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How Film School Dropout Ryan Lightbourn Shot a Feature on a RED SCARLET, BMPCC, & 5D Mark III
Director Ryan Lightbourn dropped out of film school and decided to strike out on his own, making films and music videos with gear he bought himself. Having just recently finished his first feature film Sleepwalkers, Ryan decided to let us behind the scenes, explaining his process as he made his film using an array of different types of gear, including the RED SCARLET, the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera, and the 5D Mark III.
This is a guest post by Ryan Lightbourn.
In December 2008, I decided to drop out of film school, buy some gear, make a fake demo reel by exploiting college buddies in my backyard, and call myself a film director. I wanted to make feature films, but was almost instantly sucked into the world of music videos as it's one of the quickest and easiest bread and butter paths for struggling filmmakers.
For whatever reason, I procrastinated on my first feature. Whether it was due to investors demanding I sign their questionable contracts, or because I felt I needed to improve my skillset as a narrative director, I waited. Earlier this year, I was quickly approaching 30 with a baby on the way. Kids are expensive, and dwindling music industry budgets aren't going to provide my offspring with the life I'd like them to live.
With Spielberg predicting the death of the Blockbuster (at least the Blockbuster as we know it), an Exodus of Hollywood in progression, technology being more affordable than ever, and on-demand services streaming more independent films than one person could ever possibly watch in a lifetime, I felt it was a crucial time to make my first feature-length film. Thanks to generation DSLR, "film director" is becoming about as common a career path as "retail salesperson", and over time, unless you're the next Hitchcock or Tarantino, I believe market saturation will make it increasingly more difficult to make your mark on the world. I had to act fast.
I didn't have much of a budget, but I made a movie anyway. Below you can read about some of the methods used to create an ambitious script on an extremely modest budget and schedule. Take everything with a grain of salt; what worked for a dark comedy action/horror flick may not do the same for an ancient Roman period piece or political drama.
It was August 2013. My wife was 6 months pregnant, and without a full screenplay, I had to knock my movie out before the end of the year. With some camera gear and a budget of $30,000 secured, I assembled a team of home-grown producers who've shown outstanding qualities on previous productions:
Aviva Christie; boss for hire -- Aviva scheduled the entire shoot, made sure we had every single prop/costume/location/actor/extra/crew member secured in advance. She dotted all 'i's and crossed all 't's. She corresponded with all talent and crew, so that my phone and email didn't explode with calls and questions. Without her, Sleepwalkers would have made Shark Attack 3 look like Citizen Kane.
Tim Story; "MacGyver" -- Give Tim Story a toothpick and a spork and he'll build you a c-stand. In the past, he's saved me hundreds of dollars by repairing gear (which would usually get tossed in the trash) live on-set. He's a "Florida-boy" who knows the woods like the back of his hand, and always comes packing (literally …he carries a 9mm in a brown-paper lunch bag when we shoot in untamed territory). He also comes with an armament of DIY sliders, lighting equipment, stands, audio equipment, and pretty much anything that I don't own as a D.P./director.
Jesse Fox -- I've worked with Jesse on many, many music videos, and he knows my style and my vision. Whenever I'm lost in the D.P. frame of mind (checking my focus/exposure/framing), he'll peek into my monitor and point out something that an actor or background extra is doing wrong. Like Tim, he's also a "Florida-boy", and has a strong knack for hunting down obscure locations and props.
Could I have made the movie without one of these three? Sure, but without the foundation they provided, the final product surely would have suffered. I tried the one-man-film crew thing with my 2011 short film Roid Rage. While the short had an extremely successful festival run (mainly due to the ludicrous concept; down on his luck guy who happens to have a flesh-craving monster dwelling in his colon), I felt that too many corners were cut. It was sloppy. Choose your producers wisely. Find people who will manage and supervise your talent/crew, your props, and your sets so that you can focus on the creative tasks.
The Script
"Love what you do and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. You do what you want, what you love. Imagination should be the center of your life." - Ray Bradbury
I have no clue who Ray Bradbury is, but I Googled "love what you do quotes" and that one sounded pretty good. Either way it's my strong belief, at least for your first film that you make something you're passionate about. I went into Sleepwalkers knowing that it'll unlikely to be a masterpiece. I just wanted to make something as entertaining as possible for the time/money on hand. In that regard, there's no doubt we succeeded. (See Peter Jackson's Bad Taste for an example of self-indulgent, first-feature, nonsensical, inspiring entertainment.)
Make something that you'd actually buy on Blu-ray, or pay to see in a theater. 95% of the music videos I've directed see significantly more praise and positive feedback when the artist has given me most, if not total creative control. If you try to direct someone else's vision, things can get lost in translation. It's the reason everyone trashes films which are based on books. Book fans will have their own personal vision, then when they see something which is even slightly different to their own interpretation, they hate it (also see "reboot"). If the story is yours in the first place, no one can argue whether or not your interpretation did the text justice.
Side note: If "Two Girls One Cup" is your idea of a good time, you should probably consider somebody else to pen your screenplay.
I love dark comedy , I love horror, and I love action movies, so I combined the three. I wrote a script about a group of kids who venture out into the woods for a weekend and encounter flesh-eating, vampire demons from hell, which they have to fend off with the help of a local and an escaped convict. Very straight forward; influences include Evil Dead II, The Hills Have Eyes, Predator, and From Dusk Till Dawn.
I wrote most of the characters based on actors I've worked with in the past. Actors who were hard-working and generally had a good disposition on set. By hiring somebody new, you're always taking a risk. You never know when an actor will have a lucky stroke of acting genius in their audition tape, an attitude problem, or a complete lack of reliability. I was fortunate that my principal cast was extremely reliable and had a great disposition throughout the production despite our limited budget, grueling hours, and hot, insect-infested locations.
Since most of the actors were already lined up, we only had a few roles to fill. Backstage and a paid Craigslist ad filled my Sleepwalkers inbox almost instantly. Don't use your real email address. There are a lot of pestering actors and crazies on Craigslist who don't take rejection well.
