The past 28 hours since the last post have been a crazed blur. Starting bright and early at eight in the morning the first scene was set and shooting. Take after take after take until satisfaction before moving on to the next scene. It’s a never-ending process. I think we can all appreciate full-length movies [...]
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Countdown: 32 hours
It was a long night. Some were able to catch a little sleep and others had too much caffeine to really be able to appreciate the sparse hours of the night curled up with a pillow and blanket. But now a working script has been developed, props have been listed, and we are shooting this [...]
Countdown: 40 hours
Writing a plot is difficult, especially when your character and genre has already been chosen for you. The past several hours we’ve done our best to hammer out a story board with characters and scenes. We are often hung up on small details that would be so cool to include but don’t always fit into [...]
Countdown: 45 hours
Putting together a futon, sweating like crazy, and brainstorming anyway we know how. We’ve been given the genre – drama. At first we looked at each other and took in a nervous breath, but by the time Erin and Paul returned we were spitting out story ideas. The character everyone must use is an architect [...]
Countdown: 48 hours …Starting: now!
That’s all the time that’s left, and coincidentally, all the time we’ve been given total to make a short film. For those of you who are unaware, this weekend is the kickoff of the 48-Hour Film Project here in Des Moines. Which means, Napkin Sketch is in full swing assembling computer stations, setting up camera [...]