Awesome book design by designer, DJ Davis. This will be one of the books our main character checks out to learn the tricks of the trade.
7.22.2009
Kidnapping Book - Draft
Awesome book design by designer, DJ Davis. This will be one of the books our main character checks out to learn the tricks of the trade.
7.20.2009
June 2009 a picture
Self-taken picture... didn't know if I'd make it down a steep 7-story unstable rock hill (trespassing doesn't make for safe terrain).
7.17.2009
Designs for props - concepts
These are the concepts for delivery company logos by Shea Cadrin. They're amazing! We are going to go with "Swift," and she's going to create the company based on the logo.
This is the first draft of a concept for a prop book made by Will.
7.13.2009
Skip this post
I have no idea why you would want to read all these Twitter posts, but this is the blow by blow of what's been happening. I don't have time to write on the blog, but I've been trying to track progress by these little status updates. If you're hardcore into knowing what's been going on, feel free to read. We're almost done with the new short film, so that will be something legit to post soon. Sorry for the lack of posts - time's escaping. 120ish days until it's all over!
2.
finished going through all the movie notes - organized... now just gotta re-read them all (#missingpieces)27 minutes ago from web
3.
fixed the website and is prepping for the meeting with the theme park human resources manager (#Missingpieces)27 minutes ago from web
4.
is trying to get a virus off the film's website (#missingpieces)about 4 hours ago from web
5.
found a grocery store location after google earthing every grocery store in Birmingham (#missingpieces)about 4 hours ago from web
6.
was on the phone for three hours going through the script with our lead actress (#missingpieces)about 4 hours ago from web
7.
is organizing a bunch of notes from over the past 4 months (#missingpieces)about 13 hours ago from web
8.
just made a letter head so folks can think we're legit and give us free stuff (#missingpieces)about 22 hours ago from web
9.
added the hoover police bomb squad to our website http://www.kentonbartlett.c... (#missingpieces)about 23 hours ago from web
10.
sent lots of notes over to our lead actress (#missingpieces)3:48 AM Jul 12th from web
11.
is breaking down the script and consolidating the costumes list for actors (#missingpieces)2:00 AM Jul 12th from web
12.
sent some feedback for Richey's latest version of the score for Picnics (new short film ) (#missingpieces)9:33 PM Jul 11th from web
13.
just met with our two artists - Brion and Hollie who are working on paintings for the movie (#missingpieces)6:57 PM Jul 11th from web
14.
is working with a propmaker to create one of the kidnapping devices for the movie (#missingpieces)3:13 PM Jul 11th from web
15.
is making a master props list to send out to folks (#missingpieces)2:54 AM Jul 11th from web
16.
is doing research on acting (#missingpieces)1:14 AM Jul 11th from web
17.
bought something to hopefully fix the microphone (#missingpieces)11:37 PM Jul 10th from web
18.
is gonna give the celebrities another shot - phone calls this time - get ready for some awkward pitching (#missingpieces)10:21 PM Jul 10th from web
19.
went through several folks and sent an offer over to Patricia Clarkson - keep your fingers crossed (#Missingpieces)9:33 PM Jul 10th from web
21.
panic attack (#missingpieces)9:05 PM Jul 10th from web
22.
one of our lead actresses is under 18, so we now have to jump through ridiculous "Man" hoops (#missingpieces)6:57 PM Jul 10th from web
23.
has 2 meeting with park directors for one of our stunt scenes involving smashing fluorescent lights over the playground (#missingpieces)6:56 PM Jul 10th from web
26.
sent over some feedback for a sound design and notes for our new painters (#missingpieces)4:13 AM Jul 10th from web
27.
is seeing strips of green - that's not a metaphor, I'm literally seeing strips of green.12:17 AM Jul 10th from web
28.
is working with two of our artist on the paintings for the film (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
29.
went fabric shopping for the main costumes in the film (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
30.
just paid for a 180mm, f2.8 lens (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
31.
is working with Peanuts and Nick Drake’s licensor to get stuff in the movie (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
32.
returned stuff, bough paint, checked out the free 300mm awesome lens, bought a $5.99 suitcase for sound equipment (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
33.
has a location scouting appointment next week to scout some old buildings with a willing owner (#missingpieces)5:55 PM Jul 9th from web
34.
THE HOOVER BOMB SQUAD IS COORDINATING/EXECUTING/SUPPLYING MATERIALS FOR OUR EXPLOSION FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! (#missingpieces)5:50 PM Jul 9th from web
35.
is returning a broken audio mixer and a recalled charger for Red One Batteries & feels lame for posting on twitter so much (#missingpieces)5:16 AM Jul 9th from web
36.
finished prepping for an explosive meeting tomorrow and sent feedback on promo flyers (by Christie) for getting free food (#missingpieces)5:10 AM Jul 9th from web
37.
just got a sound design mix from a talented sound designer! (#missingpieces)4:28 AM Jul 9th from web
38.
I think the heart/brain/nerves might be getting annoyed with me (#missingpieces)10:43 PM Jul 8th from web
39.
may have a steadicam operator for our big action shot!! (#missingpieces)8:38 PM Jul 8th from web
40.
http://blueeyecreations.com/ our t-shirt sponsor :D (#missingpieces)8:08 PM Jul 8th from web
41.
just got a cutsomized t-shirt sponsor from a friend and local clothing designer! (#missingpieces)7:31 PM Jul 8th from web
42.
is securing locations like a demon (#missingpieces)4:51 PM Jul 8th from web
43.
is buying one telephoto lens and getting another donated! (#missingpieces)4:50 PM Jul 8th from web
44.
is working to get licensing from Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, or Nick Drake... and Happiness is a Warm Puppy (#missingpieces)4:50 PM Jul 8th from web
45.
got some lens testing stuff from a lens specialist (#missingpieces)4:39 PM Jul 8th from web
46.
has a meeting with an explosives expert tomorrow! (#missingpieces)3:08 PM Jul 8th from web
47.
just riding that boring e-mail train trying to get things done (#missingpieces)1:10 PM Jul 8th from web
48.
has been trying to make a lens out of an aluminum can. Looks kind of trippy (#missingpieces)12:41 AM Jul 8th from web
49.
just got back from the Birmingham film salon - lot's of great and helpful people! (#missingpieces)12:28 AM Jul 8th from web
50.
@wcabral can you e-mail me at Kenton@KentonBartlett.com? Twitter is not amazing at giving enough space to write anything4:45 PM Jul 7th from web in reply to wcabral
51.
@wcabral Yes, we are. What is your experience level/geographic location/monetary requirements (no crew or actors are being paid)?3:30 PM Jul 7th from web in reply to wcabral
52.
has two new artists and a designer for our film (#missingpieces)5:10 AM Jul 7th from web
53.
looking for the perfect song to include in our movie (#missingpieces)5:10 AM Jul 7th from web
54.
who knew finding a playground that will let you smash fluorescent light bulbs all over it would be so difficult (#missingpieces)3:44 AM Jul 7th from web
55.
tired. (#missingpieces)12:14 AM Jul 7th from web
56.
just posted for a Steadicam operator for the film (#missingpieces)11:23 PM Jul 6th from web
57.
is giving feedback to our composer for Picnics - the new short film (#missingpieces)9:28 PM Jul 6th from web
58.
a demolition company might be able to help with some abandoned apartments and explosives! (#missingpieces)4:40 PM Jul 6th from web
59.
@kaytoday why do men make you nauseous?3:32 AM Jul 6th from web in reply to kaytoday
60.
just sent over feedback for the second draft of James Markham's song (#missingpieces)3:18 AM Jul 6th from web
61.
did some craig's list postings (#missingpieces)3:17 AM Jul 6th from web
62.
is trying to find a playground company that will let us smash fluorescent bulbs on their equipment (#missingpieces)11:32 PM Jul 5th from web
63.
finished going through the script, annotating it, and putting it back into the computer in final draft (#missingpieces)10:53 PM Jul 5th from web
64.
is watching one of the two discs from the NYC auditions (#missingpieces)4:31 PM Jul 5th from web
65.
@analein his manager just passed the message over to him. Which is super cool in my book. I'll follow up in a week or so if we ain't hurd7:30 PM Jul 3rd from web
66.
