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Up to REELEDinNo Budget Movie in Cork, Ireland
The plan of a movie is the script. I have my 85 pages of magic completed. The script is in the vain of Millennium (the TV Series (Season 2)). Basically, it is the serial killer/investigation plot with a few twists for fun. Having No budget means the script can only do things that require no money so loads of fun ideas I had were abandoned. What remains is still fun but I have limited myself to only two gun battles. Without a production company or even much of a crew for that matter there is no one to censor any of the remaining maddness in the script. This freedom is the only advantage i have over Hollywood. I should add one caveat, irish people have their own ways of doing things so there are limits to what I can persuade local acting talent to do which means my movie can only secure a 15's rating, that's all.
The next piece of the puzzle is equipment. My arsenal includes a DVX100A Camcorder, a Redrock M2 lens adapter, three lens 24mm, 50mm, 85mm, a Ventin tripod, a shotgun mic and finally, my Apple Powerbook G4 with Final Cut Pro software. Also, rather cheaply I have struck a deal to rent a four piece lighting kit. The approach I intend to employ is a Cinema Verita style one. This suits my lack of crew, limited budget and need for speed. Cinema Verita literally means Cinema of truth. You shoot the movie like a documentary. Loads of handheld shots and loads of natural lights.
No movie is complete without people. Talking props as they are called appear regularly in movies and some of them get paid loads of money too. In my movie the cattle are not getting paid. At the moment I have about ten actors and two crew. People wise things are going well.
I'll continue this tomorrow. Locations, storyboarding and the first scene. I intend to start next week.
Online video: Buying fresh gear
What new equipment is everyone looking to purchase? Lately we've been checking out the site EventDV.net. It's geared toward event videographers, but has an equipment section that lists tons of gear for sale.
Also, here's another TurnHere video for y'all. This one was filmed in the Panamanian jungle. Enjoy!
Daily Reel Comedy: The Next Big Thing?
The explosion of online comedy videos is relatively recent, but there's already a long line of success stories - particularly when it comes to comedy groups, who seem to be particularly appealing to the Hollywood crowd. First, the boys at Lonely Island took the Net by storm and parlayed it into Saturday Night Live gigs and upcoming movies. The next wave featured Human Giant and the Whitest Kids U Know taking their sketch acts to MTV and FUSE. So, the question now is, who will be the next comedy group to explode into the mainstream media on the heels of internet stardom?
One likely contender is the boys in Blerds (who just created a Daily Reel profile as well), a collective of Chicago comedians and a filmmaker who have taken the web by storm over the past few months. The crew has been featured on just about every video site around, collecting well over a million views for their work - much of which features a unique presentation of their standup material that acts as kind of a mashup of standup and sketch comedy.
The next step for the group is the development of some episodic online series (we hear that deals are currently in the works) as they set the table for what they hope will eventually be a transition to television and/or film projects. Here's a sample Blerds clip if you want to see what all the fuss is about...
Daily Reel Comedy: The Best of Chicago Comedy Shorts
Online video: Shooting in Japan
TurnHere has shot travel videos all over the world. Here's one we created in Roppongi, Japan, one of the hottest nightlife spots in Tokyo.
Looking for videographers for book video production
TurnHere is pioneering video production for the publishing industry. We create video docs about authors and their latest books for the website www.bookvideos.tv, and we're always interested in meeting filmmakers who would like to participate on projects like these. Watch this TurnHere video about bestselling author Marianne Wiggins. Click here to contact TurnHere and join our international filmmaker network.
Daily Reel Comedy: The Next Big Thing?
For anybody on the lookout for the next big thing in the comedy world, here's more than a few names to keep an eye on - the roster of comedians who made it into this year's Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. You can find links to their individual websites on the Just For Laughs Myspace page.
Masters:
Ian Edwards
Jim Short
Pete Correale
Robert Rothstein
Megan Mooney
Maria Bamford
Joe Matarese
New Faces:
Matt Braunger
Lucas Molandes
Sheng Wang
Nikki Glaser
Geoff Keith
Hugh Moore
Mike E. Winfield
Tom Segura
Julia Lillis
Pat Candaras
Amy Schumer
Julian McCullough
Kurt Metzger
James Patterson
Matt McCarthy
Tommy Johnagin
Filmmakers wanted
TurnHere is a global Internet video production company seeking talented filmmakers to create short, compelling videos for clients. Visit www.turnhere.com to learn more about what we do. If you'd like to apply to join our international filmmaker network, please fill out our form at: http://admin.turnhere.com/entryForm.php
Thanks!
Daily Reel Comedy: Allow myself to introduce...myself
Hey Comedy peoples…
Welcome to the brand spankin’ new Daily Reel Comedy crew blog. This crew has been created for all of you who make funny videos – or at least try to. I’ll be your host and you can look forward to hearing from me just about every day on the latest and greatest in the world of online comedy videos as well as tricks of the trade and other assorted nonsense.
To kick things off, I guess I should tell you a little about myself. In addition to my new responsibilities as the Daily Reel’s comedy kingpin, I am the “brains” behind WhipItOutComedy.com – a site that regularly features some of the funniest videos on the web every single day (except for the days where we feel lazy).
I’m also a partner in Take The Stairs Productions, a production/management company that produces movies, TV, online series, live comedy tours, and manages comedians.
Anyway, I hope to make this crew blog a daily must-read for comedy content creators (and buyers) so in order to do that, I’d love to hear from some of you about the kinds of things you’d like to see blogged about. Feel free to leave a comment or shoot me a message to let me know what you’d like to see more or less of as we get going. Thx!
