Some of the cast and crew - Julie, Tiffany, Dawn, Moonpie and Toni
Well it's complete! The 48 hour film project wrapped up last night and the film was turned in just three minutes before the deadline (7:27 pm).
This is how our weekend broke down:
Friday evening after getting off of work we headed to the Embassy Suites which doubled as our 'war room.' Everyone threw some concepts around and than left it into the hands of the screen writer which took us well into the morning.
Saturday morning the call time was at 8:30 AM at the 'Carling' building downtown. The Carling has some interesting history behind it, built in 1926 as the Roosevelt hotel, caught fire and left abandoned for years -- recently renovated to become apartments. That place is rich in history. I suggest googling it, you may learn something.
After our shoot was complete at the Carling, we went to lunch, then off to our next location. We shot in the Riverside area of Jacksonville which is a quaint side of town, historic and artsy. We had to wind up cutting one of the scenes out of our movie so afternoon production went by quicker than I imagined it would and it was good with 99 degree weather. We finally wrapped up at 5:00 pm and went on break. The actors were amazing and were flawless and a big thanks to them.
The next part is where the chaos began. Post production. Since you only have 48 to complete everything, our time was dwindling down big time. I spent a good six hours in the editing suite trying to piece together the movie only to realize we were show a minute and seventeen seconds. Not a problem, we went around and shot some B roll of Jacksonville, the streets of Riverside and woods.
I am in the process of putting up some out takes of our movie.
Will I do the film festival next year? Hell Yes!
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