Got 1/2 the clearance for Happiness is a Warm Puppy (#missingpieces)7:29 PM Jul 3rd from web
67.
is trying to get copyright permission for Happiness is a Warm Puppy http://tinyurl.com/maanch (#missingpieces)2:47 AM Jul 3rd from web
68.
updates this thing too much to fill the void of human interaction2:45 AM Jul 3rd from web
69.
needs help (#missingpieces)2:44 AM Jul 3rd from web
70.
thinks caterpillars are pooping on him (#missingpieces)2:44 AM Jul 3rd from web
71.
was mooching internet off someone's house when the sprinklers came on... everything's wet now. (#missingpieces)2:10 AM Jul 3rd from web
72.
just wrote 2,500 words of e-mail - bout to send them out mos def (#missingpieces)2:03 AM Jul 3rd from web
73.
got a message sent to Sufjan Stevens!! http://www.asthmatickitty.com (#missingpieces)2:03 AM Jul 3rd from web
74.
is trying to track down a bomb specialist, finding new audio equipment, ordering Red One accessories (#missingpieces)4:23 PM Jul 2nd from web
75.
is wurkin that phone - endless call style (#missingpieces)2:57 PM Jul 2nd from web
76.
is looking for demolition companies to secure some slammin' locations soon-to-be destroyed (#missingpieces)3:13 AM Jul 2nd from web
77.
just put buildasign.com on the website - sponsor style (#missingpieces)2:40 AM Jul 2nd from web
78.
is trying to track down a designer to work on props and things for the movie (#missingpieces)8:12 PM Jul 1st from web
79.
is about to meet with our paramedic in Panama City, Florida (#missingpieces)7:43 PM Jul 1st from web
80.
is working with Will to develop the style for the paintings in the film (#missingpieces) @willbraden7:28 PM Jul 1st from web
81.
@willbraden which one? I just posted like a million twitter stuffs to recap the past 2 days6:49 PM Jul 1st from web in reply to willbraden
82.
is trudging through lots of e-mails at Panera Bread (bootleg internet style) (#missingpieces)6:48 PM Jul 1st from web
83.
is working with insurance companies to be able to get our light sponsorship from Kino Flo to come through (#missingpieces)5:51 PM Jul 1st from web
84.
is working on getting clearance to blow a car up in a rock quarry in Sylacauga (#missingpieces)5:51 PM Jul 1st from web
85.
has been going through the 60 pages of 1/2 inch margin, single space notes taken over the past year and a half - game time (#missingpieces)5:50 PM Jul 1st from web
86.
new sponsor! http://www.buildasign.com/ (#missingpieces)5:48 PM Jul 1st from web
87.
has been coming up with film references to communicate with actors/actresses (#missingpieces)5:48 PM Jul 1st from web
88.
finished the freelance business plan project (#missingpieces)5:48 PM Jul 1st from web
89.
just made a http://www.getdropbox.com to be able to see the NYC casting videos (#missingpieces)7:09 PM Jun 30th from web
90.
http://www.giveforward.org/... (#missingpieces)7:07 PM Jun 30th from web
91.
is making a profile for a new fundraising website (#missingpieces)6:24 PM Jun 30th from web
92.
has been going through the script making very detailed notes for production, acting, references, logistics, and revisions (#missingpieces)6:24 PM Jun 30th from web
93.
spent all day yesterday making the production schedule (breaking down locations, characters, and setting dates) (#missingpieces)6:23 PM Jun 30th from web
94.
is going out of town for location scouting for a week (#missingpieces)3:30 AM Jun 29th from web
95.
compiled all the location scouting pictures from the past 6 weeks (#missingpieces)3:30 AM Jun 29th from web
96.
tried to get some free delivery van decal magnets (#missingpieces)3:30 AM Jun 29th from web
97.
talked for a while with our make up artist, Sarah-Beth Alfree to discuss all the makeup for our film (#missingpieces)11:48 PM Jun 28th from web
98.
just got back from raiding a yard sale's leftovers for free (#missingpieces)5:13 PM Jun 28th from web
99.
thinks making sound effects while going into google earth street view makes life more interesting. Most fun in a while (#missingpieces)3:28 AM Jun 28th from web
100.
was out and around town ALL DAY with our amazing production design team (#missingpieces)12:29 AM Jun 28th from web
101.
@analein is awesome2:09 AM Jun 27th from web in reply to analein
102.
may have a paramedic for the film (#missingpieces)12:45 AM Jun 27th from web
103.
is trucking along with the production schedule (#missingpieces)11:19 PM Jun 26th from web
104.
talked for a couple hours with our production designer (#missingpieces)8:53 PM Jun 26th from web
105.
got lots of free furniture from a guy on Craig's List (#missingpieces)8:52 PM Jun 26th from web
106.
a woman sings in the Across the Universe behind the scenes special features... it's better than the movie itself5:24 AM Jun 26th from web
107.
just figured out a makeshift system of doing the schedule in excel and saved $500 by not buying the legit software (#missingpieces)4:48 AM Jun 26th from web
108.
has spent the whole night trying to figure out how to even begin making a production schedule (#missingpieces)4:04 AM Jun 26th from web
109.
just finished transcribing pocket notes from a while back (#missingpieces)12:40 AM Jun 26th from web
110.
is working with our musician James Markham on the song for our new short film. It sounds awesome! (#missingpieces)12:18 AM Jun 26th from web
111.
got back from location scouting all day today - found a pretty slammin' quarry in Sylacauga (#missingpieces)12:17 AM Jun 26th from web
112.
is location scouting on google earth... kind of lame, but the gasoline man is thankful (#missingpieces)2:24 AM Jun 25th from web
113.
wrote some letters - old school style (#missingpieces)12:57 AM Jun 25th from web
114.
just finished and is uploading the final cut of Picnics (#missingpieces)9:40 PM Jun 24th from web
115.
has been writing e-mails and making phone calls (getting locations cleared/working w/ new crew members) (#missingpieces)9:40 PM Jun 24th from web
116.
went location scouting all day yesterday (#missingpieces)9:38 PM Jun 24th from web
117.
just asked permission to use Bob Ross footage in our movie (#missingpieces)12:45 AM Jun 23rd from web
118.
is breaking down the script in the library (#missingpieces)7:59 PM Jun 22nd from web
119.
just bought a bunch of equipment (#missingpieces)6:22 PM Jun 22nd from web
120.
is going through 2,400 e-mails from the old casting e-mail address (#missingpieces)1:08 AM Jun 22nd from web
121.
is working on breaking down the script for props, locations, scheduling, casting, scene intent, etc. etc. (#missingpieces)2:29 PM Jun 21st from web
122.
just went through about 300 audition inquiries for the film - you can even youtube "missing pieces auditions" crazy stuff (#missingpieces)2:29 PM Jun 21st from web
123.
just went through about 80 dvds and got 370 reference images for production design, acting, and cinematography (#missingpieces)4:38 PM Jun 20th from web
124.
just got $8,200 worth of lights from Kino Flo!!!! (#missingpieces)6:46 PM Jun 19th from web
125.
gathered a list of thrift stores and wrote a letter to find some places that will let us get stuff for free (#missingpieces)5:32 PM Jun 19th from web
126.
printed letters and envelopes for food sponsors (#missingpieces)5:32 PM Jun 19th from web
127.
is working with our production designer to develop the feel of the movie (#missingpieces)5:32 PM Jun 19th from web
128.
is working with several sound designers for the new short (#missingpieces)5:31 PM Jun 19th from web
129.
has been color correcting the new short film all day (#missingpieces)4:26 AM Jun 19th from web
130.
possibly just cast Maggie (#missingpieces)3:08 PM Jun 17th from web
131.
met with Alan Hunter, the first MTV VJ and now local filmmaker and community leader (#missingpieces)12:49 AM Jun 17th from web
132.
is editing the new short film... see ya later (#missingpieces)1:31 PM Jun 16th from web
133.
is making up for lost time updating the contributor and crew only blog (#missingpieces)12:56 AM Jun 14th from web
134.
just wrote a bunch of donation thank yous (#missingpieces)5:13 AM Jun 13th from web
135.
has been filling in rebates, fixing the tripod, strapping panty hoses to the lenses, and making notes/pics/songs for Sunday (#missingpieces)4:46 AM Jun 13th from web
136.
