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contgratz man, your a lucky guy. actually thats a bad way of putting it but you know what i mean. I worked in the racing industry which is funded in a very similar way to films. All sponsorship and private funding. If someone else its paying the bills you leave them to it even if its a shit film or if they are more worried about the car being clean than winning, bill payer wins evertime. You are being brought in for one thing alone, to help draw together someone elses film with sound! Its always awesome to be creative but its a nice challenge to build your sound to something specific, i.e. to help set a mood of a scene thats already there.

I noticed you said the idea of it being a "low budget" movie has taken the pressure of a bit? DONT LET IT! remember there are endless volumes of budding producers out there that would snap there hand off just as you did. The pressure is on my friend and its time to pull it out the bag, wont just be tracks either. Will be sound effects, sound enhancements. You gotta nail it matey coz your name will be on the credits, and someone in there that is organising this film and its budget will know this . when its watched back by the writers and film producers and they say blimey this film would be shite if not for this awesome soundline.... they know who to phone when the next BIGGER budget film comes along .

Nice place to build from bud and either way a top oppurtunity. SO GRASP IT!

Peace and goodluck, keep us posted !

wub wrote:

Grime Syndicate wrote:Someone besides Phigure.

Firstly, kudos on getting this job mate. This sort of thing doesn't come along often, fair play and I hope it works out well for you



However...


That trailer makes the film look absolutely shite, I'm afraid to say. If they do have a $500k budget, I'd be very interested to know exactly what they've spent it on. It smacks of final year media student project in my eyes; acting is atrocious, framing of the shots is terrible, and the whole thing just looks cheap

Exactly my thoughts. FUUUUuuuck. THe guy who led the meeting was NOT the smartest dude either. I've got SERIOUS doubts as to the artistic merit of this movie... Like, I'm not sure I see the point in continuing, except that i feel bad for dude. I'll meet with em one more time, but really, it is AWFUL.

JemGrover wrote:Yeah, man.. do it. Don't think twice. Any experience is still experience. Don't let people with the mentality of a 12 year old put you off

this^^^^ 100%

RatRaceProducing wrote:contgratz man, your a lucky guy. actually thats a bad way of putting it but you know what i mean. I worked in the racing industry which is funded in a very similar way to films. All sponsorship and private funding. If someone else its paying the bills you leave them to it even if its a shit film or if they are more worried about the car being clean than winning, bill payer wins evertime. You are being brought in for one thing alone, to help draw together someone elses film with sound! Its always awesome to be creative but its a nice challenge to build your sound to something specific, i.e. to help set a mood of a scene thats already there.

I noticed you said the idea of it being a "low budget" movie has taken the pressure of a bit? DONT LET IT! remember there are endless volumes of budding producers out there that would snap there hand off just as you did. The pressure is on my friend and its time to pull it out the bag, wont just be tracks either. Will be sound effects, sound enhancements. You gotta nail it matey coz your name will be on the credits, and someone in there that is organising this film and its budget will know this . when its watched back by the writers and film producers and they say blimey this film would be shite if not for this awesome soundline.... they know who to phone when the next BIGGER budget film comes along .

Nice place to build from bud and either way a top oppurtunity. SO GRASP IT!

Peace and goodluck, keep us posted !

Fuck, and then i read this.... Its SOOOO Bad tho... I'm at least going to meet with them again. See if they've addressed their camera issue and examine the mics. It's got 3 main things wrong, as I see them. The scriptwriter/director is Mormon. That's not the problem in and of itself. However, as is typical of Mormon culture, that means sheltered, conservative, and without a firm foot in reality regarding the views of the rest of the world. Problem two, he, nor many of the other people involved, came off as particularly smart to me. There were some cringe inducing misuses of vocabulary that made me question everything. And 3, yeah, the last film this director scriptwriter whatever was involved in (fuck knows if he was cleaning the drapes or shining eddie griffin's shoes or what) DID have a $500k budget. NOT this one. There's a budget, but i don't think there are K's anywhere in it.
And furthermore, that acting. I think some actors, at least have been replaced.
And even further, the script. I've heard the guy who wrote the script speak. Not exactly encouraged here...

I'm honestly trying to decide if its better to make it sound good, or leave my name off it entirely. blah

Just got this... Prof. Francis De Molay…….Kevin Mackley

Hiram……………………………..David Brown

Holly……………………………….Lauren Jones

Sandra……………………………Natalie Wilson

Samuel Ford…………………..Paul Pugmire

Gretchen……………………….Tanya Beesley

Brent……………………………..Detective Anderson

Cami………………………………Melissa Freeman

William…………………………..Kenneth Applegate

Sonny Henderson…………..Josh

Solomon………………………..Joseph James

Ester Negatu…………………Esther Gundhi

Chase Rothchild…………….Mark James

Seth Rockwell………………..Mike James

CIA Director of Tribal Affairs for the state of Utah………….Amanda Ashby

Young Rockwell………………Taylor Hawes

Brad Johnson…………………Nathan Day

Kim Bachman…………………Photographer

Ms Ortiz………………………….Native American Consultant

Lili Corona……………………….Makeup Designer

Lisa Spurrier…………………..part to be decided

David Flinders………………..sound mixer/special effects





For those who were not able to make it to the production meeting yesterday I wanted to let you know of some of the developments. First of all my stress level has decreased substantially(lol) Roughly 15 new people have stepped up to offer their help and assistance with the production which we are very grateful for. We now have a makeup artist, a photographer, sound mixer and several P.A's. We also want to thank Natalie who has who was able to connect us with several qualified editors, directors, D.P's and other various other crew members as well as some additional actors and actresses. We spent most of the day sorting through resumes, reels and contacting them to assign positions and coordinate schedule's. The bottom line is that the film will now have at least 10 new professionals who are very experieced and been involved in film festivals and other films ect. and thier expertise will help us cover all of the details and make up for some of the areas that I am not an expert in. I had dinner tonight with the Ex. Producer of Hillbilly Highway(who is here on vacation) and he was amazed at the talent and ambition here in Utah and he is eager to see the final product. More details coming soon... We are close to showtime!

So, we'll see...

Stick with it. As long as you treat it as a learning curve as opposed to a gateway from ????? to PROFIT, you'll be fine. Am guessing you've got an interest in doing this sort of thing, so you'll be building up a body of work.

And at least if it is utter garbage, you'll never work on anything quite that bad ever again

Low budget or not, its a break and it could lead onto much better things! Good luck and all that, will have to keep us updated.

Sounds like a sweet gig.

Well, the way I see it, you shouldn't give a fuck how good or bad the movie is, just how good or bad the sound is. If the movie sucks but has great sound, you can use it as a platform to go to someone better later and say,
'hey, I've sound directed movies before and THEY fucked up, how do I know YOU won't!?'

Its the best way to get a job these days man, make the employer spend all their time telling you why you want to work for them, not the other way round!