Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Production Report for pruitt

Production, as of now, is lagging. i have a lot of b-roll of the setting and whatnot. The cats, although, are slightly retarded and difficult to track down. They like to chase squirrels and have a lot of sex with each other, so im going to probably include some of that - making this a mockumentary. this is kind of an epiphany. i love it. I've been having problems with capturing footage with the HDV cams but i think ive figured out the problem. things should pick up soon.

2 comments:

Alex M. said...

Hey Pruitt,
I feel ya with the lagging...the original doc. I wanted to do has lagged for too long and now I have to switch ideas. Sucks. For the past 3 weeks I have been in contact with PR for a gym and they kept telling me that "by tomorrow" they would have decided between the two boxers and I could start, but it just never happened. Oh well, I should probably get used to such things because I'm sure it will happen a lot in this industry.
As for your cat project, I could see how it would be difficult to shoot. You can't just tell the cat to meet you somewhere... or tell him to do something for you. You should strap a little camera on his back and let him do the shooting for you. haha...might be interesting...like if he chases down a rat and eats it ...or if he has cat sex it could turn into a cheap handheld cat porno which would be awesome..however, if you do the mockumentary idea maybe you can set him up in a real nice interview location--make it look really professional-- and dub voice over his interview..I dunno... I'm going to stop...I gotta get outta here..I hope things pick up again for you :)
me

E. Spiro said...

It is true that the only predictable thing about what we are doing is that it will be unpredictable and the real success in the documentary field comes when you transform a seemingly bad situation into a better one. Maybe it is time to turn the camera on a subject other than Cats. And maybe Alex should just show up at the gym with a flipcam.

ES