The stills shoot...a few days later

I really wanted to post something straight after the stills shoot last Thursday, but felt I needed a couple of days to let it all sink it and digest not only the experience, but also what we learned and the next steps that need to be taken with the film.

First of all, what we did was an immense achievement. The quality of the images we created is fantastic and has a great amount of variety so we can create different artwork throughout the campaign. As well as photos that will form the basis of a variety of posters, we created stuff for the website and video teasers we will feed out during the campaign and a shed load of behind the scenes material which is now being edited by our ‘making of’ producer/cameraman/editor Luqman Ahmed, who has come on board through the help of fellow filmmaker Carlo Ortu.

I have already produced a very rough mockup of the photos (http://momentsoffilm.zenfolio.com/clowningaround) and had fantastic feedback from people who are now excited to see the finished film. I have also met with colourist Orash Rehnema who is going to grade the photos so we can use on the website, so we get the most of the colours and set the right tone for the campaign.

Everyone worked so hard on the shoot, which filled me with great confidence going into the next stage and would feel unfair naming names as everyone played their part in making the final product highly professional , visual and something that will enthuse people about the film, which is the most important thing.

Also important (and another reason we did the shoot) was to see how the process is working and what we take with us into the film and what we leave behind, so will be chatting to all the various departments soon not only to discuss what elements worked and what we feel will need to be different once we get into the nitty, gritty of making the film (as we won’t be working with a black backdrop, but on location so will need to see whether the same things fit together) but also how they feel it is all working as I want everyone to know their input is valid and we are constantly reviewing how the project is progressing so we can all work to our optimum.

This week will be mostly about getting the making of stuff together for everyone to see online, finalising our website and building towards the launch of the IndieGoGo campaign on the 19^th July, when we will be making as much noise as possible about “Clowning Around”!