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Lately I've been chatting about the planned webseries. But this time I want to start the blog by talking about the full length movie.
Tuesday, May 6 marked yet another milestone day for the movie. It was because of a meeting I had with a couple of people from my old junior college.
Now, a few months prior to this meeting, I had gone to my old school to talk with one of my old instructors about my project and seeing if maybe he can help get in any leads for helping get the movie off the ground.
He told me about a Film Club at the school and suggested that I try my luck there. So after exchanging emails and setting up a time to meet, I was finally able to get together with some of the members for a meet.
Unfortunately, hardly anyone from the club was there at the meeting place, but upon going to one of their offices, I met up with a couple of members, including the head of the group. Ironically enough, he turned out to be an old friend of mine from the college radio station I used to work for. I had lost touch with him over the years and didn't even know that he was the one I was exchanging emails with. So, that was a pleasant surprise.
Anyway, I talked with him and another member of the club about my project and asked what, if anything, could they do to help out.
What they told me would turn out to be very very good news.
First thing they told me was that the best way to get help was to become a member of the club. Since I was an alumni, that wouldn't be a problem. Next was the fact, that as a member, I can get help from the other members to work behind the scenes. So through that, I now have a crew.
But the biggest news was yet to come.
They told me as a member, I can have access to all of their cameras, their equipment (including a new lighting kit) and their editing suites. They have Final Cut Pro, by the way, one of the top editing systems. They also have in the works, a greenscreen room, which could prove useful down the line. Also, they have a top of the line visual effects group at the school, where one of the leaders there worked at ILM, the premier visual effect leader. So that's another plus.
And the best news of all? Among the cameras that they have in their arsenal is not one, but two high definition cameras.
So, in one day, MOTW has grown leaps and bounds as a result of this meeting. Before this, that was one of the major roadblocks in my way in getting this project off the ground was finding a way to get access to this. Sure, I could do it myself, but that would be a timely and costly matter, things that I don't have. Now that hurdle has been cleared.
I also had this pipe dream to maybe film the movie in HD. I never thought it would happen, but it would be something I thought would be cool to try. Now that's no longer a dream. When MOTW begins filming, it will be in high definition. The fact I can say that just blows my mind.
And now, I have several people to help me out behind the scenes. Including one, who's a big time horror movie fan, and the other, my one time friend, who's doing some good things with a local movie production company of his own. And he said, he'll be willing to help out as best he can.
So this turned out to be an amazing day. I don't have to worry about those "what ifs" anymore when it comes to cameras and equipment. I also have access to some good locations around the school's campus, which is again ironic because when I began writing the current storyline that takes place in this movie, I envisioned areas around this very school, because I spent so much time around here. Now, I don't have to worry about finding a good substitute for it. I now have the actual locations.
I want to give a shout out to Alan and Mark from the HFCC Film Club for talking with me and telling me about the benefits of the club as well as giving me a tour of their facilities. This will be a place that I know I'll be spending a lot of time in the months ahead.
So the next step is casting. The guys suggested that I get a hold of some of the people who work at the school's theatre department. That is something that I will definitely look into as well as having a possible casting call. If things go well, production could actually begin later on this summer. I'll keep you posted.
That's the latest news on the full length movie. Next time, I'll have a major update on the upcoming webseries.
