12 Films. 12 Weeks. There are worse ways to spend a summer.

“Proposal” Pre-Mortem

July 18, 2009 at 11:16 am | Posted in Keith Boynton | 2 Comments
Tags: axioms, Brian DePalma, chickens, farming, film editing, tracking shots

Shooting on “The Proposal” begins in just a few hours.  We’ll be filming mainly on the roof of 378 Bond, our living space and 12in12 headquarters.  Part of me feels a little sheepish using so many locations so close to home (after today, we’ll have shot four out of seven films in this neighborhood, not counting 12in12 precursor “Queen Bee”); on the other hand, when you have so many cool spots so readily available, what else are you going to do?

As expected, the cast has experienced a bit of a shake-up in the last two days.  Mario Hernandez is out; Jenessa Kornaker is in!  Jennifer Harder is out; Patti Goettlicher is in!  Which means we still have a full cast — assuming everyone shows up.  I am trying not to count any chickens, because all I see are eggs.

This shoot is going to be a bit unusual for me.  Instead of traditional “coverage” (shooting the same scene from multiple angles), we’ll be moving through the script more or less chronologically, often using just one shot to cover a whole section of dialogue.  This makes sense for all kinds of reasons, both artistic and logistical, and it’s exciting for me because I’ve never really worked this way before.  As Mike pointed out, this should make editing simpler — which is great, because we’re flying down to Florida on Wednesday.  Then again, should is a long way from will, so once again, there are no chickens …

That’s my mantra for today.  There are no chickens.

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