AdMuse Episode 102

AdMuse - Episode 102

AdMuse is an original episodic comedy web series by Terry Miles for filmaka. The series stars Kristine Cofsky, Casey Manderson, Michelle Miazga, Ryan Haneman and more.

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WHAT'S NEW

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD continues its film festival run.
THE RED ROOSTER is at picture lock stage.
THE NEXT FILM is slowly taking shape.
THE NOVEL is more front burner than back.
SOME KIND OF PAYING JOB may soon be required.


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STUFF

CHECKING IN:

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The temptation to use this blog as a diary and spill all kinds of controversial opinions on film (people I may meet in the future), music and drama, is tempting. But I will save that stuff for those occasional great conversations with great people and barely acceptable red wine. Instead, let's get a boring old list going:

VIFF screenings 2008 OCT 2 at 9:30pm The Ridge Theatre (love The Ridge).
OCT 7 at 1:30pm Granville 7 (had good times here).


Things I'm doing right now:

-Looking for a distributor for WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD (or some kind of broadcast, etc...)
-Working on finishing money for THE RED ROOSTER (blow it up good).
-Trying to find the money to buy a RED ONE camera (need this thing soon).
-Working on getting CINEMANOVEL (the feature film) off the ground.
-Working on the scriptment for a DAN RICHARDSON film (hilarity shall ensue).
-Getting my liver ready for VIFF
-Reading Neuromancer.
-Deciding whether or not to fly to Montreal for an upcoming film festival.
-Sending packages off to festivals for WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD.
-Wondering how I'm going to make it to JULY before THE RED ROOSTER'S fate is known.
-Wishing I was out in the world making a film.
-Getting off this computer.

TIFF blog

TIFF blog

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD - Trailer (vimeo)

Untitled from flimTV on Vimeo.

A more reasonably sized trailer.

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD - Trailer

WHAT IS UP

DEAD MAC PRO

My computer died in the middle of editing the Red Rooster. It's a Mac Pro, and I have to say, Apple is not the best when it comes to caring about the customer. They make the coolest shit, but they don't really care once it leaves their store.

Hopefully it will be fixed in time to get The Red Rooster rough cut where it needs to be by August 18th.

UPDATED

A while back I posted a 2008 "To do" list: Here's the update:

1. visit my family.
STILL TRYING TO GET HOME FOR A HOLIDAY
2. screen "When Life Was Good" at a film festival.
TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL in Sept. NOUVEAU CINEMA IN MONTREAL in Oct.
3. complete 2 feature films (hopefully at least one with a budget).
FINISHED THE RED ROOSTER (no budget but great times!)
4. find the money for a decent HD camera.
PICKED UP THE HVX200 THANKS TO MY MOM AND SELLING SOME MUSIC EQUIPMENT. Red One next.
5. find inner peace (or at least visit it once or twice).
NOPE
6. rent an office.
STILL LOOKING FOR OFFICE SPACE TO SHARE IN VANCOUVER
7. find more time to read.
NOT AT ALL
8. find more time to walk the dogs and watch movies.
SADLY MUCH LESS TIME
9. launch some webisodic entertainment.
ADMUSE ON FILMAKA.COM
10. shoot the Strawberry Splits pilot.
MAYBE SOON?
11. more trips to Tofino with Kelly and the doggies.
I HOPE SO, MAYBE OCT
12. spend more time hanging out with friends.
A BIT, MOSTLY MAKING MOVIES.

out of touch

I've been out of touch with pretty much everybody due to everyday being a 16+ hour workday.

No end in sight.

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD is going to premiere at TIFF in Sept, and we've been invited to another film festival (details coming very soon, and we're really excited).

Still waiting on a few things for WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD, final 35mm film out, etc...

THE RED ROOSTER.

I'm working on a temp version to try and make a certain August deadline, but we'll see...It's rough, but it's THE RED ROOSTER!

Working in reels instead of scenes or the full film is very cool, and new. It makes the chunks big, yet manageable (and it makes 35mm film out a breeze which is our goal).

I think, for temp sound, go big. Not Rolling Stones big, but Lambchop big. Why not? Unless the characters are singing along with the picture on screen, you can always find something that works if you need to replace anything, if you're creative and good at your job.

I need a poster, a press kit, an EPK, a publicist, a producer's rep, and it all needs to be in place and set up by August 8th.

Sure.

Back to work.

what's next

THE RED ROOSTER

I've finished a "pretty close" picture edit, and roughed out 28 of 46 parts as far as simple production sound/dialogue is concerned.

I'm not sure if I'll use music/score, or just do some foley/walla.

