Monday, February 25, 2008

Puppy Movie

I finished a short movie, about 1 minute, that I shot with my son last Thursday. I was going to edit it over the weekend, but ended up spending my free time at a martial arts festival. The festival was great, I got to do some animal Kung-Fu and then some other stuff on movement and power generation that I hope to be able to bring over to my SCA fighting.
So I spent about half of today cutting it together the 1 minute movie. It was nice, but it also got me thinking about film making. I think that my main stumbling block is the collaborative nature of making a movie. I'd like to do some more movies with my son, perhaps a short series. And while I can write a script, direct and run the camera I would need more actors. I'd thought I was on to something when I found a local list-serve for amateur film makers but after a week there are three members, not very encouraging.
So, I think that at this point I'm going to give myself the goals of generating footage for very short movies with my son on Thursdays and having it cut together by Monday. Of course I'm also about to start gearing up for crown tournament in May, so that means more rigorous training, exercise and focus on SCA.
Anyway, for now here's the movie:

2 comments:

Nana said...

This is AWESOME and fun to watch!
Can't wait for the sequel!!! D is a great actor and L an outstanding film maker.

Papa said...

Fantastic!. I replayed this a number of times. It is infectious. Could watch it all day. I sent it to a number of friends. Can't wait for "The Puppy Rescue". Excellent work. Thanks