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Week 4: Life is a Sitcom

Week 4: Life is a Sitcom

This past week was a really intense work week. We finalized our cast, finished all of our pre production materials and now we're ready to shoot! In the middle of our hectic pre production week, we were all on the hunt for last minute props. Irene and I in particular went to a prop shop in Brisbane, CA to look for items, later to find out that we weren't able to look at the props without an appointment. So, instead of wasting a trip (that was provided by this weeks sponsor, Ca

Week 4: Understanding how to Direct

Week 4: Understanding how to Direct

Me data dumping right after set: I seem super detached, but the real stuff takes a bit to settle in. After more reflection from set: It's really sinking in to me what it means to direct. I had trouble delegating things to the people at my disposal. I'm very much used to doing things on my own, but on set, if I'm the one doing everything, it wastes a lot of time. It takes a level of trust in your teammates to be able to put your full focus on what you have to do. This is what

WEEK 4: what time is it

week 4 MAKING MOVIES

week 4 MAKING MOVIES

Our actors were chosen, locations locked in, props delivered, and the our shot lists finalized; at the end of week three we were ready to begin shooting. This week we are filming the four shorts we've spent the past three weeks preparing for. Yesterday we shot Irene's short on the fire escape of me and Tamar's Airbnb. Today we get a break from shooting, before heading to the beach on Wednesday for Tamar's shooting day. Thursday we'll meet on a rooftop to shoot my film, and Fr

OPEN AUDITIONS FOR A SHORT FILM IN SAN FRANCISCO

OPEN AUDITIONS FOR A SHORT FILM IN SAN FRANCISCO

HI! this is Tamar, Next week I'm making a short film about migration and deportation in the US and I'm looking for actors to play Nabila (18-30), the protagonist and The Fortuneteller (18-40), a crazy fortuneteller who narrates Nabila's life in this country and also symbolizes time. The script is only 3 pages and there will be a one day shoot on Tuesday 28th or Wednesday 29th of next week. Depending on my actors' availabilities. For auditions, you can contact Connie Jo Sechri

Week 3 Directing and Screenwriting

Week 3 Directing and Screenwriting

last week was a full week of major script edits and analyzing every word we had written on our three page limit. Almost everyday we did a table read that left us with new questions about the story we were telling, and notes on what to enhance and what to consider cutting out. It was a difficult process for the four of us, but I felt proud of my fellow interns and the stories they were able to create from the three page limit. Though the script analyzations were difficult, I f

Week 3: Only week 3?

Week 3: Only week 3?

Sweet Smell of Success by Clifford Odets, Ernest Lehman How I imagine it: - A tracking wide shot of the truck passing along all the others and revealing the clock. Newspapers shooting out of their spiral chutes. Men ready to receive them. - The truck is framed bigger than all the other cars in Times Square. - Entrance of truck framing SIDNEY FALCO - Nautural lighting, high contrast when applicable - WIDE tracking shot going back to the far back counter. Darkest on its top and

Week 3: Expectation vs Reality

Week 3: Expectation vs Reality

This week I was concentrating more on my short film in terms of how it would look cinematically. I want to have good visuals and define my style with this short film. Usually when I make short films, I’m both directing and operating the camera. Since I’m the one with the vision, I feel like I would be the best person to capture it. Also having limited resources in the past, I was just conditioned to having to film what I create. After watching Mira Nira’s Masterclass on worki

WEEK 3: Reasons why I'm not a fish

WEEK 3: Reasons why I'm not a fish

Hi, This is Tamar and it is 11:42am on a Tuesday and it is our third week in San Francisco. In the last week we've been editing and workshopping and rewriting and refining and trashing and changing our scripts so much that at the end of it I couldn't even bare to look at it any more. I think it's finally achieved its final form which gives me great relief, because I think I'd apply for early retirement if I had to strengthen another character's motif or defend another choice

WEEK 2: gesture14

WEEK 2: gesture14

hi, this it tamar and tis 8:26pm on a Tuesday I made another video that encapsulates the past week in SF a little bit. It doesn't mention how much I <3-ed Coven Film Fest, so I'll say it here. I loved it, Thank you Cameo, Connie, Faridah, Taylor, Matt and everybody else who made fri-sunday so special! Today I got to see Uncut Gems for free at the Alamo!!! #cameosponsorsmylife I loved the movie, it kept me on edge the entire time! usually I like a slower-pace movie that builds

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