Semi-progress semi-report

My edit test of that 2004 film, Old War, is nearing its close as I piece together a last few mini-scenes. I now have a much more solid grasp on Final Cut, and with my 1 TB hard drive all hooked up and pretty (and so smooth to the touch), all I need is my deck back from the shop. Which I haven't heard from; not even a price estimate.

But I will stay positive! Positive!

Anyhow, the old film I'm cutting is pretty interesting. All my old shot lists are at the bottom of my "Old War grave" (a big box of props, fake guns, and scripts in my closet), and I didn't slate anything, so other than my hazy memory of the script (and my equally-hazy memory of what was shot and what wasn't), I'm sort of winging it. The results are interesting; since I'm just stringing together clips for a Final Cut exercise and to give to one of the Old War actors, I'm cherry-picking the best parts and essentially re-writing the scripts so it's, you know, cooler.

I also recorded some original music for it that really punches it up, despite my four-years-ago purist mindset that the film would have no music. I give myself the excuse because the heavy audio filter I use to take out nearby-freeway drones takes out all the low frequencies, and I fill that in with music.

I guess I'm just teasing everything now: a fully-shot feature that, for the most part, I intend to finish completely before expending the effort on a proper teaser/trailer, and cutting an old film that I don't want to post yet. That doesn't matter; I just want to document little bits and pieces of what it's like for a no-budget filmmaker (which involves, as I've mentioned previously, gear that is literally taped and/or glued together in order for it to work), and how I cobble together some semblance of a story from bits and pieces that, by themselves, mean nothing.