New York Film Academy 18th day Production Workshop #2 (Josh Adler) Today we're back on the Universal backlot. Josh should have been there to check out what we were doing but he was called away for a family emergency.He had a great replacement though. This time we were on the western lot. it was Chris and Ike's (crew mates) turn to shoot their production workshops. So I was DP'in' and AC'in'. (Thomas wasn't there because his girlfriend was in town) Chris was s...

New York Film Academy 17th day Open Pre-Production Time We had some time to work on the music film we're shooting this weekend. I still have no idea what I'm going to do. There were a couple of songs I would like to work on but they're pushing some boundaries especially in the US. On the other hand I've got a little story in my mind and images I would also like to use. But I still haven't figures it out and for me that's pretty extraordinary. Up until know I ...

New York Film Academy 16th day Check in We had to hand in our continuity film today. My nerves won't be settled until I get my footage back though :D Hands on Camera #7 (Ed Timpe) Today we screened our mis-en-scene with Ed. He looked more at the technical side of our shoots. He advised on how we could have shot it better and pointed out what went wrong. Ed is an excellent teacher and a awesome guy as well. I didn't get a lot of comments because the lighting...

New York Film Academy 15th day Shoot Continuity Film I love surprises! Today I got up at 7:00 because as far as I knew we were shooting 3 shorts that each would take 4 hours. And since I hadn't heard anything from my crew I figured we had to get going early. But as i found out after texting and calling several times the first shoot would take place at 15:00. Because they shot a short yesterday after they left my shoot. I was pretty pissed. But the sweet girl...

New York Film Academy 14th day Shoot Continuity Film I got up nice and early today although I haven't heard when and where we would be shooting the first shoot today. After not getting a hold of my crew mates I finally got a hold of one of them. And apparently they decided to shoot 3 shoots on monday but forgot to inform me. So looking at the positive side of that news I could do some other stuff that morning although sleeping in would have been a nice change...