Resolution of Summer

This week has been a series of little events resolving things begun many weeks before. First off, Saturday we finished filming for the promo with a glimpse of the villains.

 

Sunday we trained as always, focusing on the move/counter-move process of a duel.

Monday the Albany Democrat-Herald published our interview, and that has yielded some further local attention. Only time will tell what may come of it.

 

With all the shots in the can, we finally moved on to effects and color correction. As of Wednesday morning, we have four shots remaining to apply effects to and two to color correct, plus a title card and perhaps a brief credits sequence. If the muse strikes, there may be more, but that is all we have for now.

Until next time!

Bit a' This, Bit a' That

Greetings one and all!

This week was a bit busy, but sadly light on movie progress. The interview didn't come out last week, but apparently this week sometime. We'll see.

The camera lens has finally been fixed, though I have yet to put it through the paces to make sure everything is running smoothly. Sunday, on top of training, we also captured some Foley for the short.

 Some reading and the interview process spurred another edit of the short, making it a tad tighter, and more engaging from the beginning. The down side of this inspiration is that I can now think of at least two other ways to do this, when I need to be focused on finishing the one. Ah well...

 

On the more paperwork intensive territory, we are also setting up print on demand accounts for the delivery of feature length projects.

Well, that's about all for this week. Until next time!

Sudden Switch

Well, that was a tad surprising. Whilst posting last week's blog, we received an email from one of the largest papers in the area, asking for an interview. Apparently placing 8th in an international competition is somewhat newsworthy. The interview was set for Tuesday, and despite initial nerves, it was a rather relaxed conversation. If all goes as expected, the end result should be out Thursday.

 

Sadly, I discovered some minor damage to part of my camera's lens this week, and will need to fix it before we can finish the promo short. Fortunately, despite the difficulty getting to the damaged part, the optics appear to be untouched. 

 

Sunday was a hybrid training and choreo session. I trained our newest member and gave a refresher to one other, while the veteran members created a random fight scene. Oh! And we also may have arrived upon the name for our sci-fi universe, though the revelation will be made upon the release of the promo short.

Well, that's about all for this week. Until next time!

After Action Report

So, the LCC has come and gone, and we ranked 8th out of the 28 entries. Not bad for being one of the unknowns in the contest.

Sunday we looped back to the beginning and gave the Combat 101 lecture to the newest members, along with an exercise we've dubbed the Twisted Ninja. I'll just leave that one to your imagination...

 

With music attached to the edit, and all but a couple shots finished, we're working on how to execute the remaining shots practically, (so as to prevent ridiculous post production times,) for the greatest effect. The edit itself has undergone a few revisions, refinements to get the flow just so.

Well, that's about all for this week. Until next time!