I've also roughed out a trailer.

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD

Can't wait to find out when the film screens in Toronto, but it looks like the schedule isn't coming for a while yet...do I drive or do I fly...

SO MUCH work to do touching up the film, planning the trip, filling out forms, burning DVDs and CDs. Whew.

WHAT'S NEXT

I'm really excited about another guided improvisational film. I think I'll just pick the actors and work from a detailed outline again. It worked pretty well last time, and Hong Sang-Soo does it everytime...or, maybe somebody wants to pay me to make THE STRAWBERRY SPLITS. That would also be cool.

Heath's Joker was a masterpiece.

WLWG = TIFF

When Life Was Good is an official selection of the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

Thanks guys!

news

News update coming soon.

I was just looking over the "Brothers" info I've typed up over the last while. The film is now called "The Red Rooster."

We finished our last day of shooting about 20 minutes ago outside Relish in Vancouver (it's 2:07AM right now).

It's been a hell of a ride, and one of the most difficult and rewarding things I've ever attempted.

Whew.

Thanks to everybody for the magic.

We finished a week ago, but tonight was a "pickup" night.

We didn't shoot in Victoria. I did write an entire script (it wasn't an improv film or a "write it the night before" film).

We shot in Duncan, Ucluelet, Tofino, Mill Bay, Brentwood, and Vancouver.

We shot along the same route they shot Five Easy Pieces.

Join us:

Facebook Group for The Red Rooster film.

The Red Rooster group.

SHORT

Finished day one of our little short. Had a few surprises with actor's schedules, but it worked out pretty good.

Also, learning how difficult it is to work without a crew when you begin adding "things" to increase production value (pretty). Dave was awesome, however, and we got a lot of stuff done.

Need to schedule a day where everybody gets together and talks about the film, the plan, etc...also need to schedule auditions (we need to re-cast a part due to actor schedule conflict) for 2 parts.

Need to meet about production stuff, and I need to book a theatre to screen When Life Was Good in June. Whew. That's only one day of stuff (and I know I'm forgetting stuff like, find money to make the film, etc...)

RIP Sydney Pollack.

ROLLING

Shooting a short film for my "Directing for Television" class with Bobby Roth.

It's tough to take a detour from "The Red Rooster," but it's a really great chance to practice using some of the new equipment that a good friend has lent to the production. It's also nice to work with Candace, Casey, and Dave.

THE ROOSTER

Things are moving along.
It's time to start working on some behind the scenes footage and photos.
Paul, Edwina, Casey and I have been working with the actors and others to pull together the last few locations and try and dig up a few bucks, sponsors, ANYTHING to lighten the load on my Visa.

If anybody has any ideas regarding potential sponsorships or locations:

LOCATIONS
A fancy "city of glass" style high rise apartment.
A nice house.
A coffee shop.

SPONSORS
Wine.
Food.
Water.
Clothing.
Equipment.

That would be cool!

If you're interested in coming down and being a background performer on Wed. June 11th downtown Vancouver. Let us know!

info@ashleypark.net

Right on.

the name

Of course, the name of the FILM "When Life Was Good" is still "When Life Was Good". Only the title of this BLOG has changed, to reflect the films to come. They're really all Cinemanovels.

That's what we do.

Cinemanovel #1 is "THE RED ROOSTER"

Let's get started.

LOCATE
-Today we scouted Casey's house and it was good. It looks like it will work very nicely for either of the two "main" houses in the film.

SHOPPING
-My TV directing class with Bobby Roth has been great, but it's a lot of time and work away from The Rooster.
-Need to buy gels, a monitor,

ASSISTANT
-need to track down an assistant to pull focus, pull dolly, pull off some help all over the set. Somebody who wants to learn all there is to know about making a film the right way. It's about 7 days on Vancouver Island and the same in Vancouver. 15 day shoot feels about right.

ALL NEW

Okay, rather than continually change blog locations everytime I make a new film...I'm going to keep everything here.

When Life Was Good is now called CINEMANOVELS. Everything else is the same.

This is my blog about whatever is happening now, not ONLY the film "When Life Was Good."

The blog address is still whenlifewasgood.blogspot.com, because that's kind of cool.

NEWS

WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD
-waiting to screen the film for some festival folks in June
-new cut is the best yet.

YUMI IN LOVE
-working on a re-edit.



THE RED ROOSTER
-the film formerly known as Brothers is in pre-production.
-if anybody is interested in helping out physically, emotionally, and/or financially, please get in touch. We could use the help.

We're shooting for all of June.


