First Teaser Trailor!!!!

So here it is! I warn you, however, that this is very rough. We don't have one of the logos and Freese is spelled wrong. Also, the image is too compressed and had to be squeezed into the full frame format. However, I hope you enjoy!

Screen Shot #2

Here is screen shot #2. This is from the last scene of the film, where the main character is outside looking in on this event taking place in his house. I am playing Ben, Allison's boyfriend, and I am sitting next to Mary. This is the moment where Drew said that Mary made him fall in love with her and then broke his heart.

The last 2 days

Okay, so what, I didn't get to write a blog for either of the last two days. You win.

Day four was the longest, most draining day of the shoot. We didn't get done until 2:30 am, but we got some amazing acting from Mark and some really good looking shots of the neighborhood at night. Day five wasn't as bad, we had to get the last main street shot and we had to get the bedroom stuff. we were done by 7:00 and then we all got drunk.

This movie wouldn't have gotten done as smoothly without danielle as producer. She, flat out, did the work of like 6 or 7 people. She was the person that fixed EVERY problem.

The whole crew was hard working, efficient and amazing. We had a lot of fun, and even though it was a long week, I am sad that it is over. Production was a blast and I'd work with everyone from it again and again.



So, from now on, this blog is about post production updates and links. Here is the first screenshot from the film. We have an image!



Check back often. Hopefully we'll have screen shots, production stills and other things like that!

Day 3 is complete

Today was the third day of shooting, and we had scheduled the largest dialog scene of the film. The scene takes place in BJ Roasters --a local chicken restaurant in Millville--between the two main characters.

The weather called for rain until 2 and then windy conditions after that. The problem was that we also had a scene that was to take place outside of the restaurant. So, after much stress about trying to get out of the restaurant on time, and after more breathtaking performances from the actors, and after Drew working his ass off to the brink of passing out, we got the indoor scene done and the rain finished just in time for the rain to stop. We got everything we needed at BJ Roasters!

Mary wrapped today. The set is going to be very different without her because she was always ready to lend a hand on crew when she wasn't on camera. Mary was incredible. I knew the minute she auditioned she was Allison; the character I had written came to life instantly. It was magic.

After we wrapped for the day -- fifteen minutes ahead of schedule -- we took the night off and got some much needed rest. We had a huge group dinner with lasagna, meatballs and even some birthday cake for Fry! Yes, apparently it was Fry's birthday today. He didn't tell us until this morning. I'm pretty sure he forgot about the whole thing.

We had a nice crew Wii party and called it a night. Tomorrow is going to be a long day but at least we had a nice afternoon to just have some fun.

If every crew was like this one every movie set would be an amazing place. We are only two days away from wrap and I'm not so sure how to feel about it. I am going to be relieved when the shooting is done, but I really am going to miss this crew.


Good night.

What a day.

We tried the impossible today. We tried to film the entire first scene before it got dark and the entire last scene before it rained. Mary leaves on tuesday so we needed to do this; and tensions were high for a lot of the day. We were fighting the clock so we had to move fast, and our lack of crew meant that everybody, especially Drew and Fry had to work extra hard.

With all that said, everybody did a fantastic job and we got nearly everything we needed. We only need to pick up 5 shots on Monday night.

Mark and Mary are amazing. Because of everybody running around so much, they both have to hold boom or slate every once in a while. They are amazingly professional and consistent. It seems like if we get the behind the camera stuff right, we have a usable take. I can't say enough about these two; it seems like they've known each other for 15 years. In one crucial shot today, to summarize how wonderful Mary is doing, Drew said, "in 11 seconds, Mary just made me fall in love withe her and than she broke my heart."

I have a feeling this movie is going to get a person or two to squirt a tear, even if that person is just me and my dad. Speaking of my Dad, this movie wouldn't be running nearly as smooth without him.

Danielle is the only non film person on our set. Being a journalism major, this is her first attempt at production but she is absolutely they best producer I could ever want.

This set is a wonderful place; People come to me all the time to talk about how much they love the rest of the crew.



Check in tomorrow.

First day is (almost) done!

We are approaching 9:00 pm and our first day of shooting has one scene left. As of right now, Drew and Fry are setting up the scene where our main character approaches his love interest.

The day has gone great up to this point. We had a hectic schedule and surprisingly we never fell beyond one hour behind, despite the fact that all of the crew we had on canceled at the last minute. Actually, a minimal crew is working out great, it allows for easier transitions from shot to shot and the only one who really has to do a lot more work is Drew (who is most definitely the hardest working person on set.)

Tomorrow is the hardest day of the shoot, and if we can fit it all in then it is all down hill from there and we are on our way to a nice Christmas break.

Well then, off to rehearse with Mark and Mary, who KILLED the last scene of between them today. Mark is fantastic and Mary is unsurprisingly awesome. She literally gave me goosebumps in one take today. I am not exaggerating by any means.

Hope to check back in tomorrow. Don't be surprised if the blog just says, "ajhdfakl;sfd;af" from now on because I probably passed out on the key board.

A Witness Carol: The First Blog

This blog is starting a little late. I wrote the script almost a year ago now and pre-production has been well under way for 6 months. We have the actors set: Mark Brewin is playing Raymond and Mary Sharples is playing Allison. We have a great crew with Andrew Shankweiler as DP, Danielle Wells as Producer, John Stecker as Audio Director, and Ryan Sun as AD. We have locations (almost, we're still only 90% sure we have a video store), the only thing we have left is props...which are almost all ready to go.

We shoot on Friday, Dec 14. This Friday is the day that all of this preparation comes to fruition and hopefully in five uneventful days our shoot will be over. My goal with this blog is to update you with (almost) daily blogs on how the shoot is going.

So, hopefully this is a pretty boring blog, with posts like, "Well, we got everything we needed today, early, AND the rain held off!"

So, sit back, enjoy, and hopefully we're going to be able to show you a pretty good movie when this is all done.