The Location
To maximize production value, I decided to write the script around a location that would be cheap and unrestricted. The locations I've shot at in the past which allow maximum carnage are junkyards and forests. You can spray gallons of blood wherever you want, run around with (airsoft) assault rifles, and have your actors scream bloody murder.
Tim discovered a remote, four bedroom cabin in the middle of the Wekiva Springs State Park, and we instantly knew it was our home base for Sleepwalkers. The cabin housed out-of-town actors, acted as an air-conditioned charging and eating station, and was used as the primary location for our script. 90% of our production took place at or around the cabin.
To Pay or Not to Pay
We chose to pay everybody. This used up around 70% of our budget, but talent and crew deserve to be paid and fed for their hard work. If we were working with a budget of 15k or less, we'd probably be forced to consider a few favors and freebies, but we felt the production would be a faster and smoother operation if everyone involved knew they were getting a paycheck at the end of the day. Sorry awesome-explosion-to-be used-as-the-last-shot-in-the-trailer -- we'll include you on the next film.
Production consisted of 12 days with actors, and a half-day with Tim and myself for establishing shots/b-roll. I've DP'd features with shorter schedules, but nothing requiring this level of SPFX, far-out locations, and 100% unrehearsed scenes. Eight of those days were back to back. With the majority of our 12+ hour shoot days taking place smack in the middle of a steaming hot state park (with an hour drive at the start and end of each day), we knew going in, that this would be hell.
To wrap up a 95 page script on such a tight schedule, we had to toss most "by the books" filmmaking methods out the window. I mostly shot with strange Frankenrigs made from parts and accessories which I had lying around the house. Every day, my SCARLET had at least one clothes pin clipped to it for whatever reason. There was no point wasting budget on fancy looking gear -- no client was on set to question or criticize our rigs.
Every second counted, so I chose to forgo a shoulder mount and simply jammed the 19mm rods from my SCARLET bridge plate into my shoulder for added stability. It only takes a matter of seconds when switching back and forth from a quick-release shoulder pad to sticks, but skipping the shoulder pad over the course of 12 days added up. It was uncomfortable, but meant extra takes and extra angles, which in many cases made our scenes slightly better. I switch lenses constantly, so skipped a follow focus and matte box for the same reason. When we needed a matte box, our A.D. stepped just out of frame to block any unwanted spill.
We shot some scenes in a cave at a mini-golf course. Time was of the essence and we couldn't afford a second camera operator to shoot wides and close-ups at the same time. So I mounted a Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera with a 14mm Panasonic pancake lens to my RED SCARLET for those scenes. The SCARLET, with a 50mm lens, would equal roughly 80mm full frame. The Pocket was our wide, which was roughly 40mm in full frame terms. Since the S16 crop of the Pocket was the wide end, you barely notice the difference in depth-of-field aesthetic between the two cameras. We also did this for a couple of action shots.
A Glidecam4000HD was always sitting on the side, balanced, with a 5D Mark III or Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera. I'd jump on that for quick, stylish looking establishing or tracking shots. Depending on the subject matter, you can usually make your scenes feel 'bigger budget' by adding a quick dolly, jib, or steadicam shot to lure your audience into the scene.
That was one of my biggest regrets with Roid Rage; too many scenes started out handheld or on sticks and made it feel sitcom-ish. I simply didn't have the time, or didn't remember to pull off those tricks because I was crew and producer-less. The Glidecam pre-rigged with a 5D3 or BMPCC added no extra time to the shoot, whereas the SCARLET on Glidecam typically takes me 15 mins to re-rig and balance, then another 10 mins to break down (it also requires a vest/arm for longer takes -- unless you're ripped like Carrot Top).
By the last two or three nights, I was so delirious from lack of sleep that those days are a mere blur in the back of my mind. We had a couple of spells where talent and crew were so cooked, we had no clue what was going on. We would all erupt in laughter for no reason whatsoever. As a director, I was mentally exhausted. As a DP, I was physically exhausted. My body was running on coffee and instinct, but I didn't care. The thought of finally completing the biggest stepping stone of my career kept me awake.
Luckily, Aviva's mind was always crystal clear, so she'd shove carrots or grapes into my mouth anytime she saw a trail of drool dangling from the bottom of my chin. For some odd reason, that would always snap me back into a lucid state of mind.
Here's a rundown of the pros/cons of our cameras (pertaining strictly to our shoot).
Red SCARLET
The SCARLET has been my workhorse for about a year now. I also owned a RED ONE MX (which I bought during the Battle-Tested Nov. '12 offer), but sold it off because I prefer the smaller form factor and modular design of the SCARLET. For my needs, that drastically outweighs the ability to shoot 4.5K WS and 2K 120 fps.
With the MX sensor, you typically get the best image at ISO 800. In my DSLR days, I used to cheat lighting by scrolling through ISOs, so when switching to RED, I had to reteach myself how to light scenes. My images simply look better now than they did a year ago, regardless of the camera I'm using. The second you think to yourself, "so THAT'S what I light meter is for!", you've probably graduated from 'street videographer' to 'director of photography'.
- 5K 12fps (used for some establishing shots/b-roll)
- Best image quality of the 3
- Best dynamic range of the 3
- HDRx mode for even higher levels of DR
- 3K WS 60fps available as of Oct. 2013
- Poor low light performance
- Too heavy for our ProAm jib and the Glidecam 4000HD (required re-rigging which we didn't have time for)
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera
This is the camera I was most excited about shooting on. In my opinion, this is the most groundbreaking tool to be released since the 5D Mark II. The quality you get for the size and cost of Blackmagic cameras is unbeatable.
