The Fight

The philosophy behind the fight in this film was to make it a real scrap.  So, in the choreography of the fight we cut out any big arcing punches and added the use of elbows, headbutts.
Ben and Dustin did an amazing job at working out the story within the fight and I focused on the intent for each of them.
Doing the fight in the confined spaces of the set corridor added another dimension to it, having it constrained into the area and it also proved a challenge to film with such a big camera. 
There were a couple scary moments, a couple cuts and bruises, but I think we have a very believable and brutal little scene.
All credit goes to the boys for getting down and dirty, with no complaints, just the desire to make this the best it can be.

HDSR or D5?

Lots of discussions today about finishing formats. Do we master onto HDSR or D5 or what? 

Essentially we need to discuss the plan for going from RED Camera - Digital Intermediate (DI) - Master Tape - 35mm film.  Obviously this is dependant on invitations to particular festivals and receiving some post funding, but the discussion has to be had.

Low budget, independant filmmakers usually only finish to a DVD which the play to their friends and maybe send to a film festival which accepts DVD's, but if you are considering a theatrical print for festivals or even screening at one of the larger film festivals then more needs to be done.

I'm no expert and the RED camera adds another equation to the mix.  Also from a sound perspective we will probably do a mix for submissions to festivals and to play from DVD and would need to do another mix should the film be lucky enough to get funding for a 35mm blow-up.

another of Ben's photos...

Ben's photos

Ben, one of our actors, did a little onset photography for us and just sent me a link to all his photos online.  There are some excellent ones there and we will definitely be using them in the promotional and behind-the-scenes material.  I will upload a couple to let you have a look.

The cramped filming space in the brothel corridor.

 

Peta Sergeant in front of the camera

Down the barrel

 

Dustin Clare and Clarke Richards as Trooper Brown and Trooper Clarke in the short film by Chris Richards-Scully entitled, Kanowna.

Post Crew

The pieces of the post production crew puzzle are starting to come together.

The day after the Kanowna shoot

I was so depressed today.  I would love to be making films everyday, but unfortunately that's not possible where we live...at the moment.
I am hanging out to see the rushes larger than a small image on Sam's computer and also hanging out to start the editing.  There are lots of Post Production questions which need to be answered, but that will be sorted in the coming days.
Michael and I are meeting tomorrow to start tracking where the film should be sent and when. We also need to decide on post funding and where we will premiere, but that's some time away.