Post, Post and more Post

'Post' A term that right now seems to be attached to everything I do. Like a limpet clings to a rock post clings to me, I cling to post! How is it all going? Well I'm really pleased with the progress we're making. I've worked out the overall color grade of the film. It's been quite a meticulous process to find a 'look' that works consistently throughout, something that captures the right feel of Udo's world.

Shane and I have sat down and chatted in depth about the sound required for the film. In an ideal world we'd go back through and ADR the whole movie of course, but as we're not able to do that I'm happy to report the onset dialogue has worked out just great. Sound is so important to any film and this is no exception. The more 'real' we can get it to sound the better.

Dan Fine, playing Udo in the film, finishes his fantastic run in the 'History Boys' tomorrow night. Amelia and I saw him a few weeks back and he was just brilliant. Dan and I will be getting together with Shane next week to record some dialogue for a special part of the film as well as some basic ADR. So after Dan's stint away doing what he does best I'm dragging him back down into the land of Udo and a nice trip to Basingstoke. The glitz, the glamour!

Ok, time for me to prep' some shots for tomorrow's meeting. I'll not say anymore now (I'm such a secret squirrel) but I will say it's a side of the film making process I'm rather excited about...

Keep on Keepin' on

Daniel

Set phasers for stun!

So we're now moving into the final post-production phase. Amelia, my co-producer on Lord of Pain, and I met up with Shane Van Leeuwen today and have gone through the sound and music design for the film. It was great to sit down, view the film and share ideas on what the movie needs. On Wednesday this week I'll be turning over the final cut of the film for Shane to begin his work in earnest.

On the VFX front, Matt Plummer continues bringing moments of the film fully to life with his digital manipulation. It's hard to comment on the work he's doing at the moment without giving key parts of the film away but I can say the VFX work covers everything from projectors to binoculars, brick walls to weather patterns.

Yesterday, Saturday 19th, Amelia and I met up with actor Michael Gabe to record some Lord of Pain ADR with him, as well as a voice over Michael is providing for the film, 'Poppies' by director Ashley Wing. It's always nice to catch up with Michael and we wish him well with the rest of his sell out tour of 'And then there were none'.

That's it for now,

Daniel

Polishing the 'Lord of Pain' edit

So now it's time to get out the digital duster and get buffing. On Friday I concluded editing the 'chase' sequence of the film with Daniel Batt.This means that the main edit is complete with tweaking to be completed by Sunday night. Batty's assistance with the edit has been invaluable. It's great to have him onboard!

Batty and I filmed a pick up shot today that is part of the conclusion, so I'll be coy and not say to much on the content. All I will say is that Batty took a blow to the groin area when he was least expecting it. Ok folks, keep it clean..

It was a good moment to see the film rough cut on the timeline and get a gauge of the scenes flowing from one to the next. The running time of the film is exactly what I first predicted, 40 minutes. Sitting in between being a short film and half a feature feels a comfortable place to be right now. My goal was always to try to create a 'mini-feature', a film with the heart of a short but the scope of a feature. I think it's been £1200 well spent, I hope you do to!

Keep on Keepin' On

Daniel