Whether you want to accept it or not, the Pocket is like looking into a crystal ball of the future. Some filmmakers will gasp at that claim, but modular is the future; think of the Sony F900 as Duplo, the RED ONE MX as Lego, and the RED DRAGON Carbon-Fiber version as Technic. The smaller and lighter these cameras become, the more modular they become. Slap on a $99 Wooden Camera cage or better, and the Pocket mounts to pretty much anything, anywhere. You have a form factor with infinite possibilities. In the pro-camera future, you'll be buying a small, lightweight box with a sensor, then whichever lens mount and add-ons suit your shooting style. You're already doing this with RED/Sony F5/55, they're just in the process of becoming smaller and lighter.
Imagine the things you'll be able to do when a DRAGON-esque sensor is placed into a BMPCC sized-body. The days of strapping on a clunky steadicam vest and sled will die out thanks to smaller camera bodies and rigs such as the MōVI or Defy G5.
After a few weeks of casual shooting on the Pocket, it honestly makes my 5D Mark III feel unnecessarily bulky and outdated (I understand photographers typically prefer a mirror, and possibly the larger form factor, but I strongly believe videographers will trend toward mirrorless models once they equal the higher end DSLRs).
- Small form factor (you can literally put this camera anywhere, especially with a 14mm Panasonic pancake lens)
- Best low light performance of the 3
- Great dynamic range, even in low light
- Cheap batteries
- MFT mount increases your lens options
- No overcranking
- S16 crop factor means wider depth of field (we didn't have a Noktor lens or Metabones Speedbooster to compensate)
- Raw footage tough to work with in post
Canon 5D Mark III
I wouldn't have even considered the 5D3 until Magic Lantern turned it into an entirely new camera. In a 1080p timeline, it looks extremely similar to downscaled 4k from the MX sensor (link). The dynamic range and sharpness have improved immensely over the H264 footage, and you can shoot beautiful, raw 60 fps at high ISOs.
The only downside is the massive storage requirements.
- Small form factor
- Decent low light performance
- Great raw 60p (excellent in low light)
- Amazing stills (didn't affect our movie, but it was nice to have for BTS)
- Worst dynamic range of the bunch (although still not bad in Raw mode)
- Raw footage tough to work with in post (see post-production)
GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition
All of our aerials were shot by Tom Hirschmann for Flyby Aerial Productions using a custom-built multirotor.
At 2.7K with the Raw picture profile, the GoPro looked great blended with SCARLET footage in a 1080p timeline.
Many of our scenes took place in extremely isolated woods. We were smack in the middle of nowhere, with no generator. To light these scenes, we used 2.5 Bescor LED-500K lights with MM-7NC Starved Electrolyte Batteries (2.5 because half of the LEDs died on one panel).
The MM-7NC batteries look like mini car batteries, and lasted a good while. Just to be safe, I ordered 5 of them before the shoot commenced and we never ran out of power. We always had a runner to charge whichever batteries weren't being used. Since they have car cigarette-lighter adapters, you can buy AC converters and charge cell phones, laptops, RedVolts, etc. I'll be bringing these along to all of my shoots down the road.
The Bescor lights claim to project at 6500K. I'm not sure what the real color temperature was, but they definitely have a slight green cast which needs to be taken care of. As long as you use them exclusively with other Bescor LEDs of the same temperature and white balance your shots properly, you're in the clear. They're dimmable and come with removable diffusion, which I'd recommend leaving on. The main problems we had with these, are that they're very cheaply built, and without barn doors. I would recommend these as a starter LED kit, but nothing more. I'll likely upgrade before my next feature.
In the daytime, we mostly used natural light with a reflector, bounce, or one of Tim's homemade reflectors to fill the actor's faces.
For daytime interiors, we replaced all practical bulb sockets with 5000K fluorescent lights for fill. I also used a Lowell DV Creator tungsten kit, diffused and with CTB gels on occasion.
If you're making a genre film requiring heavy SPFX, go practical if you can afford it. If not, cut away from as much gore/make-up as possible. Make it visceral with sound, cutaways, and reaction shots. Be forewarned, if any bad After Effects gore shows up in your trailer, your horror or action film will be instantly shunned.
Other Gear
Tiffen 77mm Black Pro-Mist filters
I used these for all 4k shots. They give the image a slight, organic softness, and add a nice, filmic halation to highlights. I used ¼ on 35-120mm, 1/8 on anything 25mm and below. Black Pro-Mist have tiny black specs on the filter, which prevent highlight bloom from spreading into your shadows. I also used the 1/8 on a couple of Pocket/5D3 shots to bloom my highlights.
Formatt Hot Mirror NDs
Used on the SCARLET to reduce IR pollution in bright daylight. Non-hot mirror NDs above a 0.6 project a nasty pink cast over the SCARLET image.
Glidecam 4000HD
I mounted a quick release plate to the top and used it for quick BMPCC and 5D3 "steadicam" shots. This was extremely lightweight; no brace or vest necessary.
SmallHD DP4
I own this instead of a RedTouch. I travel frequently and prefer something compact. SCARLET shows it's own waveforms, but for the 5D3/BMPCC I'd recommend something with proper, built-in exposure tools.
Post Production
If you're a broke filmmaker considering an upgrade to raw and/or 4K, and have even the slightest knowledge of digging into a BIOS, build a Hackintosh. It's a no-brainer. Don't listen to the folks on forums warning against them; their knowledge is from 5-6 years ago. I've had no hiccups at all since I built mine a year ago. You can put together something as powerful as a 12-core Mac Pro for under $2k. The best part is that you can drop $500-1000 at the end of each year to drastically upgrade your monster.
If you're worried about your clients' opinion when they sit in on an edit, slap one of these onto a slick-looking tower and tell them it's a special edition:
For my 5D Mark III raw footage, I've been using the GingerHDR plug-in* which runs about $150 and cuts the .RAW files directly. I simply swap them out for CDNG conversions once I move into my color correction software (After Effects or Resolve).
*I cannot play the 5D3 .RAW files in real-time with GingerHDR and Premiere Creative Cloud, even at 1/4 res. For this reason I've kept an install of Premiere CS6.
What's Next?
