A short “film” I wrote back in mid-2005, shot at the end of 2005 and promptly forgot about, finally edited in mid-2006 and promptly forgot about again, is now available.
For what it’s worth, anyway.
I won’t go into the details of what it was shot on, or how it was shot, or what it was edited with, or any of that, because none of it is important.
As a bonus, after the break, you can see the original script. Again, for what it’s worth.
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I did a “short cut” of the film today. It’s basically the film, minus one crucial scene that never got completed during principal photography. The absence of this scene from the film is the reason for the recast. However, we wanted to see what it would be like if this scene were not in the film at all.
Reactions were mixed, but we proved it’s possible.
It also affirmed our need for the recast.
Onward!
We have begun the process of recasting the female role for The Last Regret. Due to unfortunate circumstances, we were not able to complete all of the necessary photography with Michelle.
Auditions are being held starting Thursday, January 12th, with rehearsals hopefully beginning the following week, and pickup photography scheduled to begin January 23rd.
It’s going to be close.
I’ll go ahead and “announce” it.
We have to reshoot roughly half of The Last Regret.
There’s nothing wrong with the footage we have; in fact, it looks amazing, and the rough cut has gotten nothing but praise (for the most part.) There’s just an issue that requires us to reshoot.
I’ll go into it more later.
I’ve spent the past hour or so pouring through BMG production music looking for tracks that are a good fit for the short.
This is fun.
Yeah.
The first, incomplete rough cut of the short weighs in at 6:21. That’s with slugs in place of the missing scenes; the actual running time will of course be different, but this gives a feel for the length.
That’s respectable. The script was eight pages, so it’s only a couple minutes off of what the expected running time would be. Honestly, I was feeling five minutes, so the fact that it’s edited into over six is surprising.
I got stuck in North Florida for an additional day. This throws off our photography schedule. Again.
Yikes stripes.
We’re going to try and get this thing cinched up on Thursday. It feels like production is dragging on forever.
Although, I must say, this break has been great. While on vacation, I haven’t thought (much) at all about the movie, which will give me a fresh perspective later this week when we start back up.
I put together a rough edit of the film tonight based off of what we have already shot (which is most of the movie; only two scenes are missing.)
It makes me smile. And smile big.
I love this movie.
That’s all I can ask for. Anything else is icing on the cake.
A second draft of the poster, courtesy of our poster guru Keenan.