RED ROOSTER DETAILS
-I started with a 12 page "scriptment" and I thought that would be enough.
-That turned into a 30 page "scriptment" which was definitely enough...
-Then I began to worry about the length and lack of certain details which led to...
-We just had a VERY informal table read of my 57 page SCRIPT. Yes, a proper script.
-I'm getting that 65-70 page feeling, which still leaves room for the camera to breathe and settle in around 85-90 minutes of feature film time. Ideally, I "feel" the film at 85 minutes.

The News and the Noose

There's a new site up at "filmaka.com" where they'll be posting AdMuse at some point.

I was one of the four folks chosen for the GM contest at filmaka, which is cool.

I've finished synopses for 10 more episodes of AdMuse with the hopes filmaka wants to do more. Fingers crossed.

TELE-VISION
I've been writing CRAZY amounts of television/web series comedy, and getting really into the form.

AN AGENT
I think it's time to get an agent or a manager, and I'm about to start the hunt.

THE NEW FILM
The big news is that we're shooting the new feature mid-may through june. There's just one big role left to cast, a few smaller roles, and then we're set.

LOCATIONS
If anybody reading this has a nice HOME or a MEDIUM SPACE (art gallery or party-sized establishment), please email and let us know! It's only for one day.

AUDITIONS this week.
WRITING the treatment for Telefilm.
WRITING bibles for 3 TV/Web shows.
WRITING my thesis (feature film)

I need a new computer and I'm trying to decide between a desktop and a laptop. Macs obviously, but which way to go?

news

AdMuse (web series)

The five Season One episodes for AdMuse are finished, uploaded, and awaiting final approval from filmaka.com.

Brothers (feature film)

We're not quite fully cast, but close...pre-production is in full swing. We NEED locations, a couple cast members, and a bit of luck.

Strawberry Splits (pilot)

We're hoping to begin serious pre-production in May for a late June shoot. We're still figuring out one cast member, but we're close...

School is out! Whew. One more week of serious paper marking, and then things are going to pick up in the production world. Let's make some movies.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE MORE EXCITING NEWS TO COME VERY SOON!

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repeated viewing

There are films like Husbands & Wives, Winter Light, The Passenger, Turning Gate, Last Life in the Universe, that, like a great work of literary fiction, you can return to and "re-read," finding more than you remembered each time through. Then, there are films like Napoleon Dynamite, Little Miss Sunshine, etc...that may have entertained the first time, but yield nothing upon re-visitation.

The next film we're shooting (This April) tentatively titled "Brothers" (a little nod to Woody Allen as that was his original title for Crimes & Misdemeanors") is an attempt to make a film that works like the type of novel you re-read for years. Interestingly, I think the key to making this type of film is using dialogue sparingly. Not even close to a "Cafe Lumiere" level of quiet, but a certain austere stillness in the characters, sequences and photography can be much more telling than constant literary chatter (something I find myself guilty of in my writing).

Planning is underway for an April/May shoot. I'm going to look at locations this coming week. Time to start saving some money (or making some money to save).

film lighting, a true story

A little quote to inspire the believer in "practical lighting" (from a Maysles Brothers crew guy).

TRUE STORY: I was working on a Documentary series of interviews with THE ROLLING STONES. The director was Albert Maysles, one of the Maysles brothers who had directed the famous Rolling Stones documentary "Gimme Shelter". Obviously it was quite a high-profile job and there were two lighting guys, two grips, and a 10 ton lighting truck, with generator operator. We ran heavy duty cabling from our generator in preparation for a huge lighting set-up. The D.O.P. (whose name I unfortunately forget) ended up using only ONE CHINESE LANTERN connected to a dimmer. By the end of the day we just plugged that into the wall so we could wrap out our cabling. He also used a 100 watt pepper as a Backlight because there were people filming video as well as the two 16mm cameras.

duplassed

I really can't keep making films in SD.

It's time to do the HVX thing. Good enough for the Duplass Bros. Good enough for me. (Expensive, but good enough).

http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:418678

cloverfield hvx200

I would have been shocked if most of Cloverfield hadn't been shot on an HVX200. It just makes too much sense, knowing the camera (and everything else that's out there) and having seen the film.


It looks like most of the film was shot on the HVX.

Read about it here.

It was a pretty alright monster film that had me jumping around in my seat.

It also looks like I'm going to have to take out a big loan and get a new camera, tripod, editing suite, and the rest. I wish I could wait, but now is the time.

It's time to make movies. Monday, it's time to sell everything around here that somebody wants to buy.

Shopping.

New Soo

Now, here's a guy who knows how to make a film.