DON'T GO CATCHIN' FEELIN'S ('CAUSE IT'S ONLY A GAME) [FILM]

A down and out rapper finds a reason to run the game.

This past weekend went as smooth as butter, no egos, no gossip, no bologna. Simply the creation of a Film we all firmly believe in, and each having faith in the process in the way(s) that they needed to craft movie magic. So started my third round of the 48 Hour Film Project.



The bell rung Friday when we picked up the equipment from Cinequipt including the Red One. From there we went to Aquilo Studios and met up with John and 'G' to sign the location release, discuss the rules of the house, as well as the layout out of distro for the joint. Form, Northeast Minneapolis we made our way down 35W to Bloomington our pre and post production house. We got things together, and waited to head over to Walden Entertainment about a mile away.



As I stood in line to pick our genre with Hoskins I felt a bad moon rising with my hands, so I had Hoskins reach in after I rubbed his head for luck. Good thing, we drew Buddy Film! I knew instantly the story and characters for the film. The one Justin Johnson and I had talked about the night before for mockumentary. The story of a down on his luck rapper. Even the title song was already in my head. So, I made some calls and got things in place with my lead actor Jon Krivo and Taylor Trygstad who created the main title track we used in the film. The character of Paul Williams a Chef, the prop of a pair of pliers, and the line of dialogue "What do you want to know?" round out our elements for our film.



We grabbed some seats out front of the house and brainstormed out our main plot points for the film. I called the actors to set things up with them for the next shooting day. Meanwhile, Daniel and Joseph worked on the Red One 4K HD workflow and things looking stunning under tungsten bulbs. As the sun went down and after some breaks and rethinks we began to write our script, and by about 2am it was done for the most part.



I woke up at 5am Saturday, and went over the script and changed a few things as well as cleaned up a few things. I was a happy boy with this blue print in my hand. We got our equipment together and headed back over to Aquilo Studios arriving around 8am to shoot the studio and rapping scenes. We were wrapped and struck at Aquilo by around 3pm and head back to the house to shoot the scenes of the Rapper at home. After some ten hours we wrapped principal photography on the film at around 1am. We cooked the footage, and got it on the timeline. I went to bed and once again got some three hours of shut eye.



With Sunday morning I woke up at 5am and began the rough edit of the film which was done by about 8am in the morning. Hoskins and Joseph went to pickup our opening title shot, and soon returned with awesome footage which wrapped the production side of the film. Another great feeling was to give Steinberg hours to color correct and to his beautiful and subtle tweaks to the film. By about 5:30pm we were getting her ready for submission which we did the first time around 6:20pm and again with a better compression around 7:15pm. We headed back home and got some rest. We returned things to Cinequipt come Monday morning. I scored us some Arri swag from Jeff, and now just like I promised him, Daniel has his own Arri hat to wear on set. We all then went home to get even more rest and recoup. Nothing could have felt better.



Then came Wednesday, and the World Premiere of the film at the Riverview Theater. The film went over great, and I've got some good feelings about this one. Check it out for yourselves and let us know what you think of the film.

Shoutouts to everyone who's help, support, and skills made this all happen. John Edel, 'G', John Hensen, Brian Hoskins, Justin Johnson, Jon Krivo, Michael Latterll, James Norgard, Mccrea Olson, Jon Sadeh, Daniel Steinberg, Taylor Trygstad, Teddy Berg, Joseph Young, and last but not least Richard Oxley. My eternal thanks to you all. Stay tuned, much more on the way.

Corrigenda

Don't Go Catchin' Feelin's @ Riverview Theater

I love it when a plan comes together, and that's just what happened this past weekend when we crafted yet another 48 Hour Film Project Film. Everyone, and everything just came together to nail this one. I can't thank you all enough for you time and efforts we made magic, and yet I'll try once again. Thank you. Come one, come all and show your love and support as well at the World Premiere of Don't Go Catchin' Feelin's ('Cause It's Only A Game) at the Riverview Theater, full info below.

WHO: Media Storm / Old Abbot

WHAT: The 48 Hour Film Project Screenings

WHERE: Riverview Theater, [3800 42nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55406]

WHY: We made a Film and submitted it on time

WHEN: Wednesday, June 23rd at 7pm

HOW: Eight bucks gets you in to the show

Crescit Eundo

"Don't be afraid, my Son. No one is more powerful than God."

With the warm weather and bonus time I've been biking around the lakes of Minneapolis. Also, takin' some pictures, makin' some pictures, and watchin' some pictures on the side. Most recently I've watched Rain Johnson's Brick, the classic Step Brothers, and Robert Rodriguez's El Mariachi.



This past weekend I was hired on by Moving Walkway Productions to help out on the Fireworks Music Video for the band Standard Thompson. Friday night was loading and lighting time at Aquillo Studios. It went buttery smooth and we got done a bit early which is always nice with a shoot the next morning. With Saturday came time for the band's performance in front of a green screen. The guys we're great. An, indy band with a billboard band's energy and unity.



Once, Justin Staggs the Director called wrap the real fun of roadying all of the stingers used on the studio side of the shoot began. Another surgical job, and as Beth Van Dam one of the Producers for the Music Video noted we may just have left the soundstage cleaner then we found it. Wax on, wax off.



Then came, Sunday and the twenty hour day that fallowed. All-in-all the shoot again was like ice, mostly. The day side of the shoot was the classic country love story, and even with the clouds coming in and out as well as a little spell of rain. We got ourselves some glowing shots in that tall grass. The only real SNAFU was on my head, when I was refueling the generator gas spilled out off the gas can and got itself in the air intake. Dead, at least for a few minutes. Thank, the film Gods she started up after a little tinkering. The saga continued, and the Horror Film side of the Music Video was shot through the night. I even got my hands bloody in the picture, as I was the hand/arm double for the actor . I don't wanna spoil much, but I'll say this when you see the bloody hand print, that's my first hand model credit. A bit after four in the morning we had shot our final shots with the lycanthrope, and by five in the morning everything was struck and I was driving down 212 back towards the heart of the city. Minneapolis, home sweet home.



Back on the topic of the Aquillo Studios. I spoke with John who runs the joint and asked him if Media Storm/Old Abbot's entry in this years 48 Hour Film Project could use the versatile space as the principal shooting location for our film, and he said, "Yes". When I asked him for a quote on the place he told me "nothing" due to the fact it's a student project! Fella's I'd say we're golden.

Lastly, Peep a peek at Them Damned Young Livers' All Hell Music Video from their Sophomore album PSALMS OF ILL-REPUTE. Release Show(s) are at KCMO Riot Room on July 10th, and then July 16th at Minneapolis Club Underground. See ya' then, perhaps before. Stay Tuned


A Bene Placito