At the time of this article, numerous production companies have reached out to me expressing interest in Sleepwalkers. They haven't seen the film yet, so this interest is based solely off the trailer. That means it's my duty in post-production to make Sleepwalkers a better movie than the trailer portrays, so that interested parties receive a pleasant surprise when they sit down with a screener of the film.
My ultimate goal is to follow M. Night Shyamalan's career in reverse; to get significantly better with each film. I did this with music videos, short films and commercials. There's no reason I can't with movies. Despite it's popularity, the VOD world is lacking heavily in quality content. I want to create a film studio which pumps out two watchable, entertaining genre films per year; the genres I personally love: action, horror, and sci-fi. I don't need to make millions of dollars. I just want to do what I love while affording a decent life for my wife, Shih Tzus and soon-to-be son.
Will Sleepwalkers be the next El Mariachi? No. The days of the rebel without a crew and inconceivable micro-budget film are long over. There are thousands of El Mariachi's out there now, some shitty, some great. What matters is whether or not we have something that leaves a mark on our viewers, and something that shows major potential from a group of new, daring filmmakers. That, I hope we achieved.
Don't hesitate to make your first feature. If you're working on a shoestring budget like we were, the film you create will most likely be an altered beast of your original intended vision. Sleepwalkers is an example of this, however, I'll never make another film the same way after shooting it. There are things I'll reuse, things I'll do differently, and things I'll never do again with my future productions. Whether you can scrounge together $2,500 from sperm bank donations or $80,000,000 by becoming the next Heisenberg, just go out there and make something that fits your budget. Good luck.
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Odd that he decided to opt for a Hackingtosh when he's using Adobe software to edit. Then again, I guess if you're used to that workflow then it's a no-brainer, though I've never looked back switching to Windows again for my post-production workflow.
December 6, 2013
Are you using Windows exclusively? I'll be using a lot of Logic Pro X to score...and I love Compressor. I also prefer the OSX interface over any version of Windows.
I considered a Windows boot drive (I have a hot swap 3.5" drive bay in my case), but just haven't found the need for it yet...everything I do which demands Windows runs ok in VMWare Fusion. For some reason, I feel less like I'm doing 'work' when using a Mac. I guess it's a subjective decision.
December 6, 2013
Love the article. It feels like 20 years and how Peter Jackson stretched everything piece of gear he had to make Dead Alive. Using a Scarlet, Pocket Camera and a 5D is realistic for the independent filmmaker (and reasonable to own all 3) for raw filmmaking.
Can you do a follow-up article on post-production? Handling the assets? Thanks for an inspiring article!
December 6, 2013
Hi Sathya,
Post has been pretty simple;
I'm editing in 1080p Premiere sequences:
Redcode files are scaled to 1080p
ProRes cut directly from Pocket, 5D3
.RAW cut as-is using GingerHDR
When grading I'll swap the 5D3 .RAW files with CDNG conversions (i'll use XML exports for Davinci, and/or a simple "replace with After Effects composition" for AE). I use a mix of Davinci & AE. After grading I'll export everything as 1080p ProRes HQ for my master.
I also recently tried FilmConvert...I like it a lot and may run it over my entire film.
December 6, 2013
Are you editing and doing color correction yourself? The color grade looks great. I've had situations in the past where all my money is gone by post and I wish I had more. How are you dealing with that?
December 6, 2013
Thanks Nate,
I'm doing all of the cutting/color/fx myself.
I'll do the first pass of audio (choosing tracks, foley, ambience, etc), but I'll have somebody else do the final mixing.
It does save a fortune to do most of the post work. It also saves a lot of time, because I don't need to slate during production, and I don't need to look at editor's notes when cutting the film.
December 7, 2013
This is a fantastic article Ryan, and congratulations on both your film and child! I'm not much of a narrative shooter as I've been focusing more on weddings recently but I fully agree with your about mirrorless cameras. I've been using a T3i for about 2 years and am having a tough time convincing myself to stay with traditional DSLRs.
December 6, 2013
Awesome article, very inspirational. I am on the eve of shooting my first short here at film school, so your advice comes a great time. Congrats on the Sleepwalkers and your child.
December 6, 2013
Fantastic, can we make this a weekly feature. Independent directors talking about the making of their first films.
December 6, 2013
Ryan: thanks for taking the time to document and re-live the project with us in detail. Very helpful indeed. Blessings on you and yours this season and in the years ahead!
December 6, 2013
Wonderful article.
I'm curious that you say the BMPCC was better in low light than the 5d MK2? That's surpising and might change an idea I had for shooting something in the next couple of weeks. Would you say the BMPCC is better/equal in low light to the 5d MK3?
All the best, the trailer looks smashing.
December 6, 2013
Correct, and vs. the 5D3 the Pocket was a clear winner in testing.
Here's a quick example (one of my tests) -both raw, 180 shutter...not real world footage, but shows how much cleaner the Pocket was in the shadows):
December 6, 2013
Really? No idea who Ray Bradbury is? He's like the godfather of science fiction. Maybe even more so than Philip K. Dick. Read a book.
That said, great article. Really interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing so much of the process with us. Only 30k and you were able to pay your crew. Pretty impressive.
December 6, 2013
Good article. Any insight on Ryan's distribution plans would also be fascinating.
December 6, 2013
What were the types of lenses you were using other than the pancake? Specifically on the 5d ?
December 6, 2013
This is probably the best NFS article of the past two years. THIS yes THIS is the kind of material we should see more often on NFS. Very inspiring and educational.
December 6, 2013
Ryan, can you share which lenses you used for MK3 and BMPCC throughout the production?
December 6, 2013
Hi Jed, I mostly used the Zeiss 25mm 2.8 & Nikon 35mm 1.4 (manual version) on the 5D3. I used the Tokina 11-16 on it once (@16mm) for a low angle shot.
With the Pocket I strictly used the Pancake + Nikon 35mm 1.4.
Pocket & 5D3 were generally used for wides (flying on Glidecam, mounted to Scarlet [Pocket], or in tight spaces).
