Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Filming and editing
Filming was long and tiresome, but successful with a few breaks. Didn't really have any problems with the shoot, which was good. It helped to refer to the rehearsal footage as a did the final shoot to help move things along. Personally, I think the film is quite humorous. The attack scene was the hardest to shoot, but it is my favorite part. Now I look on to my final edit and getting this thing wrapped up. I can't wait to be finished. It's been a lot of hard work.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Rehearsal Notes
Rehearsing went pretty smoothly. I felt very comfortable just working with my camera and getting ideas out my head for once with out worrying about equipment. Moving the pumpkin around without hands and fingers being seen wasn't too hard. I need to buy some of those long, yellow dish-washing gloves for the pumpkin to use as its own hands. At the end of the shoot, the hand-held camera approach worked out effectively b/c it need a lot of point of view shots towards the end. The slashing scene is pretty chaotic so it all worked out with hand held. My actor was in reality freaked out by a knife being jabbed towards her, so I think her fear will appear valid in the final piece. For that scene, I'm thinking about how I will do the sound. I will record sound as I film, yet I may have to record extra sound for when it comes time to edit screams and such. I need to find a way to make fake blood and create a fake cut on my actor's face. While filming the carving of the pumpkin scene, I noticed that pumpkin juice oozes from a cut to its flesh. I really want to get a neat shot of that in my film. After rehearsal, I already know where I want my lights to be. Even without the lighting and with a crappy camera, the footage looked really interesting the way it was lit. I will definitely be referring to this rehearsal footage as a storyboard and guide for my final shoot. I had a lot of fun rehearsing, and I'm looking forward to the final shoot.
Bill Plympton
"The Bill Plympton Show" was awesome. It was the most inspiring and interesting lecture I've ever been to.
I learned that cheap, short, and funny is good as it is good to "keep it simple."
Plympton grew up in Portland, Oregon.
He moved to New York City and became an illustrator.
He learned how to think up ideas fast and draw fast.
In 1985 he directed and drew his first animated film Boomtown, a blend of humor and draftsmanship.
His work was a big hit and he made big hits on MTV and all over the world.
He tried live action films but they flopped horribly.
I am interested in his style, the simplification, and the extreme angles he uses in his animation. As Plympton stated, I believe animation is the greatest art form there is because in animation you have total freedom and no limitations. "You gotta have the passion. You gotta have the love for it," says Plympton.
I know I do.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Pre-production
1. Script -- girl draws jack-o-lantern designs in her room, she carves a pumpkin the takes a shower, pumpkin becomes possesed and attack girl in the shower, the girl fights back and tears the pumpkin to shreads. girl then goes to bed and pumpkin's glove-hands creep under the door with a knife.
a. Actor(s): One 19 yr old female, one pumpkin
b. Scenes: Opening bedroom scene, pumpkin carving scene, posessesed pumpkin scene,
shower/attack scene, final scene in bedroom
c. Location: Dormitory: bedroom, kitchen, hallway, shower
d. Stunts/special effects: fake blood and wound
e. Special Costumes and Makeup: fake blood, real pumpkin guts, yellow dish-washing gloves, casual wear outfit
f. Props: gloves, knives, pumpkin, spoon, towel, garbage bag
3. Location Scout: sound quality is good, power and light sources are good
4. Confirm Locations – same as last shooting
6.Days to shoot: 1-2 days (friday, saturday)
a. Actor(s): One 19 yr old female, one pumpkin
b. Scenes: Opening bedroom scene, pumpkin carving scene, posessesed pumpkin scene,
shower/attack scene, final scene in bedroom
c. Location: Dormitory: bedroom, kitchen, hallway, shower
d. Stunts/special effects: fake blood and wound
e. Special Costumes and Makeup: fake blood, real pumpkin guts, yellow dish-washing gloves, casual wear outfit
f. Props: gloves, knives, pumpkin, spoon, towel, garbage bag
3. Location Scout: sound quality is good, power and light sources are good
4. Confirm Locations – same as last shooting
6.Days to shoot: 1-2 days (friday, saturday)
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Genre, Logline, and Synopsis
The genre of this film is Comical Horror because the situation the character faces is horrific, yet comical to the audience.
Logline: A possessed and revengeful jack-o-lantern avenges a student, preventing her to fulfill her simple intentions.
Synopsis: October 31, 2009, in a cold, dark, quiet dormitory, one college student is unaware of the resentment the most popular Halloween icon holds against her.
In the spirit of the holiday, as the artist she is, the student sketches out jack-o-lantern designs one after another in her bedroom, as the hatred of the carved pumpkin in the kitchen intensifies. Tired of sketching, the student leaves her cozy bedroom to satisfy her hunger in the kitchen, where the resentful jack-o-lantern prepares to take its revenge.
