All done - hope you enjoy!
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Swept Under The Carpet - it's a wrap (almost)
Well yesterday was a learning experience for all - exhausting, but so very, very fun!
We were filming our first short, Swept Under The Carpet. I've really enjoyed writing and directing this piece, and the actors all brought a very positive attitude to the day.
Swept Under The Carpet is a Cluedo inspired piece - a famous stage actor is being interviewed by an enthusiast from a local paper. But all in not as it seems!
It was superb to see my characters and their lines so breathed life into. I've previously had experience of shooting stop motion and various home videos. But shooting actors and drama brought a lot more challenges, as well as trying to fit your script and action into your location (oops, avoid that mirror there).
I spent last night having a look through our recordings, and the thing that struck me most was how much laughing there was - because we genuinely gelled and had a good time filming. We have still one final scene with a different cast member to do next week, but overall, job done.
Of course right now comes the lonely experience of editing it all together! That starts from next weekend.
Coming soon(ish) ...
We were filming our first short, Swept Under The Carpet. I've really enjoyed writing and directing this piece, and the actors all brought a very positive attitude to the day.
Swept Under The Carpet is a Cluedo inspired piece - a famous stage actor is being interviewed by an enthusiast from a local paper. But all in not as it seems!
It was superb to see my characters and their lines so breathed life into. I've previously had experience of shooting stop motion and various home videos. But shooting actors and drama brought a lot more challenges, as well as trying to fit your script and action into your location (oops, avoid that mirror there).
I spent last night having a look through our recordings, and the thing that struck me most was how much laughing there was - because we genuinely gelled and had a good time filming. We have still one final scene with a different cast member to do next week, but overall, job done.
Of course right now comes the lonely experience of editing it all together! That starts from next weekend.
Coming soon(ish) ...
Welcome to Wainui Wonder Films!
Hello, and thanks for stopping by!
What do we do?
Recently at a couple of auditions for student films, a group of like-minded people got together and asked "well, why aren't we making our own short film". Before too long, we had a potential script and a cast. But we also had a lot more people who were interested, and film ideas. Hence the idea of Wainui Wonder Films, a place to collect and create some of those ideas and turn them into films.
We're all a group of Wellington-based amateurs who just love dabbling and learning around film making. I like to think of us as an amateur drama group, but with a camcorder instead of a stage! We're hoping to have something for the 2015 NZ short film competition, and be experienced enough to do next year's 48 hour film challenge.
Who are we?
Making films is a collaborative venture - as you'd expect then, there is no single person behind Wainui Wonder Films. As we create, we'll be using these pages to showcase our work, so keep it bookmarked for the future.
You can follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
What do we do?
Recently at a couple of auditions for student films, a group of like-minded people got together and asked "well, why aren't we making our own short film". Before too long, we had a potential script and a cast. But we also had a lot more people who were interested, and film ideas. Hence the idea of Wainui Wonder Films, a place to collect and create some of those ideas and turn them into films.
We're all a group of Wellington-based amateurs who just love dabbling and learning around film making. I like to think of us as an amateur drama group, but with a camcorder instead of a stage! We're hoping to have something for the 2015 NZ short film competition, and be experienced enough to do next year's 48 hour film challenge.
Who are we?
Making films is a collaborative venture - as you'd expect then, there is no single person behind Wainui Wonder Films. As we create, we'll be using these pages to showcase our work, so keep it bookmarked for the future.
You can follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
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