Soooo Close
You know you’re done editing when you feel like if you watch your short film one more time, you might have a mental break down. It’s mainly just frustrating because we are so close to being done with Do Nice Guys Finish Last. I made my notes on the 5th cut last night and I was seriously considering telling Gabe to just start on color correction when he was done making the edits. But, I can’t do that. You know why? Because when it’s done, there will be one tiny thing that irritates me that could have been fixed in 2 seconds if I had known it was there. However if I do look at the draft before we get in to color correction, nothing will be wrong with it and it will be fine. That’s just how it goes.
So, about a week ago, a friend of mine is telling me about her good friend that shot a documentary on 5 of these cameras. She didn’t know what they were called, but she told me they were the newest and best digital cameras out there. So I said
“Ask you’re friend if I can borrow it for like a week or so.”
She laughed and I laughed but then I said
“I’m serious.”
So, she did and from what she told me he laughed, said no, but admired me for asking. Works for me. It was worth a shot, right? Imagine if he had said yes? I would have had access to a really awesome camera. For free. It never hurts to ask. You would be surprised at what you could get for free by just asking. Not that I’m a greedy beggar or anything, but when you’re making films anything you can get for free, you probably should.
District 9 comes out tomorrow. I’ve really wanted to see this movie ever since I saw the previews. It looks a little bit like Cloverfield, which I thought was pretty good. District 9 looks awesome. I love these sort of creepy sci fi pictures. I’m not sure what really draws me to them. I’m not a sci fi or horror film buff, but for some reason this sort of combination is usually something I really enjoy. I’m probably going to check it out this Sunday. I’ll let you guys know how it is.
In a totally unrelated topic, Tropic Thunder was an awesome movie. I have been quoting that movie all week and laughing just thinking about it. Tom Cruise was hands down the most entertaining I have ever seen him in any movie he’s ever done. Every single time his character was on screen I laughed my ass off.
“Now I want you to take a step back… and literally FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!”
Robert Downey Jr. kills it in that movie too. The
“I’m a lead farmer mother fucker!”
line always cracks me up. Maybe because it’s just so damn cliche action movie.
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