December 6, 2013
Maybe I overlooked it, but I am curious how the $30,000 was acquired. I did like the blurb at the end of "....scrounge together $2,500 from sperm bank donations" lol.
If you want to do it, you'll find a way.
December 6, 2013
Thanks for posting this. The film looks good! And the article was very insightful and inspiring. Please post more like this!
December 6, 2013
I also want to give you props for paying your cast and crew. I hope to do the same when I make my films. Can you tell us how many people total the cast and crew consisted of? Thanks!
December 6, 2013
Informative and inspiring. I've been so hesitant with my first feature being perfect I've been tempted to make a fun horror movie to get myself ready.
December 6, 2013
Nice breakdown! Ryan, what CF card did you use for your 5D for shooting RAW? How much time did it get you? What was the longest you were able to consistently record while shooting RAW on the 5D? Love your work!
December 6, 2013
"My ultimate goal is to follow M. Night Shyamalan's career in reverse; to get significantly better with each film" LOL
December 6, 2013
I would say it looks like a great tip of the hat to the titles you mentioned, also Cabin Fever feels reminiscent.
Can't wait to see it.
December 6, 2013
Nice one Ryan, your journey's very similar to mine, just had a kid, done tons of music vids and it as just time to go do it. We shot a low budget horror in 12 days like you and I know that feeling of being so shagged you have no idea what's going on anymore. We also went from no script to first slate in six months, just shows it can be done if you're realistic about what you can actually afford and deliver for the money. Trailer looks great, can't wait to see the full film.
Have you read Roger Corman's book 'how I made a hundred movies and never lost a dime?' They were shooting films in three days, writing scripts overnight and reusing everything they could find from old sets. Sounds like the model you're proposing! It's how guys Ike Francis ford Coppola, Lucas, Ron Howard and Nima Cameron got their starts. Completely crazy but what you learn by doing something like sleepwalkers is completely invaluable.
December 6, 2013
Thanks Robin, I just ordered the book on Amazon...sounds like a fun read.
Not sure if you remember me...but we emailed (or maybe it was Vimeo messages) a while back about our Bahamas videos.
BTW DOG looks fantastic. I'm super jealous of your art direction & cinematography. When do you hit the festivals? Hopefully we'll run into each other in person!
December 6, 2013
Haha, yes indeed, how funny! Definitely man, I'm sure Gez and. I will be over in the states very soon, he's as go smacked about bow you did this as I am. I wouldn't dare shoot my films myself, the burden of being director was enough for me, Oliver Kember shot Dog and Benedict Spence shot AFTERDEATH. Good guys both of them.
Feature films.... They kill you but I really don't want to work on anything else now, bet you feel the same.
December 7, 2013
Joseph Kahn said some stuff like this to me and my classmates. Camera doesn't matter, what matters is what you do with it, and having quality people work with you. Film school can help with finding people, but now with the Internet, you really don't need it.
December 6, 2013
Great article!
only frustration is every time you do one of these first time feature maker articles, they always gloss over where the money came from. Since that is the biggest hurdle for a lot of folks, it's a glaring omission. Getting ppl together and 'just doing' it is the easy part.
It would be cool if you put together an article from indy filmmakers focused on where their financing came from.
December 6, 2013
Relatives, friends, and people in non-glamorous professions. It won't let me post the links, but look up these two titles in Google.
"How did you finance Napoleon Dynamite? - Interviewing Hollywood"
December 6, 2013
Seems like a bad idea taking money from friends and family, realistically they may as well flush it down the drain. It seems kind of selfish and morally wrong too. I'm sure every family, friend/non glamorous person has a dream they can't afford too, why should they pay for yours?
December 6, 2013
I can understand your feelings, but there would be a lot fewer successful directors we all love, if they thought that way.
December 6, 2013
If you're completely unestablished, have nothing to show for yourself, and have an overly ambitious script, then yes it's probably selfish to pocket money from friends & family members for your project.
Our money came from two family members and a long time friend who had a hell of a lot of faith in our team, plus (currently) around $4,500 of my own money. I don't see anything wrong with it; My last short "Roid Rage" had an extremely successful film festival run in 2011/12. I'd just lost all potential funds & interest for the feature length version because a film with an identical plot was released by a major production company (the writer's film screened with Roid Rage in our Hollyshorts '11 screening block...so no coincidence in the similarity). I'm not trying to sound like a pretentious douche, because I truly hate braggers, but my work has been featured on Showtime, MTV, BET, Perezhilton.com, HGTV, kanyewest.com, and more.
In Jan. I was offered a contract to write/direct a $250k feature, but the catch was a 50/50 partnership with the financier (with no termination clause). They would have taken 50% of my stock footage royalties, 50% of any future gigs for my regulars, and 50% of any gig I had secured at the time. It may have been a foot in the door, but I'd much prefer to shoot a $30k movie (where I have full creative control) and remain a free agent.
If I didn't have the 30k, I would have written a less ambitious script, sold my Scarlet, sold my 5D3, most of my lenses, and shot the movie on the Pocket. I would have probably taken the dreaded found footage route & shot in the woods with 3 or 4 actors, but I would add some sort of innovative twist to spice up the overused genre. You can just "go out and do it:". The woods are free. Many actors & aspiring young filmmakers will work for free if they believe in the project.
Until his last film (which he had an investor), my filmmaker friend Banks Helfrich raised donations via friends and family once a year for his projects. He used PayPal and his social network accounts. He sets a goal, then makes the film with whatever he receives. He did it for 3 years straight until the investor finally jumped onboard.
A last note about the family/friends thing; my brother bought me the first camera I'd ever owned as a business school graduation present - a Panasonic HDC-SD1. Without that, I would have never become a filmmaker.
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Every Monday I hope to provide you with the important TV information for this city's sports teams that we cover. Here's a look at this week's TV schedule. This week's highlighted game is Saturday's matchup between the Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs. The Rockets have played the Los Angeles Clippers twice but have yet to play the elite in the West, the Spurs. Saturday's matchup will be a nice test to see how the Rockets compare to the NBA's elite. Here is the rest of the schedule for the upcoming week.