When the pumpkin catches the student off guard in the kitchen, it casts its magical wrath upon her, preventing her to fulfill her simple intention to eat. Driven by the fear of this revengeful pumpkin's powers, the victimized student flees for safety. During her attempt to escape, the student is wounded at the hand of her avenger.
Once she gets away from the jack-o-lantern's terror, the terrified student believes to have found safety in her warm, cozy bedroom even though she is unaware of the pumpkin's evil wrath that crawls beneath her bedroom door.
Logline: A possessed and revengeful jack-o-lantern avenges a student, preventing her to fulfill her simple intentions.
Synopsis: October 31, 2009, in a cold, dark, quiet dormitory, one college student is unaware of the resentment the most popular Halloween icon holds against her.
In the spirit of the holiday, as the artist she is, the student sketches out jack-o-lantern designs one after another in her bedroom, as the hatred of the carved pumpkin in the kitchen intensifies. Tired of sketching, the student leaves her cozy bedroom to satisfy her hunger in the kitchen, where the resentful jack-o-lantern prepares to take its revenge.
When the pumpkin catches the student off guard in the kitchen, it casts its magical wrath upon her, preventing her to fulfill her simple intention to eat. Driven by the fear of this revengeful pumpkin's powers, the victimized student flees for safety. During her attempt to escape, the student is wounded at the hand of her avenger.
Once she gets away from the jack-o-lantern's terror, the terrified student believes to have found safety in her warm, cozy bedroom even though she is unaware of the pumpkin's evil wrath that crawls beneath her bedroom door.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Dealer's Choice: Script Breakdown
A girl is shown drawing jack-o-lantern designs in her bedroom.
The girl then leaves her cozy bedroom for the dark hallways towards the kitchen to make a sandwich.
A carved pumpkin is shown on the kitchen counter with gloves and carving tools beside it.
While the girl's back is turned, the gloves begin to move and the pumpkin turns and faces her.
Before the girl turns around, the objects stop moving and the girl becomes puzzled, but doesn't seem to worry too much.
The girl then takes her sandwich the the living room and she sits on the sofa.
Before she grabs the remote, she gets up to get her self a drink in the kitchen.
When she returns to the living room, she sees that the remote has been moved to the other side of the sofa.
As she goes to grab the remote, the T.V. turns on itself without the girl even touching the remote or the television.
The girl tries to scan through the channels, but they are all fuzzy.
She then goes over to the T.V. to check the cable connection, which is loosened. As she fixes the connection to the cable, the carved pumpkin turns and stares at the girl without her noticing.
The girl sits down to eat and watch T.V.
As she is enjoying a meal and entertainment, she catches the pumpkin's movement out of the corner of her eye, turns and is started to see the pumpkin staring at her and crawling gloves.
The whole kitchen begins to break out into paranormal activity, with every appliance going crazy.
The girl throws her sandwich and dashes for her bedroom out of fear and closes and locks the her door behind her.
As she runs to her bedroom, the girl trips on the creeping gloves on the floor and cuts her faces with one of the carving tools randomly placed on the floor.
The girl now finds herself feeling safe in her bedroom, not knowing that the creepy gloves are crawling under her door.
The girl then leaves her cozy bedroom for the dark hallways towards the kitchen to make a sandwich.
A carved pumpkin is shown on the kitchen counter with gloves and carving tools beside it.
While the girl's back is turned, the gloves begin to move and the pumpkin turns and faces her.
Before the girl turns around, the objects stop moving and the girl becomes puzzled, but doesn't seem to worry too much.
The girl then takes her sandwich the the living room and she sits on the sofa.
Before she grabs the remote, she gets up to get her self a drink in the kitchen.
When she returns to the living room, she sees that the remote has been moved to the other side of the sofa.
As she goes to grab the remote, the T.V. turns on itself without the girl even touching the remote or the television.
The girl tries to scan through the channels, but they are all fuzzy.
She then goes over to the T.V. to check the cable connection, which is loosened. As she fixes the connection to the cable, the carved pumpkin turns and stares at the girl without her noticing.
The girl sits down to eat and watch T.V.
As she is enjoying a meal and entertainment, she catches the pumpkin's movement out of the corner of her eye, turns and is started to see the pumpkin staring at her and crawling gloves.
The whole kitchen begins to break out into paranormal activity, with every appliance going crazy.
The girl throws her sandwich and dashes for her bedroom out of fear and closes and locks the her door behind her.
As she runs to her bedroom, the girl trips on the creeping gloves on the floor and cuts her faces with one of the carving tools randomly placed on the floor.
The girl now finds herself feeling safe in her bedroom, not knowing that the creepy gloves are crawling under her door.
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