Ok, this blog is a supplement to our new newsletter which makes it's first appearence next week. I'm sure most of you reading this thought this film was dead in the water maybe a year ago. Well blow me. Doing shit proper just takes a long time. We've all contributed to the making of a very fine film.
And so to reward everybody for their patience we've posted the first miniscene from THE BOOK OF CALEB.
Some of you may recognize it's similarity the short film TIME CAPSULE, which was a thesis film from FSU and it was played EXTENSIVLY in getting this feature made.
It's funny cause at the time we made the short I thought it was frigg'n awesome (like 4 years ago), but then I was watching it with the composer and wanted to puke.
Check out the news page. it's actually different. Yes, we actually have news past "Post production starts at shooters post and transfer 4/12/06". Kevin Colahan, our fine new web designer has taken the reigns so more updates are sure to come.
You can also check out some music score samples from our composer, Mr. John Jennings Boyd. No, that is really his full name , and no, he is not an assassian. He's just very proud of his middle name. Just like Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wilkes Booth, and James Earl Ray and I'm sure an entire slew of completely SANE individuals.
Just to give you a taste of how sane Boyd is, listen to the last part of the music cue posted on the website. This song came out of his head.
Apr 1, 2007
What Kind of Movie IS this?
OK, so behold the first footage.
This clip will make more sense when you actually see the film, but just to set the record straight early. YES, he actually is throwing up all over himself in this take, and NO, he wasn't supposed to. In fact, he wasn't even supposed to be in the movie, let alone this particular scene. Strange ideas enter your head though when it's 4:30 in the morning and you are 6 hours behind schedule. So a guy you went to high school shows up on the set drunk and depressed from a horrid 21-20 Eagles Monday night loss at the hands of the hated Dallas Cowboys.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20051114021
He starts harassing the crew, chugging hard ciders, cursing and demanding a ride home cause set was "boring"
What would you do?
I decided to put him on the roof of our elementary school location, and let him do whatever he wanted for one take. The scene was chaotic as hell anyhow. Very close to being an unusable disaster. I figured we could use it for something.
There was no time for rehearsal. He kept threatening to jump off the roof and taunting the other actors calling them "a bunch of pussies" and how he was going to "leave it all on the field" once the cameras started rolling.
Everybody was rolling their eyes.
I remember the gaffer going in for a light reading and he swatted the meter away angirly and said something like:
"Don't light that side, that's my GAY side!"
Then we started to roll. One take. No time. A lot of pissed off people. This is what I call our "Gettysburg shot". It was going to make or break the climax of the film, This one pivotal scene that had undergone so many rewrites that night I wasn't even sure if we would have a movie after the sun came up. I'll remember the night the rest of my life as the night we caught lightning in a bottle.
I believe he honored his word and "left it all on the field".
MM
This clip will make more sense when you actually see the film, but just to set the record straight early. YES, he actually is throwing up all over himself in this take, and NO, he wasn't supposed to. In fact, he wasn't even supposed to be in the movie, let alone this particular scene. Strange ideas enter your head though when it's 4:30 in the morning and you are 6 hours behind schedule. So a guy you went to high school shows up on the set drunk and depressed from a horrid 21-20 Eagles Monday night loss at the hands of the hated Dallas Cowboys.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap?gid=20051114021
He starts harassing the crew, chugging hard ciders, cursing and demanding a ride home cause set was "boring"
What would you do?
I decided to put him on the roof of our elementary school location, and let him do whatever he wanted for one take. The scene was chaotic as hell anyhow. Very close to being an unusable disaster. I figured we could use it for something.
There was no time for rehearsal. He kept threatening to jump off the roof and taunting the other actors calling them "a bunch of pussies" and how he was going to "leave it all on the field" once the cameras started rolling.
Everybody was rolling their eyes.
I remember the gaffer going in for a light reading and he swatted the meter away angirly and said something like:
"Don't light that side, that's my GAY side!"
Then we started to roll. One take. No time. A lot of pissed off people. This is what I call our "Gettysburg shot". It was going to make or break the climax of the film, This one pivotal scene that had undergone so many rewrites that night I wasn't even sure if we would have a movie after the sun came up. I'll remember the night the rest of my life as the night we caught lightning in a bottle.
I believe he honored his word and "left it all on the field".
MM
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