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Season came to an end on Saturday
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Really glad you appreciated it on so many levels! Its always scary for more inexperienced artists like myself to put their work out into the world- particularly greatly personal and experimental projects- so when I get fan mail like this it is very rewarding. So thanks!
Going to try to upload my now completed 50 page comic "In The Eyes of a Three-Sided Sun" tonight. If not then check back tomorrow.
So, still working on the comic. As you might imagine, it is very close to completion. Today something very odd happened while I was working on it.
The comic has a lot of weird collage elements to it. At this moment I am working on a page with a playing card as one of its panels. For no real reason, I guess. You can pretend its symbolic of something though.
Anyway, at one point in the story one character gives another character a twenty dollar bill. I thought it would be cool to photocopy in an actual 20 dollar bill as part of the art.
Now, some people would call this counterfeiting, but you should know that the bill was going to be printed in black and white, on typing paper. One-sided, too. Really, nobody would ever fall for this even if I did try to use it for nefarious purposes. I scanned it in without a second thought.
Then the weird thing happened.
The printer started to print out the page with the bill on it. The scanned page also had the aforementioned playing card on it to save time and paper. It printed out the card part, but when it got to the twenty it suddenly canceled the job.
I tried again. It canceled the job immediately. My ink levels were fine. I took the twenty off and it started working again. I put the twenty on and it stopped.
I assume this is an anti counterfeit measure?? It's creepy that they can detect that stuff… Anyway, if any currency actually appears in the comic now, it will probably have to be my actual money. Expect a high mark up.
Uhh it's gonna be 45 pages.
Not 35.
So it'll take some more time.
Really quick- just wanted everyone to know that I have made WICKED LOTS OF PROGRESS on that really big comic since that last preview I posted. I'm just restraining myself from posting any more pictures of said progress because of spoilers. It will be out here for 2013, I can promise you guys that. (EDIT: this turned out to be a blatant lie.) Hopefully worth the wait. It looks like its going to be 35+ pages long!


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By: Rick Boxx
June 14, 2013
Amy Sherman, author of "Kingdom Calling," said at a conference that anyone can make a difference in their workplace.
Bob was a new graduate hired by a large accounting firm. This firm was seeking people interested in serving on a charitable giving committee.
Because of his eagerness to serve, and the staff's low interest in the committee, Bob seized the opportunity and was elected chairman of the committee. He began inspiring the firm and advancing community causes.
Due to Bob's leadership, the firm became known for their teamwork and community spirit.
Titus 2:6 teaches, "Urge the young men to be sensible; in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds."
Serving on a committee that few wanted was a sensible way for Bob to make a difference.
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Budd Davisson's Model A"All the nuts and bolts are the same," says Budd Davisson. "Flying is just hot rodding with a third dimension added."
Today Budd is a top aviation writer and photographer who has flown nearly every interesting aircraft in existence and an accomplished novelist as well. But as a teenager in the '50s, he did some of his first flying on the ground-with a Flathead V-8-powered Model A roadster he built himself, starting the project when he was just 15. When he took to the skies his hot rod remained behind, stowed away in the family workshop for over four decades. Now after all these years he has revisited his rod and is prepping it for a return flight, using many of the very same tools that he first used to construct it, including a picking hammer he's owned since he was 12. For Budd, growing up in rural Nebraska in the '50s, tools and machines were part of daily life. "First you learned how to walk, then you learned how to weld, then you learned how to talk," he remembers. Budd bought the tube front axle ('37 Ford V8-60) at a junkyard for $1.50, then took it home wired to the handlebars of his bicycle. Speed parts for the roadster were purchased at Bill Smith's shop in Lincoln, back when Speedy Bill was barely more than a boy himself. The seats in Budd's car are aircraft surplus from a BT-13 Vultee trainer, while he fabricated the header pipes from bedsteads.
"I found among other things, when I started the rebuilding process, that I was an unbelievably crude craftsman when a teenager," Budd writes. "For one thing, it looked as if I didn't own a drill, because every hole was cut with a torch." So this latest project on the roadster might be considered equal parts restoration and completion-putting everything right this time around. The souped-up flathead V-8 stays along with the Ford V-8 driveline, and the body will remain channeled, as it was when Budd first built the low-slung flyer. All the rod's original character will be carefully preserved when the car makes its re-debut, which should be any day now, Budd hopes. To read the full saga of the roadster, told as only Budd can, or to check out his novels and aviation stories, visit his Web site at www. airbum.com. -Bill McGuire
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Getting sister birthday wishes just right is not the easiest thing to do, even if you and your sister are the best of friends. It's even harder if the two of you can never get along with each other.
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A sister, despite the arguments you may have with her, is your ally for life. Older sisters can be your best supporters, mentors and friends. Younger sisters, who can instantly become your protégés, can also be your best friends. No matter how you look at them, sisters are pretty special. Your sister birthday wishes should be special, too!
On your sister's birthday, make her feel wonderful with original sister birthday wishes.
Each and every day, I find so many reasons to be glad — no, ecstatic — you're my sister. I love everything about you. Happy birthday, sis!
Happy birthday to the best, finest, greatest, coolest, grooviest and bodacious sister ever born...anywhere in this whole wide world
Sis, you have a bigger heart than anyone I know. It's so big that you love me no matter what, despite my all-too-frequent not-so-nice side and few-and-far-between nice side. I love you for that. Happy birthday!
Despite our arguments and our differences, you are still the most important person in my life. Happy birthday, sis!
Sis, I love you more than you can ever imagine. In fact, take how much you think I love you, double this amount and multiply by 1,000. On your birthday, multiply this amount by 1,000,000. Happy (to the power of 10) birthday!
Every day, I just pinch myself…because I'm so lucky to have the nicest, happiest, smartest, funniest and most supportive sister as my best friend.