now has 2 artists working on paintings for the film (#missingpieces)6:20 PM Jun 12th from web
137.
is trying to get permission from a quarry to blow up a car inside for our big action scene (#missingpieces)5:07 PM Jun 12th from web
138.
now has 4 actors for the short (#missingpieces)5:07 PM Jun 12th from web
139.
finished rewriting the short script (#missingpieces)2:38 PM Jun 12th from web
140.
has an extra actor working on the shoot (#missingpieces)2:38 PM Jun 12th from web
2.
finished going through all the movie notes - organized... now just gotta re-read them all (#missingpieces)27 minutes ago from web
3.
fixed the website and is prepping for the meeting with the theme park human resources manager (#Missingpieces)27 minutes ago from web
4.
is trying to get a virus off the film's website (#missingpieces)about 4 hours ago from web
5.
found a grocery store location after google earthing every grocery store in Birmingham (#missingpieces)about 4 hours ago from web
6.
was on the phone for three hours going through the script with our lead actress (#missingpieces)about 4 hours ago from web
7.
is organizing a bunch of notes from over the past 4 months (#missingpieces)about 13 hours ago from web
8.
just made a letter head so folks can think we're legit and give us free stuff (#missingpieces)about 22 hours ago from web
9.
added the hoover police bomb squad to our website http://www.kentonbartlett.c... (#missingpieces)about 23 hours ago from web
10.
sent lots of notes over to our lead actress (#missingpieces)3:48 AM Jul 12th from web
11.
is breaking down the script and consolidating the costumes list for actors (#missingpieces)2:00 AM Jul 12th from web
12.
sent some feedback for Richey's latest version of the score for Picnics (new short film ) (#missingpieces)9:33 PM Jul 11th from web
13.
just met with our two artists - Brion and Hollie who are working on paintings for the movie (#missingpieces)6:57 PM Jul 11th from web
14.
is working with a propmaker to create one of the kidnapping devices for the movie (#missingpieces)3:13 PM Jul 11th from web
15.
is making a master props list to send out to folks (#missingpieces)2:54 AM Jul 11th from web
16.
is doing research on acting (#missingpieces)1:14 AM Jul 11th from web
17.
bought something to hopefully fix the microphone (#missingpieces)11:37 PM Jul 10th from web
18.
is gonna give the celebrities another shot - phone calls this time - get ready for some awkward pitching (#missingpieces)10:21 PM Jul 10th from web
19.
went through several folks and sent an offer over to Patricia Clarkson - keep your fingers crossed (#Missingpieces)9:33 PM Jul 10th from web
21.
panic attack (#missingpieces)9:05 PM Jul 10th from web
22.
one of our lead actresses is under 18, so we now have to jump through ridiculous "Man" hoops (#missingpieces)6:57 PM Jul 10th from web
23.
has 2 meeting with park directors for one of our stunt scenes involving smashing fluorescent lights over the playground (#missingpieces)6:56 PM Jul 10th from web
26.
sent over some feedback for a sound design and notes for our new painters (#missingpieces)4:13 AM Jul 10th from web
27.
is seeing strips of green - that's not a metaphor, I'm literally seeing strips of green.12:17 AM Jul 10th from web
28.
is working with two of our artist on the paintings for the film (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
29.
went fabric shopping for the main costumes in the film (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
30.
just paid for a 180mm, f2.8 lens (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
31.
is working with Peanuts and Nick Drake’s licensor to get stuff in the movie (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
32.
returned stuff, bough paint, checked out the free 300mm awesome lens, bought a $5.99 suitcase for sound equipment (#missingpieces)8:21 PM Jul 9th from web
33.
has a location scouting appointment next week to scout some old buildings with a willing owner (#missingpieces)5:55 PM Jul 9th from web
34.
THE HOOVER BOMB SQUAD IS COORDINATING/EXECUTING/SUPPLYING MATERIALS FOR OUR EXPLOSION FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! (#missingpieces)5:50 PM Jul 9th from web
35.
is returning a broken audio mixer and a recalled charger for Red One Batteries & feels lame for posting on twitter so much (#missingpieces)5:16 AM Jul 9th from web
36.
finished prepping for an explosive meeting tomorrow and sent feedback on promo flyers (by Christie) for getting free food (#missingpieces)5:10 AM Jul 9th from web
37.
just got a sound design mix from a talented sound designer! (#missingpieces)4:28 AM Jul 9th from web
38.
I think the heart/brain/nerves might be getting annoyed with me (#missingpieces)10:43 PM Jul 8th from web
39.
may have a steadicam operator for our big action shot!! (#missingpieces)8:38 PM Jul 8th from web
40.
http://blueeyecreations.com/ our t-shirt sponsor :D (#missingpieces)8:08 PM Jul 8th from web
41.
just got a cutsomized t-shirt sponsor from a friend and local clothing designer! (#missingpieces)7:31 PM Jul 8th from web
42.
is securing locations like a demon (#missingpieces)4:51 PM Jul 8th from web
43.
is buying one telephoto lens and getting another donated! (#missingpieces)4:50 PM Jul 8th from web
44.
is working to get licensing from Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens, or Nick Drake... and Happiness is a Warm Puppy (#missingpieces)4:50 PM Jul 8th from web
45.
got some lens testing stuff from a lens specialist (#missingpieces)4:39 PM Jul 8th from web
46.
has a meeting with an explosives expert tomorrow! (#missingpieces)3:08 PM Jul 8th from web
47.
just riding that boring e-mail train trying to get things done (#missingpieces)1:10 PM Jul 8th from web
48.
has been trying to make a lens out of an aluminum can. Looks kind of trippy (#missingpieces)12:41 AM Jul 8th from web
49.
just got back from the Birmingham film salon - lot's of great and helpful people! (#missingpieces)12:28 AM Jul 8th from web
50.
@wcabral can you e-mail me at Kenton@KentonBartlett.com? Twitter is not amazing at giving enough space to write anything4:45 PM Jul 7th from web in reply to wcabral
51.
@wcabral Yes, we are. What is your experience level/geographic location/monetary requirements (no crew or actors are being paid)?3:30 PM Jul 7th from web in reply to wcabral
52.
has two new artists and a designer for our film (#missingpieces)5:10 AM Jul 7th from web
53.
looking for the perfect song to include in our movie (#missingpieces)5:10 AM Jul 7th from web
54.
who knew finding a playground that will let you smash fluorescent light bulbs all over it would be so difficult (#missingpieces)3:44 AM Jul 7th from web
55.
tired. (#missingpieces)12:14 AM Jul 7th from web
56.
just posted for a Steadicam operator for the film (#missingpieces)11:23 PM Jul 6th from web
57.
is giving feedback to our composer for Picnics - the new short film (#missingpieces)9:28 PM Jul 6th from web
58.
a demolition company might be able to help with some abandoned apartments and explosives! (#missingpieces)4:40 PM Jul 6th from web
59.
@kaytoday why do men make you nauseous?3:32 AM Jul 6th from web in reply to kaytoday
60.
just sent over feedback for the second draft of James Markham's song (#missingpieces)3:18 AM Jul 6th from web
61.
did some craig's list postings (#missingpieces)3:17 AM Jul 6th from web
62.
is trying to find a playground company that will let us smash fluorescent bulbs on their equipment (#missingpieces)11:32 PM Jul 5th from web
63.
finished going through the script, annotating it, and putting it back into the computer in final draft (#missingpieces)10:53 PM Jul 5th from web
64.
is watching one of the two discs from the NYC auditions (#missingpieces)4:31 PM Jul 5th from web
65.
@analein his manager just passed the message over to him. Which is super cool in my book. I'll follow up in a week or so if we ain't hurd7:30 PM Jul 3rd from web
66.
