to-do list from hell(phone)
I have approximately 1 gazillion things to accomplish on my to-do list for the movie (with an average of about a dozen tasks added daily). Over the past 2 days, I’ve managed to do a little on I think every…
it takes a village
It really does take a village to make a movie. A village of people. But not the Village People. Little things that most people won’t notice need attention, and we’ve been fortunate enough to have lots of folks eager to…
mileage
I’ve been putting some miles on my car driving around checking shots at our CGI guy’s house, running over to the v2 mansion to work on edits, and collecting footage from folks. Who knew I’d be driving more in post…
lovin’ it!
Got the first shots of CGI in the pipeline today. Remember the monster y’all got to see a few months back? He looks way better now – you’d hardly recognize him. Can’t wait to show everyone. Soon, soon… -JMP
about to get crazy
I’ve been getting through some paid gigs (nice to be able to pay the bills) but am now preparing for an all-out sprint to get everything finished on the movie. Gonna be a fun few weeks here. Anyone who wanted…
still not done shooting?
Believe it or not, we have one little (easy) shot we need to get at some point in the next couple weeks. And I’m still not done writing – we’re adding a (voices only) scene to clarify a plot point….
color and sound and music
Got to see several scenes with Stephen’s color correction work and sound design earlier tonight. Amazing what a difference good sound and color do for a movie… Also got to hear a new version of the score. Some good stuff,…
Blackness over here?
Here’s a short clip of me getting completely befuddled by a switch of shooting direction for a scene from Hellphone. Stephen and I found this pretty funny. -JMP
hindsight is blind
I’ve been going through behind the scenes footage, and have enjoyed watching myself directing. I had no idea I was that coherent during the shoot. However, I’ve noticed a few times where I was working on specific lines and moments…
one year ago today…
We were in the final days of shooting. Preparing for what would be the coldest night of the shoot. Not that any of us knew that. Also, we were shooting nights by now, so everyone’s brains were all jumbled from…
