I finished editing the first cut of the film last Friday, May 8. It's incredibly exciting! We'll be screening the first cut for crew only tonight. Without coming across as too biased, I have to say that the film is excellent. Compelling. Tense. Hilarious. Jon Berrie and John Cianciolo deliver stellar performances and I cannot …
Assembly Edit complete
And clocks in at 7 hours and 15 minutes! YIKES. I don't actually think anyone cares about this -- but, being an important stage of editing, I can now begin to trim the film down into its final form. Now the seven hour run time of this cut doesn't surprise me; we have a lot …
We wrapped!
We did it! We actually did it! We wrapped on the feature on Sunday, February 8! A total of 10 production days (five more than I originally planned). More updates to come soon; we're all very happy, proud and tired! Andrew
Almost done!
Okay I totally lied in the previous post -- we have ONE more shoot day left. A combination pick-up day and legitimate full-scene shoot day. In the meantime I've been working on the assembly cut and sound sync -- we have a ton of great footage. The video above illustrates just one of the many …
Two [production] days left!
I hope you weren't expecting day-by-day production blogs or detailed, transcribed production journal entries. They're all in my head or scribbled down in a Charlie Kelly-esque form of writing/drawing in my notebook. But so far the production has been incredible. The acting has been amazing. The crew have been fantastic and are now experts are …
Production begins
Well actually, has already begun -- we're two days in. So far the footage looks fantastic and the performances from Jon Berrie (Reese) and John Cianciolo (Doctor) are stellar. These guys are a natural fit together and are doing a tremendous job at bringing the two main characters to life. This film is really going …
We’ve entered pre-production
I am happy to say that How to Get Away with It has entered pre-production! Laura Grande (Line Producer & Assistant Director) and I have met a few times to has out the details of the production, including casting. We established November 30 as a start date for the shoot and held auditions last week. …