Got 1/2 the clearance for Happiness is a Warm Puppy (#missingpieces)7:29 PM Jul 3rd from web
67.
is trying to get copyright permission for Happiness is a Warm Puppy http://tinyurl.com/maanch (#missingpieces)2:47 AM Jul 3rd from web
68.
updates this thing too much to fill the void of human interaction2:45 AM Jul 3rd from web
69.
needs help (#missingpieces)2:44 AM Jul 3rd from web
70.
thinks caterpillars are pooping on him (#missingpieces)2:44 AM Jul 3rd from web
71.
was mooching internet off someone's house when the sprinklers came on... everything's wet now. (#missingpieces)2:10 AM Jul 3rd from web
72.
just wrote 2,500 words of e-mail - bout to send them out mos def (#missingpieces)2:03 AM Jul 3rd from web
73.
got a message sent to Sufjan Stevens!! http://www.asthmatickitty.com (#missingpieces)2:03 AM Jul 3rd from web
74.
is trying to track down a bomb specialist, finding new audio equipment, ordering Red One accessories (#missingpieces)4:23 PM Jul 2nd from web
75.
is wurkin that phone - endless call style (#missingpieces)2:57 PM Jul 2nd from web
76.
is looking for demolition companies to secure some slammin' locations soon-to-be destroyed (#missingpieces)3:13 AM Jul 2nd from web
77.
just put buildasign.com on the website - sponsor style (#missingpieces)2:40 AM Jul 2nd from web
78.
is trying to track down a designer to work on props and things for the movie (#missingpieces)8:12 PM Jul 1st from web
79.
is about to meet with our paramedic in Panama City, Florida (#missingpieces)7:43 PM Jul 1st from web
80.
is working with Will to develop the style for the paintings in the film (#missingpieces) @willbraden7:28 PM Jul 1st from web
81.
@willbraden which one? I just posted like a million twitter stuffs to recap the past 2 days6:49 PM Jul 1st from web in reply to willbraden
82.
is trudging through lots of e-mails at Panera Bread (bootleg internet style) (#missingpieces)6:48 PM Jul 1st from web
83.
is working with insurance companies to be able to get our light sponsorship from Kino Flo to come through (#missingpieces)5:51 PM Jul 1st from web
84.
is working on getting clearance to blow a car up in a rock quarry in Sylacauga (#missingpieces)5:51 PM Jul 1st from web
85.
has been going through the 60 pages of 1/2 inch margin, single space notes taken over the past year and a half - game time (#missingpieces)5:50 PM Jul 1st from web
86.
new sponsor! http://www.buildasign.com/ (#missingpieces)5:48 PM Jul 1st from web
87.
has been coming up with film references to communicate with actors/actresses (#missingpieces)5:48 PM Jul 1st from web
88.
finished the freelance business plan project (#missingpieces)5:48 PM Jul 1st from web
89.
just made a http://www.getdropbox.com to be able to see the NYC casting videos (#missingpieces)7:09 PM Jun 30th from web
90.
http://www.giveforward.org/... (#missingpieces)7:07 PM Jun 30th from web
91.
is making a profile for a new fundraising website (#missingpieces)6:24 PM Jun 30th from web
92.
has been going through the script making very detailed notes for production, acting, references, logistics, and revisions (#missingpieces)6:24 PM Jun 30th from web
93.
spent all day yesterday making the production schedule (breaking down locations, characters, and setting dates) (#missingpieces)6:23 PM Jun 30th from web
94.
is going out of town for location scouting for a week (#missingpieces)3:30 AM Jun 29th from web
95.
compiled all the location scouting pictures from the past 6 weeks (#missingpieces)3:30 AM Jun 29th from web
96.
tried to get some free delivery van decal magnets (#missingpieces)3:30 AM Jun 29th from web
97.
talked for a while with our make up artist, Sarah-Beth Alfree to discuss all the makeup for our film (#missingpieces)11:48 PM Jun 28th from web
98.
just got back from raiding a yard sale's leftovers for free (#missingpieces)5:13 PM Jun 28th from web
99.
thinks making sound effects while going into google earth street view makes life more interesting. Most fun in a while (#missingpieces)3:28 AM Jun 28th from web
100.
was out and around town ALL DAY with our amazing production design team (#missingpieces)12:29 AM Jun 28th from web
101.
@analein is awesome2:09 AM Jun 27th from web in reply to analein
102.
may have a paramedic for the film (#missingpieces)12:45 AM Jun 27th from web
103.
is trucking along with the production schedule (#missingpieces)11:19 PM Jun 26th from web
104.
talked for a couple hours with our production designer (#missingpieces)8:53 PM Jun 26th from web
105.
got lots of free furniture from a guy on Craig's List (#missingpieces)8:52 PM Jun 26th from web
106.
a woman sings in the Across the Universe behind the scenes special features... it's better than the movie itself5:24 AM Jun 26th from web
107.
just figured out a makeshift system of doing the schedule in excel and saved $500 by not buying the legit software (#missingpieces)4:48 AM Jun 26th from web
108.
has spent the whole night trying to figure out how to even begin making a production schedule (#missingpieces)4:04 AM Jun 26th from web
109.
just finished transcribing pocket notes from a while back (#missingpieces)12:40 AM Jun 26th from web
110.
is working with our musician James Markham on the song for our new short film. It sounds awesome! (#missingpieces)12:18 AM Jun 26th from web
111.
got back from location scouting all day today - found a pretty slammin' quarry in Sylacauga (#missingpieces)12:17 AM Jun 26th from web
112.
is location scouting on google earth... kind of lame, but the gasoline man is thankful (#missingpieces)2:24 AM Jun 25th from web
113.
wrote some letters - old school style (#missingpieces)12:57 AM Jun 25th from web
114.
just finished and is uploading the final cut of Picnics (#missingpieces)9:40 PM Jun 24th from web
115.
has been writing e-mails and making phone calls (getting locations cleared/working w/ new crew members) (#missingpieces)9:40 PM Jun 24th from web
116.
went location scouting all day yesterday (#missingpieces)9:38 PM Jun 24th from web
117.
just asked permission to use Bob Ross footage in our movie (#missingpieces)12:45 AM Jun 23rd from web
118.
is breaking down the script in the library (#missingpieces)7:59 PM Jun 22nd from web
119.
just bought a bunch of equipment (#missingpieces)6:22 PM Jun 22nd from web
120.
is going through 2,400 e-mails from the old casting e-mail address (#missingpieces)1:08 AM Jun 22nd from web
121.
is working on breaking down the script for props, locations, scheduling, casting, scene intent, etc. etc. (#missingpieces)2:29 PM Jun 21st from web
122.
just went through about 300 audition inquiries for the film - you can even youtube "missing pieces auditions" crazy stuff (#missingpieces)2:29 PM Jun 21st from web
123.
just went through about 80 dvds and got 370 reference images for production design, acting, and cinematography (#missingpieces)4:38 PM Jun 20th from web
124.
just got $8,200 worth of lights from Kino Flo!!!! (#missingpieces)6:46 PM Jun 19th from web
125.
gathered a list of thrift stores and wrote a letter to find some places that will let us get stuff for free (#missingpieces)5:32 PM Jun 19th from web
126.
printed letters and envelopes for food sponsors (#missingpieces)5:32 PM Jun 19th from web
127.
is working with our production designer to develop the feel of the movie (#missingpieces)5:32 PM Jun 19th from web
128.
is working with several sound designers for the new short (#missingpieces)5:31 PM Jun 19th from web
129.
has been color correcting the new short film all day (#missingpieces)4:26 AM Jun 19th from web
130.
possibly just cast Maggie (#missingpieces)3:08 PM Jun 17th from web
131.
met with Alan Hunter, the first MTV VJ and now local filmmaker and community leader (#missingpieces)12:49 AM Jun 17th from web
132.
is editing the new short film... see ya later (#missingpieces)1:31 PM Jun 16th from web
133.
is making up for lost time updating the contributor and crew only blog (#missingpieces)12:56 AM Jun 14th from web
134.
just wrote a bunch of donation thank yous (#missingpieces)5:13 AM Jun 13th from web
135.
has been filling in rebates, fixing the tripod, strapping panty hoses to the lenses, and making notes/pics/songs for Sunday (#missingpieces)4:46 AM Jun 13th from web
136.
now has 2 artists working on paintings for the film (#missingpieces)6:20 PM Jun 12th from web
137.
is trying to get permission from a quarry to blow up a car inside for our big action scene (#missingpieces)5:07 PM Jun 12th from web
138.
now has 4 actors for the short (#missingpieces)5:07 PM Jun 12th from web
139.
finished rewriting the short script (#missingpieces)2:38 PM Jun 12th from web
140.
has an extra actor working on the shoot (#missingpieces)2:38 PM Jun 12th from web
6.14.2009
Overdue Post - really long
Where to start…
We are trying to hone the camera settings to achieve a good “look.” And this requires some of the most tedious testing you could think of to make it all look right. Changing one fraction of a setting on the camera can change the whole look of the picture. I wish I could post before and afters to show you how things change, but hours upon hours of footage have been shot, and it’s just impractical to upload it all.
