So I found a location that is perfect. I’ve asked the owner if it’s okay to shoot there and she said yes. What next? Do I have to have a permit to shoot if I have the owner’s permission? Do I need to notify the town office? I’m shooting in Westchester but their film department says that it varies by area. I’m guessing the next step would be to call whichever municipality handle this sort of thing….Or I can just go guerilla.
I’ve been looking for jobs in places I thought no on new about. I seem to always be one step behind. The job was either “just filled” or the deadline has passed for applicants. My next stop is going to be the conference circuit. There are a few coming up that I’ll take part in.
I knew it would be hard to get back out there while maintaining my duties as a mom, but I thought something would have come through by now. I’ll keep trying until there’s a single solitary door open across a dessert. Can’t shake me that easily!
So while you’re waiting on a few videos and what not, I wanted to update you on what I have in the works.
The number one “project” on my list is a spec script for a network crime drama. I’ve been watching so much SVU, Bones, and Lie To Me that I feel like I live in a crime drama. Let’s hope that comes across on the page. Second, is for my reel. I am taking an exercise MovieMaker Magazine and elaborating on it. I’m writing “Scenes In Silence.” It will be several 2-3 minute scenes shot with absolutely no dialogue. It will help me to hone my skills as a visual writer, give me something to add to my editing reel, and give me experience behind the camera. it’s win-win-win. I have one scene written and will hopefully begin shooting by the end of the summer. I also hope to working on a teen news show for LMC-TV.
Ideas seem to come to you when you least expect it so that you don’t have a pen or paper to write.
But some of you may want a more in depth explanation. Resume to come. Reels to come. Redesign to come. Half of my web team will be in Japan so I can’t do anything until they get back. In the meantime, try not to lose interest in me, I’ll still be editing and writing.
What it means
Protects characters during fight scenes. They get hit by fists, chairs, bottles, etc. and thrown through walls, doors, glass, but wear only a small bandage in next scene, and later have no marks, although they should be black and blue for the rest of the movie.
My Explanation
There’s no way in hell anybody could survive the things these action heroes go through. It makes for a much more dramatic, action packed scene if 10,000 arrows are shot at him but his hanes tee and levi jeans protect his flesh. Aw, but his face is unprotected. We’ll paint some blood on his face to show that he isn’t really invincible but just so bad ass that even arrows are scared to penetrate his skin.
Example Any movie where there are bullets, running, a girl who goes in the burning building only to have the hero save her, or any combination of the above.
Just what is ADR? ADR is Automatic/Alternative Dialogue Replacement. ADR is used when a production’s on-set soundtrack of the dialogue can’t or won’t be used. It is also known as Looping or Dubbing.
According to IMDB:
The re-recording of dialogue by actors in a sound studio during post-production, usually performed to playback of edited picture in order to match lip movements on screen. ADR is frequently used to replace production track of poor quality (e.g., due to high levels of background noise) or to change the delivery or inflection of a line. ADR can also be used to insert new lines of dialogue which are conceived during editing, although such lines can only be placed against picture in which the face of the actor speaking is not visible.
Here is a behind the scenes video from King Kong’s (2005) ADR session:
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