Producers Most Important Role

Producers Most Important Role: My Production

The most important role the producer has on my upcoming productions in the next year or so is to secure financing and make sure the locations are secured with the proper permitting. Both these are extremely important because the success of the film can be made or lost over very simple errors.

Financing and investors are imperative because without money the film can not be made. This is the most important role a person can have. They will need to negotiate and have all the correct paperwork filled out. Contracts will need to be secured and signed and if an escrow account is necessary it will be their responsibility to have it set up and pay out when the time to cut checks comes.

Permitting is just as important because if we are filming and we don't have the correct permits then the film is dead in the water. We wont be able to use the footage and all the shots will be lost. The producers role is paramount in the success of the film.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Screenplay Cover

This is the screenplay cover I designed for my 333 script. I chose this combination of colors and fonts because I wanted to keep it as simple and streamlined as possible with drawing the interest of a perspective reader. The red and grey always seem to convey the message of something a bit darker and sinister. My screenplay is on the darker supernatural side so the combination is giving off the right vibe.

The all grey solid background seems to draw attention and if my screenplay is sitting in the middle of a stack with a hundred others then I want it to be memorable and get the attention of the producer about to read it. Most screenplay covers will be a solid white with black font in small lettering. I used a larger font for the 333 so the reader would remember the title better. After they read mine Im sure they will be reading many more so simply by making the title a bit larger it will hopefully stand out in their mind. I off centered the copyright and made it a simple black because it serves only one purpose, to let the reader know I have copyrighted the story and idea. Showes I am taking my work seriously. 

Ideal Office Space for Trinity Films

The ideal situation for office space for Trinity Films would be the Virtual Office Suites located on Sahara and Maryland pkwy. Thew have a full package for $150 includes the following.

STANDARD VIRTUAL OFFICE PACKAGE - $150.00 per month
Private phone number
Personal voicemail
Fax number
Personalized reception service during business hours from 9:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday (excluding holidays)
Call handling may be customized to suit the needs of your business
Calls may be transferred to your voicemail box or forwarded to an outside number
Use of business address
Mail & package handling
Free first-class mail forwarding
Free Wi-Fi
Eight (8) complimentary hours per month use of Conference Room or Day Office during business hours
Access to kitchen with complimentary coffee & water service, business center, and lounge
Access to community printer, copier, fax & scanner
100 complimentary b/w copies per month
Unlimited on-site faxing & scanning
Free on-site notary service
License hang

(702) 727-3886
1810 E Sahara Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89104

This package creates a functioning office that give the legitimacy and space I will need to run my business. I can meet with clients, have an answering service, be centrally located, and have all the necessities in running a business.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Special Effects

I used this photo for my special effects because it shows many levels of layers and the overall process is more complex than most typical Photoshop pictures. I started with 2 layers, the first being a picture of a desert road inside Death Valley California and the second was a sky with defined cloud shadows.
I removed the original bland sky from the picture of the road and created a new layer underneath the road picture. After color correcting both photos I started applying filters. I used a combination of swirl and textures to get the correct sizing and perspective.

The angle and perspective is what my primary focus was on. I wanted to create the view as if the road went on forever with this menacing digital block sky up above in the distance. The blocks took quite awhile to place into the correct places and adjusting them into the perfect place was very tedious.

After all was said and done I was happy with the illusion the perspective of the road gives. The widest part starts at the bottom of the frame and the smallest runs right down the center. Assignments like this are fun to show off some special effects.

Week 6: How do I see my role starting in the industry?

Week 6

How do I see my role starting in the industry?

I see my role in the industry as learning and working with professionals that have been around awhile. I will be fresh out of school with new techniques and ideas and hope they will be of value to a production but an aware that they may not be taken into consideration at all. I accept this and understand that some people have ways that work for them and they are pretty much set in those ways.

            Starting out I will be willing to do whatever is need on the set and will be more than willing to take a lesser role as long as an opportunity for advancement is in my future. We al have to start somewhere and we all have to eat a bit of humble pie but I am confident that once they see my work ethic and talent they will give me the opportunity for advancement.

            Vegas is a town of transit. If I am going to work here I understand that I may be part of a production and have consistent work for a while but once the production is over I may not find another for some time. I am prepared to have to do independent work t support myself and be able to pay back some of those hearty school loans I have lingering over my head.

Weekly Photo Challenge: In the Director's Chair

   


 I Photoshopped myself into the directors chair by taking two images. The first is of me sitting in a chair on a beach and the second was a still of the chair on the stage.

     First I had to flip the image of the chair so the direction of the light would line up correct. The spotlight was coming from the opposite direction of the sun in the picture of myself. After I flipped the picture I had to resize the the picture of me. I scaled it down to about half the original size and it lined up perfect.

     After it lined up I started to remove the background of the beach. I used the eraser tool with a hard edge to get rid of most the background and when it came to the fine edging around my face and hair I used a feather so it would still have some strands of hair. I was able to blend the dark background pretty well and the darks went together to give the allusion that I was sitting in the chair.
   
     When everything was blended together all that was left was to crop the picture so my legs were not cut off. I resized and the picture and flattened the layers together. Then saved it as a .JPEG.

Week 5 Midterm: Midterm

Well, I have come a long way since day 1. Considering that the first class was a surprise and I quickly fell behind I think I am finally all caught up. All my photo challenges were completed. Each homework assignment except the finished optimal resume for Tarintino were finished and turned in. I finished my storyboard, professional photo, field kit, pricing, movie poster, and tweets. I meet with a banker, lawyer, relevant industry professional, and accountant. I have basically busted my butt for the past week playing catch up and am pretty proud of what I have gotten finished considering the circumstances. So far the information I have learned is valuable and I am looking forward to the rest of the class.

I am hoping now that I am caught up this class will be less stressful and my workflow will be much smoother. I have my four pages of the business plan but know it need to be revised and gone over. I am hoping next class we will have some time to go over them and you can give me some suggestions on what to change or add.

Week 4 Photo Challenge: Original Move Poster

This movie poster is for a movie that is currently in production. It is an original script I wrote, produced, and directed. The poster is of an abandoned insane asylum and a mentally insane woman. I used a couple different styles of text to draw in the viewers attention. When selling a movie you want the audience to be intrigued and want more, therefore they will go to the theater and watch it.
I made this very simple and easy for the viewer to understand. The woman is visually disturbing and her eyes stand out. The eyes are important in the plot line and I wanted them to be noticed immediately. The actual building is a little more opaque and hopefully gives the feeling of creepiness. This whole project is currently under production and will be released by the end of the year.
My overall goal for the project is to get it into film festivals across the country.

Week 3 Photo Challenge: Storyboard for a commercial

This is a storyboard for a script I wrote called Las Vegas Cold Case 333. The actual storyboard is for the trailer I am about to start filming next week. The overall premise behind the script is about 2 Las Vegas Metro police officers that were called to investigate a woman in distress at the abandoned insane asylum in north Las Vegas.
The officers are lured deep into the abandoned building by a womans voice calling out for help. One goes missing after a series of unexplained events.
In this storyboard I am showing how the trailer is going to be shot. Basically it is going to showed a panicked woman running and be driven by sound effects. I'm using shadowed silhouettes and quick cuts to build the excitement and suspense. Music is another very important factor in the trailer.
A trailer is an advertisement for a movie so I want the audience left wondering what is going to happen and have the desire to see the movie when it is released. Text and motion graphics are also very important to the overall feel and dramatic events that occur in selling my movie. Keep checking back to see the finished version in a couple of weeks.