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It's so wonderful to know that you're not only my sister (and a great one at that) but also my best friend in good and bad times…when I really you. I got your back, too. Have an incredible birthday!
Even though we argue with each other, yell at each other and irritate each other, I consider you my BFF through thick and thin. I love you, sis! You're the greatest! Happy birthday!
A better sister I could never find. Really. Happy birthday, sis!
Sisters are supposed to be bossy, vain and that
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Happy birthday, sis!
Sis, I thought I would never have to say, let alone put in writing for all to see, these words...You're amazing. Have a birthday as amazing as you!
P.S. If you ever show this message to anyone, I'll deny it!
Definition of a sister: A person who knows you inside and out and still thinks the world of you. Yep, that sounds like you. Thank goodness you're my sister. Happy birthday, sis!
I think somebody's ready to celebrate her birthday in a big way! I think that person is you, sis! Let's party like there's no tomorrow, since today is your special day. Happy birthday to the coolest sister alive!
A sister like you is the reason my childhood was so full of happy memories and so much fun. Thank you for all these great memories. Thank you for all the fun moments. Happy birthday, sis!
Let's celebrate your special day by promising each other that we'll always look out for one another, no matter what. Happy birthday, sis!
It's so easy for me to wish you a lifetime of joy, wonder and prosperity. It's easy because I only want the best for you...on your birthday and every day!
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Last weekend on public television I saw a fantastic biography about Pete Seeger, the influential folk singer and activist. Throughout, Seeger stressed his desire to sing with people, not to people — motivating music as a collaborative endeavor. This sentiment is echoed in the accessible book, This is Your Brain on Music, which points out that music as "performance" by people on a stage to other


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This was a delicious soup we enjoyed over the weekend. Serving Size: 4 Ingredients: 1 lb. (Read more...)
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Touch point of sale of the iPad, "POS" screen combines the best experiences of online shopping outlets, brick and mortar, managing customer relationships and unique expertise of consultants detail. The CIO of Urban Outfitters, Calvin Hollinger said during an analysts that the retailer had bought his last checkout and only buy Apple iPads with POS meeting. The IOC said that the Apple iPad POS costs only one-fifth as much as a computerized cash register that "could be turned on a pivot to the customer that their personal data may enter and use it as a gift registry and so on." The iPad POS can be parked at a fixed location, several fixed locations or transported by an employee of detail in the store.
The cost of a cash register and peripherals ranges $ 300-1000, while the cost is $ 300-500 a cost wireless Apple iPad. The least expensive option is to download to a smartphone and buy the POS application a portable reader for free and pay a provider of merchant card charged 1-3 percent each scan credit card. IPad POS technology can even allow retailers brick and mortar to a low level of stocks or strategy to take "demo" on par with the retail cost on the bottom line. The main advantage of the iPad POS is that the device is mobile, optimizes space and provides access to real-time data stored in the cloud, and product information on the Internet. More specifically, the iPad POS provides:
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[W]e live in a sexually liberal society, not a liberated one. A truly liberated society is one where sex is value-neutral and not having sex is just as acceptable as having a lot of it.
The fact that asexuals are considered weird, sick, abnormal, mentally ill, repressed, etc is a bold indicator that we are not living in a sexually liberated society but in a liberalized one."


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There is a corny saying that college football coaches like to use that goes something like this: "They remember what you did in November."
The first weekend of November features a light slate of big games, another marquee matchup in Atlantic Coast Conference that could get ugly and a Big Ten rivalry that has been turned upside down in recent years.
Five things to know about in Week 10 of the college football season.
SUNSHINE STATE BEATDOWN? Miami-Florida State games bring back a rush of great college football memories. Wide Right. Wide Left. Games filled with future NFL players and Heisman Trophy winners. This latest matchup of the Hurricanes and Seminoles will be the first since 2003 in which both teams are ranked in the top 10 deep into the season. But while it's clearly the most interesting game of the weekend in terms of rankings (Florida State is No. 3 and Miami is No. 7) and brand names, that 21½-point spread hints that another Seminoles' blowout similar to the 51-14 beating it put on Clemson is very possible in a matchup of a good team (Miami) versus an elite team (Florida State).
LITTLE BROTHER: In 2007, after Michigan beat Michigan State for the sixth straight time, Wolverines star tailback Mike Hart referred to the Spartans as the little brother of the rivalry. Well, the little brother has grown up and has been taking it to big bro lately. The Spartans ripped off four straight victories after that 2007 game, matching Michigan State's longest winning streak in a long-running series that has mostly been dominated by Michigan (68-32-5). Michigan snapped that streak last year with a 12-10 victory. Expect something similar this season. Michigan State's defense is one of the best in the nation and both teams have offensive issues.
RESTING AND GETTING READY: There are only 14 games, including Thursday night's matchup between No. 25 Arizona State at Washington State, involving ranked teams this week, the fewest of any week so far this season. Why? Well, the calendar broke in a way that put an extra week in the college football season this year and it's allowed some teams to have as many as three open dates. Plenty of top teams are taking advantage of that by getting a little extra rest before huge games next week. On Thursday, Nov. 7, No. 2 Oregon is at No. 6 Stanford and No. 5 Baylor hosts No. 13 Oklahoma. Then on Nov. 9, No. 1 Alabama faces No. 11 LSU.
LAS VEGAS BOWLING: Among the 17 FBS teams that can reach six wins this week is UNLV (5-3). The Rebels host Mountain West Conference rival San Jose State (4-3). A victory makes UNLV bowl-eligible. The Rebels haven't played in a postseason game since the 2000 Las Vegas Bowl.
ARMY GROUNDING AIR FORCE: Since 1989, Army has beaten Air Force just three times, including last season's 41-21 victory at West point, N.Y. The Cadets (3-5) are trying to make it two straight against the struggling Falcons (1-7) in Colorado on Saturday. Army's last winning streak against Air Force came when it won three straight from 1976-78. The Falcons, already assured of their first consecutive losing seasons under seventh-year coach Troy Calhoun, haven't started a season this poorly since going 0-8 in 1979. Their first victory that season came against Army.
