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Thoughts on the 48 Hour Film Project
After successful completion of the 2011 48 hour Film Project in New York City, the members of Killer Goose took time to reflect on the experience. You can view the trailer for our entry, “Redistribution,” HERE.
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Filmmaker Focus: Writing “Feed A” and Exclusive Set Construction Video
Every filmmaker is influenced by other filmmakers, regardless of whether they know it or not. Little inklings of cinematography, dialogue, color palettes, and action styles constantly find their way into your film even if you don’t realize you are doing it. After working through multiple Killer Goose Productions, it was my turn to grab the reigns. I had such a great time working on “White Lighter”, which was a collaborative effort, “The Call”, Daniel O. Linke’s debut, and Dale DeVino’s “Dead for Life”, that I knew I was ready to take a stab at sitting in the director’s chair.
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The State of Cinema: Summer Blockbusters and How I Moved On
Since the dawn of cinema way back when, in a time where people would challenge each other to duels, cats had more rights than women, and people didn’t have cell phones (GASP!), films were made with passion and heart, stories were more character driven, art films flourished, and directors had no use of digital effects so they used their actors to their full potential. This was all fine and dandy until 1975 came. I’ll give you a few clues to what changed cinema: 1. Amity Island 2. Brody 3. A giant great white shark. Ok you got it; we’re talking about “Jaws” here and I’m not going to lie: it’s a great movie, it won a bunch of awards and helped instill fear of the ocean for many people (myself included). But as scary as “Jaws” was, what was scarier was how it almost singlehandedly changed people’s perspective of going to the movie theatre. Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” cost $8,000,000 to make and had a worldwide box office total of over $470,000,000. With these figures in hand, you can see why film producers realized they stumbled on something huge; it was called the “summer popcorn movie” and it changed cinema as a result.
Nuts N’ Bolts: Lighting & Illumination with Scott Wyllie
I can still remember showing up for my first day on set of Darren Aranofsky’s “The Wrestler”. Looking at the lighting equipment truck I thought I could hear a choir of angels calling to me with a trailer filled with lights both small and large, weak and powerful. Each lighting instrument used to a specific end to either expose something to the audience, or to keep it hidden. When it was my turn to do the lighting instead of just carrying equipment the impressive array of lights I used for “The Wrestler” were no where to be found. This is the independent lighting designers ultimate test; lighting an entire movie with about 5 lights or less.
The Producer’s Desk: Producing & Problem Solving on, “The Call.”
Producers Aaron Garfinkel & Dale DeVino reflect on the first & very problematic day of shooting, “The Call.”
Aaron Garfinkel:
It happened at 6:24a.m. I picked up Kutcha, who was playing Agen Gil, on the east side of Manhattan ten minutes before the incident occurred. There was no Cthulu or Cloverfield monster involved although Manhattan was eerily quiet. Kutcha and I crammed his props and costume in the backseat. We were on our way to Jersey. I made a left on 6thAve and got in the middle left lane. The nervousness and excitement hit me; I didn’t want anything to go wrong. I put my left signal on and began to turn toward the Lincoln tunnel. Bam!
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Filmmaker Focus: Writing with a Budget
Exec Producer Dale DeVino had recently brought up the idea that we should start getting a little more personal with our films and projects on the website. Showing the fans and other indy filmmakers the process of getting a picture on the screen from start to finish. Luckily, he caught me at the perfect time, as cameras roll on my short film and directorial debut “Feed A” this September. Unfortunately, I can’t give away many plot details, as I would ruin any surprises that are in store for our faithful viewers. However, I would like to give a little insight into what a lot of filmmakers and fans never get to hear: conceptualizing the film under an extremely small budget.