We are trying to get an art sponsorship so Will can start painting. He has been practicing a bit with borrowed supplies, and the first complete one is below. A Florida artist may be helping collaborate as well.
We have a production designer! Elissa Cain is excited to jump right in. She’s taking off work to do this, but we have the same work ethic and tastes – even in obscure movies and music (a must in my book for this job).
We have three new fundraisiers – Jinae, Kris, and Jackie.
We have two engineers – Michael Guntherberg and Robert Hill. They are working to make camera dollies (to move the camera smoothly).
We have two communication assistants – April Washko and DaVaughn Lucas who are arranging sponsorships from around the country.
We have a photographer! He is an established professional named Joseph De Sciose. He was a tenured photographer for Southern Living magazine shooting many of the cover photos and pictures inside of the magazine.
Christie has written about 39 letters to food places around Birmingham.
Hannah is delivering several thousand flyers around the south to raise money.
Leeanna is knocking casting out of the park. We are having live sessions in NY, LA, and B’ham. She has been putting ads in the right places and we are getting tons of great responses. I cannot tell you how hard she is working and how much of her heart she is putting into this. It’s absolutely incredible, and I’ll never be able to thank her.
Richey (composer) and James (additional music) have been working away on new sounds. We have been sending sound refernces back and forth
John has been doing a lot of research and watching movies w/o sound to study the cinematographer. He has been trying to get his hands on the Red camera, and has an internship, but the economy is bad and there haven’t been any jobs to work on. He’s ordering lighting equipment now.
Every crew member is working hard, and there’s too much going on to write it all down!
Several people have helped with location scouting. Especially our new crew member, Ward Neely. He’s been on the ball with helping and is going to act in our next short film.
We have been preparing and writing the new short film – shooting tomorrow. This is an exercise in writing and directing something dramatic as well as testing a new look for the film (and practicing sound). The new look is achieved by putting pantyhose on the front of the lens as well as using two glass filters (UV and IR/Hot Mirror). The other key is the shutter speed (fraction that light hits the sensor). We are using either 1/454.5 or 1/43.4 seconds.
About 12 sound designers will be adding sounds to the short film as an audition of shorts.
Location scouting has been a huge priority. I have been to Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and all around Alabama over the past three weeks, and we have found a few places. Much more scouring to come. Two locations are going to the highest channels of approval – city hall for a Water Tower and Vulcan Materials corporate office for a rock quarry.
25 people are working on the film now!
The short film, “Suitcase” was entered into a local festival playing tonight.
Pro-active Craig’s List spamming is still producing results all the time.
Again, it’s hard to see where the time is going, but fielding e-mails from the crew – communicating so they know what to do as well as doing my part in the relationship takes a while. Additionally inquiries from misc companies and communication with companies – the time all just adds up.
We are still truckin’ along with equipment research/purchase/rebates/returns, etc.
Our tentative start date for the big production is September 13 (and finishing by Thanksgiving).
I wrote a 20 page business plan for a Jewish Arts film project as a freelance job to raise money for this, and it has proven time consuming as well.
We are trying to hone the camera settings to achieve a good “look.” And this requires some of the most tedious testing you could think of to make it all look right. Changing one fraction of a setting on the camera can change the whole look of the picture. I wish I could post before and afters to show you how things change, but hours upon hours of footage have been shot, and it’s just impractical to upload it all.
We are trying to get an art sponsorship so Will can start painting. He has been practicing a bit with borrowed supplies, and the first complete one is below. A Florida artist may be helping collaborate as well.
We have a production designer! Elissa Cain is excited to jump right in. She’s taking off work to do this, but we have the same work ethic and tastes – even in obscure movies and music (a must in my book for this job).
We have three new fundraisiers – Jinae, Kris, and Jackie.
We have two engineers – Michael Guntherberg and Robert Hill. They are working to make camera dollies (to move the camera smoothly).
We have two communication assistants – April Washko and DaVaughn Lucas who are arranging sponsorships from around the country.
We have a photographer! He is an established professional named Joseph De Sciose. He was a tenured photographer for Southern Living magazine shooting many of the cover photos and pictures inside of the magazine.
Christie has written about 39 letters to food places around Birmingham.
Hannah is delivering several thousand flyers around the south to raise money.
Leeanna is knocking casting out of the park. We are having live sessions in NY, LA, and B’ham. She has been putting ads in the right places and we are getting tons of great responses. I cannot tell you how hard she is working and how much of her heart she is putting into this. It’s absolutely incredible, and I’ll never be able to thank her.
Richey (composer) and James (additional music) have been working away on new sounds. We have been sending sound refernces back and forth
John has been doing a lot of research and watching movies w/o sound to study the cinematographer. He has been trying to get his hands on the Red camera, and has an internship, but the economy is bad and there haven’t been any jobs to work on. He’s ordering lighting equipment now.
Every crew member is working hard, and there’s too much going on to write it all down!
Several people have helped with location scouting. Especially our new crew member, Ward Neely. He’s been on the ball with helping and is going to act in our next short film.
We have been preparing and writing the new short film – shooting tomorrow. This is an exercise in writing and directing something dramatic as well as testing a new look for the film (and practicing sound). The new look is achieved by putting pantyhose on the front of the lens as well as using two glass filters (UV and IR/Hot Mirror). The other key is the shutter speed (fraction that light hits the sensor). We are using either 1/454.5 or 1/43.4 seconds.
About 12 sound designers will be adding sounds to the short film as an audition of shorts.
Location scouting has been a huge priority. I have been to Arkansas, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and all around Alabama over the past three weeks, and we have found a few places. Much more scouring to come. Two locations are going to the highest channels of approval – city hall for a Water Tower and Vulcan Materials corporate office for a rock quarry.
25 people are working on the film now!
The short film, “Suitcase” was entered into a local festival playing tonight.
Pro-active Craig’s List spamming is still producing results all the time.
Again, it’s hard to see where the time is going, but fielding e-mails from the crew – communicating so they know what to do as well as doing my part in the relationship takes a while. Additionally inquiries from misc companies and communication with companies – the time all just adds up.
We are still truckin’ along with equipment research/purchase/rebates/returns, etc.
Our tentative start date for the big production is September 13 (and finishing by Thanksgiving).
I wrote a 20 page business plan for a Jewish Arts film project as a freelance job to raise money for this, and it has proven time consuming as well.
Color Correction and Film Out
We want to take one minute of film from beginning to end. This would include professional color correction (this video) and printing the digital video onto tangible 35mm film strips. Doing this adds organic imperfection to the picture which makes it look like a big budget movie (we hope). Two color correction places (Independent Studios - shown here (http://www.independentstudios.tv/work9.html) and another) have offered to do a free sample, and one “print to 35mm film” house has offered to do it for $250 – paying for 35mm film materials costs.
Camera Tests
It's too time consuming to post actual videos here, but I hope the pictures help a little.
The image on the left has a black panty hose over the front of the lens (and a UV filter and IR filter). The image on the right is just what the camera picks up (with our custom settings).
Lens test - comparing shutter speed. The difference in image quality is affected by simply changing the amount of light that enters the camera (shutter speed) by a fraction of a second.
The image on the left has a black panty hose over the front of the lens (and a UV filter and IR filter). The image on the right is just what the camera picks up (with our custom settings).
Lens test - comparing shutter speed. The difference in image quality is affected by simply changing the amount of light that enters the camera (shutter speed) by a fraction of a second.
6.13.2009
Locatin Scouting
Possible grocery store location (1.5 hours outside of B'ham). Ward Neely found this one. 
Our Colorado "snow" location - very abandoned. See more pictures here (http://www.theronwelch.com/mountains/gore/dora/index.htm) I hope the link works when you read this. Jackie Glenn found this one and is helping w/ housing in Colorado :)
Truck loading zone (main character is a delivery man). 
Tower #2. Our request is going up for Triana City Hall on June 22. 
Tower #2.
Tower #2 base - no longer in use. 
Tower #1 base. 
