Thesis Execution Begins!

Wednesday marked the end of the semester in Previs for me, and the beginning of Thesis execution! Man, what a week it's been! After spending the past 3months planning the story, design, color palette, shot list, film date, finding a DP, finding a crew, and other content, almost all of began to unravel in 1 week. The film insurance from the university for equipment rental needed to be changed because the lighting studio I originally had scheduled to rent from could not fulfill my request for equipment. I had to locate another rental house AND have the school process/confirm my request for the new rental house in less than a week. My entire production schedule was in jeopardy. The long and the short of it is I explained my situation to M. Hosenfeld and he was able to accelerate the turnaround time for the new insurance certificate. Thanks to Michael and thanks to ALNY (Available Light New York), the lighting rental house I ended up using. They're attentive,professional, reasonable discounts for students, and I highly recommend them to students interested in using set lights in their productions.

Special delivery

Hurray it finally arrived!! My HECO cuckoo clock was delivered this afternoon. The weeks of searching finally paid off. I'm extremely fortunate that the previous owner was in the market to sell it. This was totally a case of the right moment at the right time. Thanks again to Ms Cheryl G. I definitely have to add her name to my credits. Here's what the lil' buggah looks like:

Production is on schedule

Great news! Things seem to be on schedule. Last week I found nearly all of my resources. I located my DP (Director of Photography), Seth Melnick. Seth is no stranger to CADA. He was the cinematographer for Rodrigo and Chris' individual thesis projects last year. We've had several conversations on the phone, and he has a production list that's longer than the Mississippi River. All jokes aside, Seth is extremely skilled at his craft, and came highly recommended. I'm terribly excited to work along side him. I also found my principle location to film my this. My classmate Danielle agreed to let me film in her living room and backyard. She was even generous enough to take scouting photos of her place for me to get a since of the environment. BIG UPs to Danielle!! Through Craigslist.org I bought my cuckoo clock prop. Yes, many thanks to Cheryl G. in Georgia for being able to fulfill such an unusual request, at an affordable price. I even like the design; it's quite close to my visual references. Finally, I received approval from NYU Insurance & Risk Management Dept for the film insurance. I'm extremely thankful to all these people for their help and interest.

I'm meeting with Seth next week to plan out the order of events for the day of the shoot, Dec. 22nd. Now all I need is a crew and for the weather to remain pleasant (please God no snow just yet!) until after the shoot. Otherwise, I'll be outside 6am with hair dryers to melt the snow on ground. Haha. Ha?