I haven't put any posts up recently.

Anyway quick update. Got approval on the XD CAM so it's full steam ahead with that. Still have no actors and no locations. I am on massive stress at the moment because I am still trying to write the script and pull things together.

Also my script still sux a little, and it got a bit of negative feedback on thursday!!!!!! Jen, and Tom were helpful. and it made me realise the flaws of the script and characters.

anyway see how we go this week. Maybe things will look up.

My Filmography!!!!

Hey guys just for your information I have decided that every week for the next few weeks I have decided to compile a list of the films I have made, basically giving viewers of my site a general look at the films I have made over the years. Keep watching, and I will as much as possible try to include pretty pictures.

First entry next week- My early films, unfinished masterpieces and my debut opus the shitty life of Sam!!!

second drafts are for the weak willed

Howdy ho people.

Well obviously I have finished my script and so far pretty good. Jen, Rowan, Dan Vink, and Leigh have all given good suggestions. It's interesting because all the things that worried me about the script they brought up as problems, which is very helpful.

Just waiting for Leigh's comments to come back, but he did say he liked the script.

Also just sent off XD CAM application for Daniel to peruse, see how go. Also need a pipe dolly of some sort for those tracking shots I love.

cheers til next time.

scripts,xd cam, and bava

Hey this is my first post for the holidays, thanks to all the people who left comments, please continue to- and yes Rowan when we get back to MAPS we will arrange time for a production design meeting it is of course vital!

anyway here is an update of the weeks activities.

Monday- went into Av Central to talk to Daniel Charlton about borrowing the XD Cam, said should be fine and to bring in some support materials since I am applying for sponsorship, and to make sure i'm not shooting porn (seriously)!!!! also started script.

tuesday- went on tour of old adelaide gaol with danny steel for his film, with Jen and Cassie, was creepy and a good day out, but it costs............$800 per day....what!!!!!! nope we shall look elsewhere. Also went to danny's house watched don't look now staring donald sutherland-was wierd, trippy and brilliant definately the sort of style i would shoot.

wednesday- wrote most of script, but started to feel sick and couldn't finish. watched some Mario Bava films that Danny lent me Black Sunday, and Black Sabbath-both awesome- you can see where argento got his influence.

Saturday- still sick but manaaged to finish first draft of the script next stop Dr. Leigh Sutton's doorstep.

preproduction is for sissies.

Howdy again.

Well this is my first official post, I'm starting to realise that everyone elses blogs have cool pictures and all that. I better get cracking and make it decent.

anyway this is the production crew so far.

Rowan Graham- production Designer
Nick Skeer- Editor
Jen Wildwood- location/post audio
Danny Steele/steel- 1st AD
Catering- Cassie Sibbin
Daniel Vink- Lighting/camera assist
Tom Gaskell- Stills.

anyway welcome to the circus.

welcome to the desert

Good afternoon people welcome to the first official posting for the short film ninety mile desert. The journey is going to be long and hard I am sure but when is it easy?

So guys please feel free to drop me a line and keep watching.

David G.