One of two Triana city towers - both are awesome. This will be tower #1. 
B'ham tower - mediocre.
We're shooting our short film here tomorrow. 
Different quarry - still enormous. 
Same quarry, different view.
The prize quarry - our request has been sent to corporate. This picture does not nearly do justice to this. The spec on the opposite side of the canyon is a full size dump truck. 
Parking Lot - different view. 
Parking lot near Birmingham. 
North Carolina mountain view. 
Harrison (brother) and I climbed a mountain in North Carolina to find a cool spot... we got to the top but nothing was amazing.
One possible industrial factory up in TN.
Pics Galore
This is one of my favorite singers - Katie Herzig. I talked to her after the show and asked about using her music in the film. Obviously she was unsure, but at least she knows about the movie :)
Will is painting the paintings in our movie - this is his first - he's developing a style.
DJ sound testing - Day 1
Casting puzzles- off to the post office - $162 worth of stamps
Mom's celebrity puzzle assembly line
Casting Puzzles - a bunch of em
Equipment boxes
6.06.2009
Tired
I think being too burnt out/overwhelmed/tired to post progress is part the story of making this thing. I'm sorry.
Things are going very very well, it's just a lot to keep up with.
Things are going very very well, it's just a lot to keep up with.
Suitcase - A Test Footage Short Film
We made this to practice with our camera as an alternative to shooting arbitrary test footage (which we also do). It's playing in a Birmingham film festival. We filmed the entire thing within 24 hours of being informed of the opportunity. More shorts to come.
5.24.2009
Trying to Keep Up
Not really sure where all the time is going, but every hour is filled. Whether it’s field tests, e-mail writing, phone calls, buying, selling, fixing, and returning equipment, website work, research, meetings, craig’s list posting, computer fixing, working freelance to make money, or manual reading, it doesn’t leave time for much else.
The Red camera is working! Test footage is underway. It’s a challenge to make it look like “film,” and we’re not there yet but working and researching all the time to get it there. Finding the most efficient way to work with the enormous data files is also tricky. This is a huge time suck and quite the puzzle.
We now have 17 people working on the movie! It’s getting hard to keep up with everything and everyone. Everyone is working so hard, and I wish there was more time to do really nice things for every one and tell them how grateful I am. This is truly a team effort, and no one should ever think that someone makes a movie by themselves. Everyone is making this movie together.
We have a new casting director! Leeanna Rubin is taking this thing by the horns and tackling it full force. We have revamped the website and casting process completely. She is responding to every single e-mail that we have received (over 2,300) and setting up live casting sessions in New York, Los Angeles, Birmingham, and Atlanta. We are running a paid advertisement in Backstage magazine which is very legit and should turn out a lot of serious actors.
Will has agreed to be the painter for the movie (story based heavily on the art created by main character, Delia). He’s certainly the go-to man for anything visual on the project, and I’m really glad we can work together.
We have a Line Producer! Jeff Nixon is a Birmingham event planner who is very enthusiastic about movies and wants to help on the project by organizing companies and people in and around Birmingham to pull everything together.
Abbott is busy writing contracts for everyone and keeping the legal matters in order.
Tony is redesigning our myspace page: www.myspace.com/kentonbartlett
The celebrity letters are in the air. Keep your fingers crossed this week.
DJ and I are testing out both the camera and sound equipment. We got sound!
Craig’s List posting is a go again. Using the library computers is the key.
We may have a production designer.
Pictures and videos coming soon!
The Red camera is working! Test footage is underway. It’s a challenge to make it look like “film,” and we’re not there yet but working and researching all the time to get it there. Finding the most efficient way to work with the enormous data files is also tricky. This is a huge time suck and quite the puzzle.
We now have 17 people working on the movie! It’s getting hard to keep up with everything and everyone. Everyone is working so hard, and I wish there was more time to do really nice things for every one and tell them how grateful I am. This is truly a team effort, and no one should ever think that someone makes a movie by themselves. Everyone is making this movie together.
We have a new casting director! Leeanna Rubin is taking this thing by the horns and tackling it full force. We have revamped the website and casting process completely. She is responding to every single e-mail that we have received (over 2,300) and setting up live casting sessions in New York, Los Angeles, Birmingham, and Atlanta. We are running a paid advertisement in Backstage magazine which is very legit and should turn out a lot of serious actors.
Will has agreed to be the painter for the movie (story based heavily on the art created by main character, Delia). He’s certainly the go-to man for anything visual on the project, and I’m really glad we can work together.
We have a Line Producer! Jeff Nixon is a Birmingham event planner who is very enthusiastic about movies and wants to help on the project by organizing companies and people in and around Birmingham to pull everything together.
Abbott is busy writing contracts for everyone and keeping the legal matters in order.
Tony is redesigning our myspace page: www.myspace.com/kentonbartlett
The celebrity letters are in the air. Keep your fingers crossed this week.
DJ and I are testing out both the camera and sound equipment. We got sound!
Craig’s List posting is a go again. Using the library computers is the key.
We may have a production designer.
Pictures and videos coming soon!
5.17.2009
Some Pictures from Home
Downstairs, basement "office."
The Red One Camera.
Some of the completed packages.
Some of the puzzles.
Mom working on the puzzle packages.
The boxes from the past couple weeks, stacked inside the front door (back from college).
James Markham song
James Markham's original composition based on "Asleep on the Train" (below).
The original song - we do not own copyrights.
Equipment and Back at Home
School’s done, and 100% of attention can be focused on the movie.
The past several days have been incredibly busy. Most equipment has arrived, and I’ve been unpacking, organizing, reading manuals, learning, assembling, testing, installing programs, buying missing parts, and waiting for more stuff to come in. Additionally, setting up a home “office” in the basement has made this feel a little legit and truly independent.
Since we’re missing a part for the Red One, most of the tests have been focused on time lapse, lens, filters, and computer software. The Red part should come in Monday, then we’ll get more tests up with the big camera.
We have a new crew member! James Markham will be credited as Additional Music. He is a very talented musician who’s talent is taking pre-existing music, imitating it, modifying it, then making it his own to sound significantly different and avoiding copyright infringement.
All puzzles have arrived, and the packages are physically ready to send out to celebrities. We are waiting on advice from Michael Papajohn, then we’ll send them out.
A couple of promising individuals may help out in very real ways. I’ll update you as soon as they sign on.
The past several days have been incredibly busy. Most equipment has arrived, and I’ve been unpacking, organizing, reading manuals, learning, assembling, testing, installing programs, buying missing parts, and waiting for more stuff to come in. Additionally, setting up a home “office” in the basement has made this feel a little legit and truly independent.
Since we’re missing a part for the Red One, most of the tests have been focused on time lapse, lens, filters, and computer software. The Red part should come in Monday, then we’ll get more tests up with the big camera.
We have a new crew member! James Markham will be credited as Additional Music. He is a very talented musician who’s talent is taking pre-existing music, imitating it, modifying it, then making it his own to sound significantly different and avoiding copyright infringement.
All puzzles have arrived, and the packages are physically ready to send out to celebrities. We are waiting on advice from Michael Papajohn, then we’ll send them out.
A couple of promising individuals may help out in very real ways. I’ll update you as soon as they sign on.
5.16.2009
HDR Success
This is a successful HDR timelapse. The framing isn't great, and the cloudy weather wasn't great, but this is the a 1 hr 20 minute shot with 7 pictures taken every 15 seconds. Automating the process to combine them all was a little tricky, but the principles are down, and we can apply them to better locations very soon.
5.15.2009
More Time Lapse Tests
These are tests for the High Dynamic Range function of the still camera. Basically, the idea is that you can see both the shadows and the highlights in the same image instead of having something over or under exposed. It's a little tricky to get to work, but it's all figured out now. These are lame, but more to come!
5.14.2009
A couple rough rough rough tests
Testing the auto timelapse feature of our new camera
Continuous still frame shooting test.
Both of these are very raw. I will upload some more tests soon. Things have been very busy testing out all the equipment, but I will write more soon.
