K here.
We've got a new project for you: It's called "No Exit". Sorry, it's not a zombie comedy or vampire romance. :(
Things needed:
firewire port cables
S cable
external mic
red bull
and we're set.
We did storyboarding last night. Expect those to be scanned and up on the page, soon. Let me warn you, though. Our drawings are scary. A psychiatrist might have us committed if she ever got hold of them.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
Daughters of the Dust
M. Here!
Go see this movie, if you already haven't. I think Keigh and I saw this when we were thirteen or fourteen years old. This, and Eve's Bayou, is what made me want to be a director.
UPDATES!
Friends and Foes,
For all those who haven't been in a thousand mile radius of us, you might not know the good news: Keigh Abrams and Miyaunna DeChelle have just bought their very first Canon XL1!
And now a word from our sponsor, Hiro Nakamura: YATTTTAAAAAAAAAA!!!
*Ehem*
While this news might not be the grandest of accomplishments, it is a minor milestone for two struggling filmmakers whose budget is smaller than the shoe-string.
All kidding aside, I am massively thrilled that we've finally got a prosumer DV camera that we can use to create and develop our own projects! Words on an internet page cannot express how elated I am about this new development, so I am just going to type a bunch of exclamation points !!!!!!!!! to express my jubilation!
I must add however, that this joy also comes with an enormous sense of responsibility and a tiny hint of fear. This machine brings the cold, hard truth: we must act. We can no longer sit around the house in our procrastination saying, "We'll get to it once we have the right equipment". Now we are faced with the doubts and the insecurities that come with pouring your mind and soul into something that may mean jack shit to others. And while we'd like to say we don't care...to face that kind of criticism might make ye normal folk insane. :)
On another note, we RYF writers recently finished the M. Bell treatment and to our relief, they LOVED it! We're registering it with the WGA and the Library of Congress because we're anal and we're new and we're just excited to be here :). We're filming and editing the teaser for his project sometime next week.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week, we will attempt our first foray into creating our own short film. It's an abstract narrative(sorry, no Zombie love stories or paint ball adventures, guys--this isn't "Youtube") that we're going to start pre-production (see, we get to use grownup words now) on tonight. I will be "acting" (if you can call it that; I'm pretty rusty since my Antigone days) and directing. K. will also be on hand, wowing us with her wonderful work as the great *writographer she is.
As K. mentioned before, we are entering the Hollywood Black Film Festival as writers, and we are also getting our writing samples and references together for CSUN: Northridge, Chapman University, CalArts and UCLA.
Heads up! Nicholls, BlueCat and many other screenplay contests are right around the corner!
Peep the page in the coming days to see the progress we've made!
Mucho amor y abrazos para todos!
{You knew we speak Spanish, right? Right??? *smile*}
*Note: If you don't know what a "writographer" is, look down.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Updates and Information
K here.
Another updates post!
We didn't pitch Nehst. We didn't feel quite ready. With the online option, we felt we could up our game and submit online, or perhaps catch another filmmaker bootcamp in New York.
We've been steadily working on the reality show project. The treatment is all that remains. We should be meeting with our subject on Sunday to over the contract and other fine details. Fun, fun.
We're planning to enter the Hollywood Black Film Festival (the deadline is in February, yikes!) which is why M and I have been writing our *expletives* off.
This summer, we're planning to just go for it and, hopefully with a Canon XL-1, shoot our first feature. We've been meeting some interesting Cleveland people who might want to join in on the project. Of course, we'll update everything here.
M and I made a horrible little green screen a few days ago. It's truly a representation of what a measly budget will create.
Expect pics soon!
Another updates post!
We didn't pitch Nehst. We didn't feel quite ready. With the online option, we felt we could up our game and submit online, or perhaps catch another filmmaker bootcamp in New York.
We've been steadily working on the reality show project. The treatment is all that remains. We should be meeting with our subject on Sunday to over the contract and other fine details. Fun, fun.
We're planning to enter the Hollywood Black Film Festival (the deadline is in February, yikes!) which is why M and I have been writing our *expletives* off.
This summer, we're planning to just go for it and, hopefully with a Canon XL-1, shoot our first feature. We've been meeting some interesting Cleveland people who might want to join in on the project. Of course, we'll update everything here.
M and I made a horrible little green screen a few days ago. It's truly a representation of what a measly budget will create.
Expect pics soon!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Updates
K here!
So M and I have decided to do Nehst sponsored Filmmaker's Boot Camp. It will be held in Cleveland from Jan 25 through Jan 27 (the weekend), and at the end of the session (day 3) we'll get the opportunity to pitch our ideas.
Nehst (pronouced "Next") also has an online pitching service available if you can't make it to do an in-person pitch.
In more interesting news, M and I were approached to help a local musician and his family pitch a reality show. We've actually been called on to do a 3-minute teaser of the series, and a 10-episode treatment of the entire thing. We're generally freaked out, but know that this will be an interesting experience.
Also, I need to update this thing a lot more than I have been, especially since we've been working on some really cool scripts, two of which we plan to film during the summer, and 2 web series (we we hope to receive funding for *crosses fingers*) and are planning on finally getting that GL-1 camera we've been interested in. (Yes, that's the best we can afford. Shut up about it, already!)
In movie news: There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece. Everything about this movie, from the cinematography, to the writing, to the acting, to the music was perfect. Atonement might tug at your sentimental heartstrings, but There Will Be Blood rips out your soul and exposes what it means to be human.
So M and I have decided to do Nehst sponsored Filmmaker's Boot Camp. It will be held in Cleveland from Jan 25 through Jan 27 (the weekend), and at the end of the session (day 3) we'll get the opportunity to pitch our ideas.
Nehst (pronouced "Next") also has an online pitching service available if you can't make it to do an in-person pitch.
In more interesting news, M and I were approached to help a local musician and his family pitch a reality show. We've actually been called on to do a 3-minute teaser of the series, and a 10-episode treatment of the entire thing. We're generally freaked out, but know that this will be an interesting experience.
Also, I need to update this thing a lot more than I have been, especially since we've been working on some really cool scripts, two of which we plan to film during the summer, and 2 web series (we we hope to receive funding for *crosses fingers*) and are planning on finally getting that GL-1 camera we've been interested in. (Yes, that's the best we can afford. Shut up about it, already!)
In movie news: There Will Be Blood is a masterpiece. Everything about this movie, from the cinematography, to the writing, to the acting, to the music was perfect. Atonement might tug at your sentimental heartstrings, but There Will Be Blood rips out your soul and exposes what it means to be human.
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