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Okay, I made a Flappy Bird clone. Press space not to die.
Okay, I made a Flappy Bird clone. Press space not to die.
A quick proof of concept boss fight. Obviously, graphics are not final. Controls: WASD to move and SPACE to jump
Here's a quick peak at a game I'm working on. It's a short developer level with many different platforming elements, including crumbling floors, ladders, spike pits, physics pushers, long jumping sections and precision jumping sections all designed to test the feel of the control system.
Controls: WASD to move and SPACE to jump
I started working on this game for the CandyJam, created in response to King.com's trademarking of the word "Candy" and "Saga".
However, 14 days after the deadline it's still not quite done. I still wanted to show it off though.
The game is designed to be very hard. The character is supposed to control like Sonic the hedgehog (without the rolling or attacking) but in a difficulty level that wouldn't look out of place in Super Meat Boy. As such the difficulty level multiplies.
And yes, it can be done Deathless. You'll need to find the secrets, and work out the proper sequence to gather the power beans, but it can be done.
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Just a quick shot of our galaxy last night; it's amazing how much more the photo brings out than you can see in person. Hill to the right is a drift we've named "MAPO Mountain".
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Chip was about to call out for Misty again (who knows what that girl got up to whilst Chip was at work), when she felt the comforting hands of her longtime girlfriend covering her eyes. Chip grinned, glad to simply be around Misty. She was, without a doubt, the best thing that had ever happened to Chip. And the girl don't care how cheesy or stupid that sounded. It was the truth, and nobody, not even Dale who had grown up with Chip her whole life, got Chip like Misty did.
"I dunno" Chip replied with a smile, Misty's hands still blocking her eyesight. "Could it be Jim? Or Angel? Or Woody? I swear though, if it's any of you, you will pay." Of course, Chip was perfectly aware of who it was, but there was nothing like teasing Misty when the brunette did the same. "Or" Chip continued, still smiling "Is it my amazing girlfriend Silvermist?"
Chip spun around and wrapped her arms around Misty, giving the other girl a kiss on the lips. She had missed the other girl-she always missed Misty when she was at work, but today was Valentine's Day, and somehow, that made it even worse. Smiling, she pulled away from Misty for a moment "Happy Valentine's Day babe."
"Nope, not any of them." Misty bit her lip, the grin on her face still growing. She rolled her eyes playfully at Chip, knowing the girl was only teasing but she really wanted to show her what she'd made and gotten her. "Maybe…" She smirked.
Misty moved her arms from the back of Chip's head down to her neck, trying not to smile so much when Chip had kissed her. She kissed her back eagerly, as she had spent the entire day baking goods and missing her gorgeous girlfriend. "And to you, too." She took Chip's hand, "Come on, I have something to show you." She led the girl into the kitchen, interlacing their fingers as they walked.
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I was diagnosed with a grape-fruit size fibroid tumor along with soft tissue growths on one ovary and was scheduled for surgery. Mind you, this tumor was growing every day and I looked like I was slightly pregnant. The surgery was about 5 weeks away and I was feeling more and more discomfort so I started to use Frankincense because of the anti-tumoral properties. I made some capsules of 3-5 drops mixed with V-6 oil and took one twice a day.
After just two days of taking them, I began to sweat heavily even while just sitting at my desk at work. Along with that, my already heavy period was getting heavier. I also continued to feel slightly fatigued for a couple of days but continued to take the Frankincense.
By the third day I felt much better and I felt the swelling of my stomach had actually reduced. I took the capsules for five consecutive days. While using Frankincense, my body flushed a lot of the toxins that were built up in my uterus and I felt much better as a result.
Eventually, I also used Frankincense and Lavender on the area of my abdomen where my incision was to be to help to strengthern the tissue prior to surgery and reduce scarring. I've been pleased with the results and my Doctor has commented on how well and how quickly the incision has healed.
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You start on the road, travel up through a sandy, buggy forest trail that takes you down to the shores of Lake Michigan. Catch your breath,because to get back you run/walk/traverse a HUGE double bowl dune before going back through the trails to the road and ultimately the finish.(Due to the challenging nature of the course, a 3 hour time limit will be in effect--while we realize that participants may need to walk at times, this event is for runners only.)
The course is incredible, the cause is undeniably relevant and deserving, the volunteers are fabulous~ what else do you need to know?! Oh yes, the shirts are cool and once you've earned it, you'll definitely want to show it off! Join us on July 12 for an event that is truly pure Michigan.
Join us for 5 lead up runs to "hone" your skills for the
Each week, we will focus on a different skill set that could be helpful to you during this challenging run. There will be veteran trail runners there, as well as our partners from Simio Physical Therapy and Lean on Me Fitness. Each run will be held on Sunday at 4 pm.
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While Kurdish forces in Kobani desperately defend the Syrian town against the advances of the militant group called Islamic State (IS), Turkey's military is not yet getting involved. Instead, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems to prefer to watch as the IS conflict weakens the Kurds. His inaction is also troubling his NATO partners.
An alarming series of mishaps and accidents have hampered recent missions by the German military in Iraq and Ebola-stricken Western Africa. As Germany tries to live up to its international obligations, many are left wondering just how bad shape the Bundeswehr actually is in. Is Germany's readiness compromised? Can it live up to its NATO obligations?
Tens of thousands are on the streets of Hong Kong, demonstrating for more democracy. Beijing calls the protesters extremists and is backing to the territory's political leaders, who have turned police batons and tear gas against their own citizens. Will the former colony soon see authoritarian rule like that elsewhere in China, or will the push for democracy spread from Hong Kong to the mainland?
The US has expanded its air offensive against 'Islamic State' to include targets in Syria. A group of Arab states has pledged to support Washington's operation. Meanwhile Turkey faces a new refugee crisis on its border, triggered by the rise of IS. Is this the beginning of the end for 'Islamic State', or the start of another long war against terrorists?
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