5.11.2009
Workin on that movie
Apologies for the delayed post. Severe computer failure (a virus deleted every program and document… twice – there were backups), final exams, moving out, graduation weekend, saying goodbye to friends, and travel has slowed down progress a little bit, but here’s what’s been going on:
We have a composer! Richey Rynkowski is signed on to the project. About 100 people have inquired about the position. Many are qualified and enthusiastic. We originally planned to hold auditions – and I told this to Richey. However, he proceeded with the opportunity as if he was already the official composer. He made three songs tailored to the music for this film (the soundtrack to the script). His songs are all great (listen below) and give a taste of what’s to come. He is both talented and hardworking. We get along great and have the same tastes in music.
Tony and I have to develop the social media front. We have a Linked In account (www.linkedin/in/kentonbartlett), a twitter account (www.twitter.com/kentonbartlett), and we have Facebook back (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenton-Bartlett-Movie/74342639138?ref=ts)! We are re-building our online presence for sure. A MySpace page is coming soon.
The website (www.KentonBartlett.com) is re-designed. The homepage and page backgrounds are the main differences. See pics below.
Craig’s List created new spam filters to block folks like us. The new hurdles are tricky, and I thought we would have to resort to other means of virally spreading the word, but we just developed a new plan to circumvent the new smart filters. We will post onwards!
We are going to forego the film stock donation for logistic, visual, and expenditure reasons.
Christie and I drafted a letter to send for food sponsorships. Christie and Hannah are looking for the contact info for establishments around Birmingham.
Many more e-mails arrive every day with new and different leads – from offers to help, potential investors, interested crew members, and questions from actors. Fielding the e-mails and following up with everyone is a top priority. We’ll keep you up to date on promising developments, but it’s hard to list every single lead.
Casting is moving forward. More auditions are coming in every day. Fenix is working full time on it, and two of my acting friends are interested in helping out full-time as well.
This week will be all about making up for lost time and start working with the mound of equipment we’ve been ordering for the past month.
We didn’t win the screenplay award (the third draft was submitted) and haven’t heard back from the movie studio.
We have a composer! Richey Rynkowski is signed on to the project. About 100 people have inquired about the position. Many are qualified and enthusiastic. We originally planned to hold auditions – and I told this to Richey. However, he proceeded with the opportunity as if he was already the official composer. He made three songs tailored to the music for this film (the soundtrack to the script). His songs are all great (listen below) and give a taste of what’s to come. He is both talented and hardworking. We get along great and have the same tastes in music.
Tony and I have to develop the social media front. We have a Linked In account (www.linkedin/in/kentonbartlett), a twitter account (www.twitter.com/kentonbartlett), and we have Facebook back (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenton-Bartlett-Movie/74342639138?ref=ts)! We are re-building our online presence for sure. A MySpace page is coming soon.
The website (www.KentonBartlett.com) is re-designed. The homepage and page backgrounds are the main differences. See pics below.
Craig’s List created new spam filters to block folks like us. The new hurdles are tricky, and I thought we would have to resort to other means of virally spreading the word, but we just developed a new plan to circumvent the new smart filters. We will post onwards!
We are going to forego the film stock donation for logistic, visual, and expenditure reasons.
Christie and I drafted a letter to send for food sponsorships. Christie and Hannah are looking for the contact info for establishments around Birmingham.
Many more e-mails arrive every day with new and different leads – from offers to help, potential investors, interested crew members, and questions from actors. Fielding the e-mails and following up with everyone is a top priority. We’ll keep you up to date on promising developments, but it’s hard to list every single lead.
Casting is moving forward. More auditions are coming in every day. Fenix is working full time on it, and two of my acting friends are interested in helping out full-time as well.
This week will be all about making up for lost time and start working with the mound of equipment we’ve been ordering for the past month.
We didn’t win the screenplay award (the third draft was submitted) and haven’t heard back from the movie studio.
Social Media - Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn
Updated website
Our LinkedIn page: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kentonbartlett
Our Twitter Page: http://twitter.com/KentonBartlett
Our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kenton-Bartlett-Movie/74342639138?ref=ts
5.06.2009
Richey Rynkowski Draft Composition - Love Theme
We have an official composer! Richey Rynkowski is an extremely devoted, talented, and hard-working music maker living in the UK. Listen to this song and the ones below. These are a few ideas without much direction or collaboration - and these tunes were created without being signed on to the project (proactiveness pays off always).
5.01.2009
IMDB! Student Short Film
We are on IMDB! Go to www.imdb.com, then search "Kenton Bartlett" or "Student Short Film" and pages will come up.
Or, click these links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1414278/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3400082/
4.29.2009
Celebrity Casting, Equipment Purchasing, and Fourth Draft
This week has been filled mostly with detailed equipment research and purchases, script writing, e-mail answering, and casting contact work.
It’s pretty boring to write about the equipment purchases (or too lengthy to read about), but very time consuming. I will post pictures and final lists later. Long story short – we have the equipment to record a movie! Packages are being ordered and other packages are arriving every day.
We have finalized our 100 actors casting list, their letters, produced all the puzzles, created every website, and my mom is organizing the shipments. She is folding, packaging, and sending them off in the next couple weeks. Our friend, Cathy Tracy, knows calligraphy and is penning the addresses of as many as possible to help draw attention to the packages and get the opened.
The fourth draft is finished! The third draft drifted a little off course in making so many drastic changes, but the fourth draft fixed them and made it stronger.
The script (third draft) was nominated for an AWARD at American University. It is the end-of-the year competition for undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Communications. It is very competitive, and we will find out the results Friday.
The generous folks over at Tryptonaut Pictures offered to donate 27,000 feet of Kodak 500T 35mm film stock (about $2,000 worth!). That records many hours of professional footage. If we can find a way to use the film without impacting our budget, we will be able to accept the donation and make something cool.
We are waiting to hear back from the kind person with a possible movie studio lead (should hear something tomorrow).
Web traffic is up to about 7,000 visitors this month. We are about to break the maximum web hits allowed for my current website ownership plan.
I post in 30 Craig’s List cities every two days.
A music supervisor offered to come on board and raise money to pay for music licensing fees and his own salary. That’s an offer no one can refuse. I will write more when things are confirmed.
It’s pretty boring to write about the equipment purchases (or too lengthy to read about), but very time consuming. I will post pictures and final lists later. Long story short – we have the equipment to record a movie! Packages are being ordered and other packages are arriving every day.
We have finalized our 100 actors casting list, their letters, produced all the puzzles, created every website, and my mom is organizing the shipments. She is folding, packaging, and sending them off in the next couple weeks. Our friend, Cathy Tracy, knows calligraphy and is penning the addresses of as many as possible to help draw attention to the packages and get the opened.
The fourth draft is finished! The third draft drifted a little off course in making so many drastic changes, but the fourth draft fixed them and made it stronger.
The script (third draft) was nominated for an AWARD at American University. It is the end-of-the year competition for undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Communications. It is very competitive, and we will find out the results Friday.
The generous folks over at Tryptonaut Pictures offered to donate 27,000 feet of Kodak 500T 35mm film stock (about $2,000 worth!). That records many hours of professional footage. If we can find a way to use the film without impacting our budget, we will be able to accept the donation and make something cool.
We are waiting to hear back from the kind person with a possible movie studio lead (should hear something tomorrow).
Web traffic is up to about 7,000 visitors this month. We are about to break the maximum web hits allowed for my current website ownership plan.
I post in 30 Craig’s List cities every two days.
A music supervisor offered to come on board and raise money to pay for music licensing fees and his own salary. That’s an offer no one can refuse. I will write more when things are confirmed.
Front Page Story
Our story was on the front page of American University’s website: www.american.edu. It is gone now though, so here’s a screen capture of it.
4.23.2009
Major Studio, equipment, new crew, celebrities,
One extremely kind individual offered to pitch the project to his friend in a high-ranking position at a major film studio (cannot disclose the studio at the moment) and two interested producers.
Over 1,500 casting applicants. Audition tapes are starting to trickle in.
We have a makeup artist! Sarah-Beth Alfree has already arranged a makeup sponsorship and an assistant (Scott Forrester) to cover the hair and makeup of the film. Both Sarah-Beth and Scott live in Birmingham.
We have a Social Media Consultant as well. My friend, Tony Romm is an experienced journalist and has offered his help spreading the word through creative online mediums.
Equipment orders are in full swing. The sound equipment deals have been arranged. The list price of our equipment is $6,380, and we are getting it for $2,917. This is thanks to James Lunsford’s smart equipment research and Sennheiser’s generous deal.
