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Off-topic Rants
Here are a collection of amazing photos from the live script read taken by the extremely talented Michelle Leong. Thank you to everyone who attended!
Yesterday was a BIG day! We bumped into the venue and set up all the streaming gear, and Al and Nick also did some rehearsals with the actors for the live event. We tested everything, and everything seemed to work – which was a great relief! Not long to go now… Which is both exciting and scary! We still have a bit to work out, so I’m going to leave you there, and get back to it! See you tonight!
Written by Guest Blogger on 17th October 2010 So… Here’s how it went down from my ppv.
There’s no turning back now! As I sit in the dark of my room, I am suddenly hit with a certain reality – this once small little script read, now turned LateNite Films event, is really about to happen. A rush of excitement, anxiety, relief, nervousness, confidence and gratitude washes through my veins & my blood. As I sit in the dark of my room, I prepare for our one & only rehearsal tomorrow, plotting various warm ups, some improvised exercises & of course, the read itself. But it is not the directing side of this shin-diggity-do that is likely to cause any sort of anxiety. No, that should be fine. Who couldn’t direct 16 actors, right?
OK… So I have to admit – my life is way too much fun! Despite the fact that this whole “live stream” event has now blown completely out of proportion, I am so excited about the whole thing. I’ve spent the day driving around picking up gear, and have spent the last few hours testing it, and making sure it all works properly… The good news is, it does. And despite the fact we have a near non-existant budget for this event, we’ve managed to call upon a lot of favours, and are now able to really put on a show! The gear list has piled up dramatically, and I have no idea how I’m going to fit it all in my car now, but it’s still very exciting and very achievable! The best thing about doing stuff like this as well, is that it helps members of our team try new things – for example, Jacqui Hocking normally spends all her time shooting and cutting documentaries, but on Sunday night, she will pressing the buttons on the vision mixer. This will help her expand her skill-set into a whole other world – if, heaven forbid, the film industry dies, then at least she can jump on a console for live shows and TV! Although the technology is very similar, and most of the problems are the same (lack of money, lack of time, it’s always really hard to find good people) – there is still a completely different mentality between live events and filmmaking. I’m lucky – as I moved from the live world to film, so I’ve seen it from both sides. The best thing about this event is now I can drag all the LateNite team into my world! Tomorrow, we will do some tests on the actual location, so it’s certainly exciting times ahead! To infinity & beyond!
I just read Chris and Al’s last posts and sat for a minute in silence. Let me paint the picture for you. It’s almost 2am, it was my birthday yesterday, it is the last night of my bar job tomorrow night as my bar is closing, it’s the script read on sunday night, then I have 2 days of night shoots on a short film that I agreed to do, all the while pushing on with SHOTGUN! producing duties.
Like a lot of things we try and do, what started off a little script read with a few actors, a director and a kitchen table has all of a sudden blown up into a full scale event! I guess we’re just too excitable – we come up with ideas that we think “would be cool” to do, and then next thing you know, we’ve all agreed to go ahead with the harebrained scheme, and now it’s time to work out how we actually pull it off!
Written by Guest Blogger on 11th October 2010 For those following our persistent facebook updates, you’ll know it’s been quite a week over here at SHOTGUN! HQ. From our FB membership explosion, to trying to organize all the logistics of this LIVE SCRIPT READ (this coming Sunday October 17th…) & also hearing of murmurings coming in from international waters… SHOTGUN! is really starting to pick up some pace!
Greetings to all of our droogies (or SHOTGUNIES as we have now coined you all), closely following the every which move of the party here at LateNite. This past week has proved to be quite a busy one, and I’ve come here to show you the way of the future… IN the midst of all of our organization, shot listing, scheduling & the butchering of my baby (script… SCRIPT. Not an actual baby. You can’t take me to court), as you may well be aware, we have taken it upon our handsome selves to organise a LIVE SCRIPT READ.
In the past 12 or so hours a few things have, understandably so, kept me from sleeping. For starters last night I had to take part in emergency evac training at work where we were put in a “situation” that we may or may not have to deal with on a daily basis. Unfortunately for the poor trainer my mind went a wanderin’ with all the possible ridiculous scenarios that they could potentially come up with. For example “Ok guys, we have let a pack of wild zebras loose in the stalls of the state theatre and have place an injured 90 year old woman in the front row. You’re job is to somehow find a way through the zebra pack to rescue the woman who has broken her hip trying to get out of her chair!!”