We're Getting There!
Principal photography and editing are going very well. We finished our pickup shots, and now I no longer have to don the suit, moustache, and bowler hat on camera. It's quite a relief not wearing that moustache anymore. Either it wouldn't stick with scotch tape, or the fumes from the crazy glue we used made me nearly pass out! All our actors are done with their work, and they all did a fine job I might add. I also got my town introductory shots, which I forgot to do the other day. I've been working hard on editing the film, and it's turning out great.
An interesting event occured yesterday. Hoping to FINALLY get a shot of the train sequence, Cait, Steven, and I were accosted by one of Haworth's finest in uniform. He told us we were trespassing on private property on those tracks and that we could face prosecution and jail for being there. I'm glad there were signs there to tells us that in the first place. My friends and I have been having fun on those tracks for YEARS now, and never once faced Officer Stickup Ass. I guess everything is ruined by someone eventually. Thankfully, we were let off with a warning, and now our names are in the computer in case we go back there again, with which we WILL be prosecuted. I probably won't even bother going near a train anymore, let alone the fine, upstanding town of Haworth, New Jersey. People just suck – plain and simple. End of rant.
Anyway, a new innovation in train footage will have to be thought of. One option is to find old stock footage of trains from a silent film. Another is to film model trains with an outdoor background. By the end of next weekend, we will have tried both, and I will tell you how it all went! I also thought of a nice idea for the opening credits. A shot of the cautioning signs at the railroad tracks will have the opening credits over them – sort of a foreshadowing shot to the end of the film. I hope to premiere the film over Thanksgiving break to my friends, after which I will be showing it in class at some point soon. Better get back to work!
An interesting event occured yesterday. Hoping to FINALLY get a shot of the train sequence, Cait, Steven, and I were accosted by one of Haworth's finest in uniform. He told us we were trespassing on private property on those tracks and that we could face prosecution and jail for being there. I'm glad there were signs there to tells us that in the first place. My friends and I have been having fun on those tracks for YEARS now, and never once faced Officer Stickup Ass. I guess everything is ruined by someone eventually. Thankfully, we were let off with a warning, and now our names are in the computer in case we go back there again, with which we WILL be prosecuted. I probably won't even bother going near a train anymore, let alone the fine, upstanding town of Haworth, New Jersey. People just suck – plain and simple. End of rant.
Anyway, a new innovation in train footage will have to be thought of. One option is to find old stock footage of trains from a silent film. Another is to film model trains with an outdoor background. By the end of next weekend, we will have tried both, and I will tell you how it all went! I also thought of a nice idea for the opening credits. A shot of the cautioning signs at the railroad tracks will have the opening credits over them – sort of a foreshadowing shot to the end of the film. I hope to premiere the film over Thanksgiving break to my friends, after which I will be showing it in class at some point soon. Better get back to work!
posted by Brian Schwartz at Monday, November 14, 2005
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