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Week 1/17

• Posted by cm329204 February 11, 2007 - 997 views

  Three o’clock (AM) rolls around, yet I’m not asleep. I feel
  overwhelmed, scared, excited, motivated, anxious, blah, blah, and blah
  for Pour-Soi. Week one of production comes to a halt today; it’s almost
  as if I’m in Project Greenlight, or some similar reality show.

  
  

  When
  I knew the script was picked (on Monday), I immediately counted how
  many weeks we would have to pull it off. Kinda strange, but I guess
  that’s who I am, always concerned with time. Since then, and even
  before, I’ve been researching all different work flows and cameras to
  use for the production. We’re hoping for the HVX200, but the school
  seems to enjoy screwing people over. And, I’ve been trying to figure
  out the crew we’re gonna need so that no one is completely buried.

  
  

  Thursday
  was the day. The day I finally was assigned an above-the-line crew,
  consisting of two Producers, a Director of Photography, an Art Director
  (who really should take on the title of Production Designer), and an
  Assistant Director (all of which I’ll introduce later). Of the groups
  in the class we’re probably the strongest. Still, it was hard to
  seriously talk about anything on Thursday. Everyone was talking at
  5,000 MPH and throwing ideas out…totally cool…but we have to take all
  that information and do something. Anyway, I’m happy to say our entire
  crew has almost been found, and we’re probably going to grab some more
  people to flush it out.

  
  

  Tomorrow, we’re having a PreVis
  meeting, our first, to talk about some broad ideas and get the ball
  rolling. Pour-Soi should be a totally awesome experience and a totally
  stressful one.

  
  

  On to planning the crew breakdown.

  
  Cory