BREAKING INTO HOLLYWOOD WITH A SELF-FUNDED SHORT FILM? IMPOSSIBLE!!
It’s in the can! Here are some shots from the 2nd weekend’s filming.
1000 bonus points for anyone who guesses who the Academy Award winner is in one of the stills below…
Next, it’s onto postproduction…
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- Mike (Craig Hall) awaits his verdict
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- L-R: Milton Justice, Elizabeth Hawthorne and Lisa Chappell
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- Dan Wagner, DP and I look at the monitor
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- Craig Hall with Mike Saccente (actor and teacher of Meisner Technique)
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- Simone (Lynette Forday) comforts Mike (Craig Hall)
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- Luckily we’d finished filming this actress by this point in the shoot…
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- Narelle Ahrens rehearses her “fall from a balcony” for our “stuntette”
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- “Excuse me, we’re trying to shoot a movie here…”
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- One of several publicity stills with Lisa Chappell and Craig Hall
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- Dan acts like a DP and camera op, Roko Babich, gives someone off-screen the fingers
And the Oscar goes to…. (went to) MILTON JUSTICE!!! For producing the documentary “Down and Out in America” in 1986. See: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090965/
[...] If you’re in Auckland, come check it out on the big screen: Date: Monday, June 28, 2010 Time: 8:00pm – 9:00pm Location: The Academy Cinema Street: Auckland Central Library Bldg, 44 Lorne Street City: Auckland … Description: An independently-funded short film, ‘Be Careful…’ is my directing debut. It’s a cautionary modern fable starring Craig Hall and Lisa Chappell, Lynette Forday and Narelle Ahrens. (Cameos from Mike Edward, Michael Saccente, Elizabeth Hawthorne & Milton Justice.) 8pm drinks; 8.30 screening. 13 minutes long. Stay for another drink after. For cast, crew, friends, family, & industry. Get there early to ensure a seat! A koha/donation (gold coin or orange bank note…) to cover costs would be hugely appreciated. “Ticket holders” will go into draw for wine from Cable Bay, vodka from 26000 and other goodies. If you can’t make it but are interested, here’s the URL for the relevant website page. There’s a link at the bottom of the page to the shooting script in pdf: http://shootfirst-productions.com/projects/be-careful-short-film/ And here are some stills: http://shootfirst-productions.com/2009/03/23/2-days-down-2-to-go/ and http://shootfirst-productions.com/2009/04/09/photos-from-the-2nd-weekend/ [...]