Since we (well, really, YOU) hit our fundraising goal at the end of May, we've been busy locking locations, wrangling camera, lenses, crew, and all the other pieces necessary to make an awesome movie!
The most exciting thing we've done so far is to take the RED ONE digital film camera for a test drive. For those of you who don't know, the RED ONE is a professional film industry camera that has been used to shoot masterpieces like The Social Network (skip to 0:54 mark to get to RED footage).
We packed in a full 16-hour day with a nearly full crew: 2 sound guys (boom + mixer), 3 camera guys, (Cinematographer, 1st Assistant Camera, 2nd Assistant Camera).
Here's our director Jon peering into the monitor of the RED ONE. On the monitor and in the background you will see Ken standing in a river, in Elmira ON.
What you can't see is that Ken mucked around in that water for about an hour and was thoroughly soaked by the end of it. When we came out of the river, a young guy wearing a camouflage mesh-back hat and a Three Wolf Moon t-shirt saw us, laughed, and said:
"You're not from around here, are you? I wouldn't step into that water unless I was wearin' hip-waders. You're gonna be glowing in the dark tonight!"
Apparently nobody thought to tell Ken that there was a chemical plant spill across the street some years ago and that nobody but foolish outsiders go swimming in that water. Awesome. Noting the panic on Ken's face, he added hastily, "You'll be fine, though... I'm sure."
Later on in the day we shot at our favourite location at Roadside Farm outside Wellesley, ON. Beautiful, filmic, friendly farmers, and lots of space and privacy.
Here's a sample screen grab from our day featuring Andrew Cherry.
(We've posted this image despite the fact that our DP, Chris Schneider, is not completely happy with his lighting in this shot. C'mon, Schnitz - it's looks pretty amazing for an ungraded test shot).
So - we learned a lot and are super super grateful for our crew for volunteering a FULL day with us. Shout outs to:
Sound:
Luke Bennett (www.theredcarpetstudio.com)
Ian Reynolds
Camera:
Cole Bennett (www.colebennett.com)
Andrew Musselman (www.eclinmedia.com)
Christopher Schneider (imdb.com profile)
Y'all rock.
