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The Cry Wolf Quagmire Movie (Midcult.com)

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WEEK 13  FINAL CHANGES AND PROMOTION

DEVELOPMENT: When I checked the new DVD on the DVD player, the menu system would only select one version of the film and not select the other options including the trailer. On Monday 24/04/2006, I w...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:42:00 PST

WEEK 12  POST PRODUCTION EDITING

NOTES: We looked over the first test DVD we made for 'The Cry Wolf Quagmire'. Overall it looked pretty good but there was some obvious problems with the brightness and contrast as well as sound effe...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:41:00 PST

WEEK 11  POST PRODUCTION EDITING

NOTES: Apart from the actual making of the monster which was done by Shaun for an undisclosed fee and exchange of professional services, I had to pay for Shaun's materials. With all the other props ...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:35:00 PST

WEEK 10  POST PRODUCTION

NOTES: We have a week off this week (first week of Easter break) from film production as everyone is away for the week. We will all meet up next week to continue editing the captured footage. DEVE...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:32:00 PST

WEEK 9  POST PRODUCTION EDITING

DEVELOPMENT: On 28/03/2006, myself and Lee went to the editing suite to look at the footage and start editing Scene 1. We had to first capture all the footage from both cameras (DV and D8 tapes). W...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:29:00 PST

WEEK 8  POST PRODUCTION STARTS

NOTES: On Monday 20/03/2006, we took back the faulty camera and told the guy at the Loan's office what happened. He thanked us for telling him and hopefully we wont be billed for repairs. DEVELOPM...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:27:00 PST

WEEK 7  PREPARATION/SCENE 3 SHOOT

NOTES: On Wednesday 15/03/206, myself and Lee went to University to borrow a camera for the weekend (we should have really booked the week previous but forgot). When we got to the Loan's Equipment O...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:25:00 PST

WEEK 6  EFFECTS DEVELOPMENT/SCENE 2 SHOOT

NOTES: We had two rehearsals for the Scene 2 shoot (Wednesday 08/03/2006 & Friday 10/03/2006). It all went pretty well and by the end of the second rehearsal we all knew what we were doing (note...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:10:00 PST

WEEK 5  PREPARATION/TEST PHOTOGRAPHY

NOTES: After the first rehearsal (03/03/2006) we marked the key points in the script where we would have to do certain actions for the narrative to progress. This way each character would know where...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:06:00 PST

WEEK 4  PREPARATION/REHEARSALS

NOTES: Before we rehearsed Scene 2 and 3 we needed to work out what lighting to use. Due to the power being out in the script we would needed to light the whole room (in which both scenes are placed...
Posted by Mike Wright on Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:02:00 PST