I finished the rough edit of The Green Machine. Tim and I will now go through the movie, tweek various edits, add wipes/transitions, mix the sound and figure out what is going to happen on the intro and outro sequences.
Things are moving along.
Interview with Mark Tapio Kines, Director
Recently I conducted an email interview with Mark Tapio Kines, director of Claustrophobia (2003) and Foriegn Correspondents (1999) (to our female readership over at the Wheaton-club on Theology Girl and The Result of a Sleepless Night, Foreign Correspondents stars Wil).
While the interview touched on a number of topics ranging from Kine’s experiences as a director to his current work, it also cleared the water on Claustrophobia (2003), a film that I feel has not received the critical attention it deserves due to its marketing by Lions Gate Home Entertainment.
Claustrophobia tells the story of three women who are held hostage in a house by a killer with a crossbow. A suspense film with a nod to Hitchcock, unfortunately it was released by its distributor, Lions Gate Home Entertainment, as a slasher flick. This meant changing the name of the film to Serial Slayer (a truly awful name) and coming up with misleading cover art. In my mind, the result of these decisions has been the prevention of the film from reaching its intended audience.
Code of the Clapboard
This is a resource I wrote on clapboard operation. It is not by any stretch of the imagination meant to be definitive. It is is only meant to illustrate the method of clapboard operation we prefer to use on our productions. However, if you find it useful for yours, please feel free to download and refer to it.
Click here to download “Code of the Clapboard” in PDF format.
Green Machine – Update
It has been a little while since I’ve posted about the progress on The Green Machine. Things are still moving along. I just finished editing the longest scene of the movie this morning and besides a couple of sloppy edits which I’ll fix later on, it looks pretty good. It still amazes me what people who can act can do to dead words. I’ll go back to editing this evening once I get off work and try to knock out another scene.
Something connected to The Green Machine in a very roundabout way is my recent rediscovery of Dr. Syn, a series of stories written by Russell Thorndike (check Dragon’s post Thee where I’ve posted some on Thorndike and his stories). The stories loosely center (very loosely I might add) on the character of Captain Clegg, a retired pirate hiding out as a vicar named Dr. Syn. Syn and his men ride about the marshes dressed as scarecrows scaring off the King’s men (I think… to be honest I don’t know. It’s pretty hard to pay attention to a story where characters keep on talking about “rascally pirates”). It is all pretty Scooby Doo and awful to be honest. However, I really like the idea of scarecrows. Among other characters, the original Ameviathan universe was to feature two scarecrows (who knows, it one day still might). The scarecrows of the Syn-verse are pretty dark, and at least in feel suggest a very spooky vision that artists like Mark Masztal have picked up on.
Interview with the CP kid
I was interviewed today for a young lady’s research paper. Thought I’d share with you my responses; knowledge is power.
[Mr. Webb sic] When I looked at your profile on www.thecpgroup.org I was unsure of your connection to cerebral palsy. Do you have CP or do you work with individuals that have CP? In any case, I compiled a couple lists of questions so you can answer those which are appropriate:
I have cerebral palsy and I work with folks with a wide spectrum of disabilities, including CP. My CP is mild compared to most, I walk with two canes for balance and have limited range of motion in my hips, legs, and feet. My speech, vision, and hearing is not effected. My cognitive ability, although some may beg to differ, is unaffected.
Thee
Behold I am become Quirt Evans! Casually imperious in the saddle, Swinging mighty staves to batter down my foes, Fists clenched, quaking in rightous Quaker rage, Run amok in bar and bordello, Hurling cornsilk-haired hussies wrecklessly through the air. What smart tounged sneak-foot sheriff Would loan this outlaw new rope? Or What forward doe-eyed Friend dare slack His bad man's thirst for violence And divine spark enkindle?
If Ever I Had
What is this I hear going on about me? Needing to conceal that I had little hope Perhaps I was worried about what wouldn’t be Unsure if these feelings will ever know it’s not a joke I pen this looking from the outside in Delighted in revealing that thoughts can evolve Calm shadows cast by generations of souls within They would never have sought my help to solve Outcomes, solutions, conclusions, the end Later we will discover the epilogue’s brightness Now we must adapt and bend and avoid the trends Knowing that eternity will demonstrate her genius
Post-Production Edit Update
We have done a rough edit for 5 of 24 scenes. (Note: There are 26 scenes total, but the last two need to be created.)
Don’t Listen to Polar Bears
Beware of polar bears passing on ice, giving advice, to stay out of Newfoundland, cause I've never heard them talk.
Post Production: Day 4
Well, all the footage has been imported. It looks good. It’s all been labeled and sorted, and the sound has been synced. We burned 2 dvds of the footage to review. We watched those tonight. Now it is time to start editing.
Here’s a frame capture. Looking good!
