Hello Dear Readers!
Nerd 5 was able to again take part in Seattle International
Film Festival’s bimonthly Crash Cinema!
Last time Jeff went as a free agent (See the article here: http://nerdfive.blogspot.com/2013/04/tales-from-seattle-international-film.html)
but this time we came in force. Josh brought two awesome co-workers from
Seattle Children’s Theatre, Rachel LeValley and Michael Massey, to be in front
of the camera, and Jason Fortman, our awesome collaborator on Seattle Bites (see
more here: http://nerdfive.blogspot.com/2013/08/starring-justin-brown-chauncey-trask.html),
joined us to lend his expertise behind the lens.
The Day Looked
Like This:
9 am – Meet at
SIFF in Seattle Center
9:30 am – Get five
prompts from a hat
9:30 – 10:30 am
– Break the story with the entire group
10:30-11 am –
Write a movie!
11 am – 12 pm –
Hastily gather props/costumes and zoom back to Jeff and Josh’s apartment
12:30 pm – 3 pm
– Shoot the &$@% thing before time runs out!
3 pm – Curse ourselves
for taking too long shooting as Jeff and Jason sit down to edit, one working
from the beginning and the other from the end until they meet in the middle.
4:35 pm – Render
the combined cut while the rest of the team piles into the car.
4:45 pm –
Still rendering! Call SIFF to beg for more time with no answer.
4:50 pm – Grab
the rest of the gear and drive to Seattle Center as fast as possible while
making discs on the way.
5:11 pm –
Arrive at Seattle Center (LATE for the deadline) and sprint to the SIFF offices
while the car circles the block for parking.
5:15 pm – Slam
a (sweat covered) disc with the final movie file down onto the table in front
of the (unpaid) intern and gasp an apology that sounds like “I…. blughhhh….
Here, ughh. Phooo! Please…” Luckily he speaks out-of-breath-filmmaker and nods
understandingly.
6 pm – Team Awesome
watches their movie (along with 10 other entries and an audience of 200) on the
big screen!
It was a great day, and Crash Cinema continues to be a fantastic
shot of creative adrenaline. We love this program and would recommend it to
anyone else who wants to feel the thrill of watching their own work on the
cinema screen. Cheers to SIFF for their many educational programs and we’ll be
back again soon.
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| Rachael LeValley as Clones Number 1-4. |
Please check out our film, a farce about family and cloning
here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d4lZWvd2s0&feature=share&list=PLYnR9vjfv9HO64lhrmZ2oJEi4Hht1fwLD
along with 10 other films made that day by other teams, using the same five prompts!
REMEMBER: All of
these films were made in 8 hours, with no way to plan ahead or anticipate what
they would require. Nothing but good friends, a lot of caffeine, and the challenge
of getting SOMETHING on screen.
The Prompts Were:
Genre-Sci Fi
Dialogue-"Goats are amazing"
Action-Uncontrollable crying
Character Name Referenced- Mr. E
Prop-Record Album
Enjoy!
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