The Red Camera is in shipment. This week, we also ordered 3 lenses, a hard drive, a package of 50 glass camera filters, a tripod, and professional equipment cases. I will post details and pictures of equipment down the road to serve as a reference for anyone interested.
Several interested investors have contacted me to read the script.
Southwest said no to the project as is, but they are excited to work together if the film develops into a project with more promise of distribution (i.e. if a celebrity signs on).
I got kicked off Facebook for promoting the movie too hard. Even though this is an annoyance, I see it as a crowning victory to extreme promotion (and hopefully no one was annoyed in the process. (They have agreed to let me back on under a personal account with terms of cooperation).
We finished up the celebrity letter and celebrity production information and are ready to distribute the puzzle packages.
Accomplished actor and Vestavia Hills community member, Michael Papajohn (the robber in Spiderman) has agreed to help out with the film. We are going to talk more next week.
The fourth draft of the screenplay is underway (after a third draft consulting session with my smart professor, Claudia Myers).
Craig’s List posting is the #1 reason for most of these developments.
Over 1,500 casting applicants. Audition tapes are starting to trickle in.
We have a makeup artist! Sarah-Beth Alfree has already arranged a makeup sponsorship and an assistant (Scott Forrester) to cover the hair and makeup of the film. Both Sarah-Beth and Scott live in Birmingham.
We have a Social Media Consultant as well. My friend, Tony Romm is an experienced journalist and has offered his help spreading the word through creative online mediums.
Equipment orders are in full swing. The sound equipment deals have been arranged. The list price of our equipment is $6,380, and we are getting it for $2,917. This is thanks to James Lunsford’s smart equipment research and Sennheiser’s generous deal.
The Red Camera is in shipment. This week, we also ordered 3 lenses, a hard drive, a package of 50 glass camera filters, a tripod, and professional equipment cases. I will post details and pictures of equipment down the road to serve as a reference for anyone interested.
Several interested investors have contacted me to read the script.
Southwest said no to the project as is, but they are excited to work together if the film develops into a project with more promise of distribution (i.e. if a celebrity signs on).
I got kicked off Facebook for promoting the movie too hard. Even though this is an annoyance, I see it as a crowning victory to extreme promotion (and hopefully no one was annoyed in the process. (They have agreed to let me back on under a personal account with terms of cooperation).
We finished up the celebrity letter and celebrity production information and are ready to distribute the puzzle packages.
Accomplished actor and Vestavia Hills community member, Michael Papajohn (the robber in Spiderman) has agreed to help out with the film. We are going to talk more next week.
The fourth draft of the screenplay is underway (after a third draft consulting session with my smart professor, Claudia Myers).
Craig’s List posting is the #1 reason for most of these developments.
4.21.2009
4.18.2009
Red One Order (Serial)
We ordered the Red One camera yesterday and received our camera number! It's a christening of sorts in the industry. I will post the full list of what Red equipment we ordered and the price paid when all orders are complete.
Steven Poster Shoot
John is working with Steven Poster (Donnie Darko cinematographer) on a documentary, and John needed someone to cover for a couple hours. I didn't work too long, but working with their crew is a great opportunity for John, and I certainly learned a lot in the brief time I was there.
Look at Steven Poster's work here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0692925/
4.15.2009
Casting is working, PR, sound decisions, and composing
Casting is working! We have over 1,000 applicants!
We tried a new tactic – Craig’s List (online classifieds). I tried it a while ago, but my posts were deleted because you cannot post the same post twice, and you cannot post in more than one city. To make a long story short, we circumvented the spam filter and can now post all over the country. So far we have contacted only 60 cities. There are plenty more cities around the US, and we can always re-post, so needless to say, the doors are wide open for casting!
Fenix and I have developed a more streamlined audition process and means of auto-responding to applicants. We would prefer to be personable, but it’s simply not possible at this point.
Along with inquiring actors, we have had many telephone calls and e-mails from people who want to help the project (casting assistants, production assistants, make up artists, more composers, sound designers, equipment company owners… even a trick rope rodeo person and a craft services provider!)
The celebrity casting is moving forward as well. Will’s package design is finished! It’s attached below. My parents printed it out, and my mom is cutting and folding each of the packages.
Christie finished her second draft of the celebrity letter and is working on the third. It’s coming right along.
Amanda (PR) is working on the public relations campaign. She is very busy this week, but she contacted two newspapers and will get back to me soon with phone interviews for journalists. She will also respond soon with the proper contact information to get in touch with celebrities so we can send out the packages.
This week, we are ordering the Red Camera! It should arrive in a couple weeks. John has his first hands-on experience with the camera this week in his cinematography, so at least we aren’t buying blind. We are making more ‘buy’ decisions every day.
Our sound consultant, James Lunsford has been working full-time on the project for the past month. We have not mentioned his involvement as we were not certain if he would be able to be the sound designer. He has developed the equipment purchase list for audio and is working on finalizing our purchase decisions (taking from quotes from five sources – including Sennheiser).
A very talented and pro-active composer, Richey Rynkowski won’t listen to my plea to “wait for composer auditions.” He is taking charge of this project and composing music anyway. He sent two songs based on the online cues at www.kentonbartlett.com/script. They sound GREAT! I’ve attached them below so you can listen. He put two days of work into these songs knowing that composing was premature. He is also well connected with a conductor and a performing orchestra and offered to pay for live recording of his score. Even though we can’t promise anything at this point, this is the kind of determination that stands out.
After the first two songs, he said he wanted to compose more original songs. If he’s going to go against advice of waiting for auditions and work on the music full time, then I feel it’s my responsibility to give him instruction. I sent over several musical references, and he is working full-steam on some new songs. He is obviously very determined, and we are very excited to hear more of his work!
We keep sending out more e-mails to ask for help from a variety of places, and we will keep you updated on any leads.
We tried a new tactic – Craig’s List (online classifieds). I tried it a while ago, but my posts were deleted because you cannot post the same post twice, and you cannot post in more than one city. To make a long story short, we circumvented the spam filter and can now post all over the country. So far we have contacted only 60 cities. There are plenty more cities around the US, and we can always re-post, so needless to say, the doors are wide open for casting!
Fenix and I have developed a more streamlined audition process and means of auto-responding to applicants. We would prefer to be personable, but it’s simply not possible at this point.
Along with inquiring actors, we have had many telephone calls and e-mails from people who want to help the project (casting assistants, production assistants, make up artists, more composers, sound designers, equipment company owners… even a trick rope rodeo person and a craft services provider!)
The celebrity casting is moving forward as well. Will’s package design is finished! It’s attached below. My parents printed it out, and my mom is cutting and folding each of the packages.
Christie finished her second draft of the celebrity letter and is working on the third. It’s coming right along.
Amanda (PR) is working on the public relations campaign. She is very busy this week, but she contacted two newspapers and will get back to me soon with phone interviews for journalists. She will also respond soon with the proper contact information to get in touch with celebrities so we can send out the packages.
This week, we are ordering the Red Camera! It should arrive in a couple weeks. John has his first hands-on experience with the camera this week in his cinematography, so at least we aren’t buying blind. We are making more ‘buy’ decisions every day.
Our sound consultant, James Lunsford has been working full-time on the project for the past month. We have not mentioned his involvement as we were not certain if he would be able to be the sound designer. He has developed the equipment purchase list for audio and is working on finalizing our purchase decisions (taking from quotes from five sources – including Sennheiser).
A very talented and pro-active composer, Richey Rynkowski won’t listen to my plea to “wait for composer auditions.” He is taking charge of this project and composing music anyway. He sent two songs based on the online cues at www.kentonbartlett.com/script. They sound GREAT! I’ve attached them below so you can listen. He put two days of work into these songs knowing that composing was premature. He is also well connected with a conductor and a performing orchestra and offered to pay for live recording of his score. Even though we can’t promise anything at this point, this is the kind of determination that stands out.
After the first two songs, he said he wanted to compose more original songs. If he’s going to go against advice of waiting for auditions and work on the music full time, then I feel it’s my responsibility to give him instruction. I sent over several musical references, and he is working full-steam on some new songs. He is obviously very determined, and we are very excited to hear more of his work!
We keep sending out more e-mails to ask for help from a variety of places, and we will keep you updated on any leads.
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