27/5/13

This last weekend has been rather wild. I signed on for this 48 hour film festival where we had to film, edit and upload a 4 - 7 minute short film using a line of dialog, a prop and character all revolved around eco transport.

Day 1:
Everyone was coming together and getting equipment sorted and ready to go for the next day
I was a writer so I had to sit and write the rest of the script. That was until we had to pick up my associate writer all the way on the north side! So we set off on an ADVENTURE!
We ended up taking 2 hours and had a maccas trip. So we came back and everyone was edgy like crazy, so we set off to work on the script and the directors and stuff had numerous arguments along the way which didn't get resolved until 3 in the morning. By that time I was sleeping ready for a 5am start.

Day 2:
The alarm went off at 5 in the morning except no one seemed to care and went back to sleep to wake up at 6. Then we all woke up and had breakfast as well as other things people do in the mornings. We packed our things and were headed out towards the outlands near a beach kind of thing. Took forever but we got there in the end and began creating the set ready to film! The filming went along rather smoothly with a lot of funny bits in between. Now my blog post wouldn't be a blog post without a bit of drama now wouldn't it?
So let's say theres a guy named Jay and a girl named Sha. Her best friend Adj and some random named Bar. Jay became fond of Sha but Bar really likes her too. People suspected Adj to like Sha but they're apparently best friends. Jay is a player and has no interest in relationships but Sha didn't know that until I told her of the news. Jays last enkindlement with Jai was further evidence. However in the end Jay is leaving the course anyways and nothing with spur from it... however basic army training is 8 months and what happens at 9? oh yeah..... NOT LIKE THAT THOUGHT MOVING ON. So Adj I mentioned before drives a car and it went flat because he kept the AC on for Sha. That was quite the adventure.

Day 3:
Everyone got up a lot later and the sleep was good. Blasting air horns into peoples ears and playing twinkle twinkle little star dead space version to creep the crap out of people. Breakfast went smoothly and a deactivated gun was brought out. Seeing people with that gun in their hands made me think how much i am uncomfortable with having a gun pointed at my face XD
So we packed up, eventually got the battery charged and everything and most people went their separate ways home except for the editing team. That was when things were getting edgy again seeing as we were far behind schedule. So we got to the very very lovely home of Jenni in which was lots and lots of editing however we had to chuck together a rough version to submit unfortunately but the spirits were still high and the film was still going to be made in its entirety. So we brought out the wine glasses and drank into the night. Oh and the shower is fucking amazing and the beds were sooooo comfy it was unbelievable.

Day 4:
We awoke fresh and ready to go. The editors were wide awake going at it and eventually I attempted to make pancakes but Jennis Mum stepped in and made them. We talked business but surprisingly there was no philosophy or quotes from others. It was plain and simply business advice, personal advice, experience and a bit of personal history of the family. Everything she said was worded so well that my head was spinning.  The behind the scenes footage I captured was in the GBs. It was a crazy ride. We even skipped Tafe and as I write this am still currently in the house. In the future I may amend or write another post but this day has been full on. We did pull a few pranks and jokes though to keep us going so the positivity isn't quite dead.

EDIT: So it went off rather well. The ride to tafe was a bitch due to my deprived state. So i lead the guy the wrong way 4 times. Failed to change gears. Dropped the maccas money. Called his girlfriend babe, this other chick cute and expressed a shittonne of love to another.
Yeah. Hectic as.
So we eventually got there and had to bow our heads in disappointment at the final product not having the correct audio levels.
It was a good night overall.