Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Editing Day One: 'Kitty Talk... POST A COMMENT A few months ago we shot the short film "After Party Babies," with a great INDIE crew, decent actors...but, this week is the first time we actually start cutting. On reflection, making a short movie is a semi-glamorous mix: really long hours, little sleep, and people yelling, that I can only now think of as lots of fun. It took 9 full days, consisting of 14 really long hour days of on-location prep and shoot time... Now, months later, it's finally time for editing...'all for what might end up being 15 minutes of film time. The story for After Party Babies showcases a day in the life of three New Yorkers that all end up at an after hours party. I'll be writing little blurbs here and there on the editing process and eventually (fingers crossed) the various submissions to the film festivals. Yesterday, on day one. We -- (meaning the editing crew that consists of myself, Valery and Stephanie) -- screened a few minutes of foreign film clips to talk with the editors on style and rhythm. I told them "I'm really attracted to the european style of editing. That doesn't always tell you everything thats going on." We then logged footage and set up a blueprint for our editing sessions to come. The big talk on day-1 was our pets, Valery and Stephanie have a six month old Kitty (that sat in the editing studio with us), I myself have a much fatter and older 20 pound-porker. Workwise, it felt good to see, and hear the potential of film on the editing bay. The big line of advice given to me -- (and recited yesterday by me to Stephanie and Valery): "The script is written twice, on the page, and rewritten in the editing room." Labels: After Party Babies, Cruz Editing Diaries, Film, Film Festivals, indie film, screenwriting, Short Film posted by Henry Cruz at 11:36 AM Thursday, March 20, 2008 INDIE SHOOT: after party goes after hours.... POST A COMMENT This weekend, Saturday March 22nd 6pm-midnight we are filming (on a INDIE budget) the afterhours scene of the short film: afterpartybabies.com think -- "upscale" after hours nite spot that mixes a touch of the "freaky" (sexy, R rated stuff) that goes down in a real nitelife and a touch of "high fashion".... fashionistas, artist, next to people trying to get their freak on...at least that's the way it should look on film. This is the R rated portion of the show....sexy, drugs and house music....dress to impress, or dress optional.....or something close to that.... Loft Shoot location: 225 East 134th St. 5th floor (near the 3rd Avenue Bridge that goest to Manhattan) New York, NY 10451 If you fit the bill go ahead and e-mail pics / names / contact info: HenryCruzCasting@gmail.com check more info: afterpartybabies.com Labels: After Party Babies, Short Film posted by Henry Cruz at 6:34 PM Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Behind: After Party Babies POST A COMMENT I've been away for a minute...prepping a short INDIE film on the nightlife "After Party Babies" which we started shooting...here's a short teaser: Labels: After Party Babies, Short Film posted by Henry Cruz at 2:12 PM Wednesday, November 28, 2007 Lights, Camera...casting! POST A COMMENT If you look up in the ad space (above banner) you'll see the link to site info for the short film: "After Party Babies" -- which I'll be directing. that projects starts casting Dec 1st and expects to shoot weekends later Dec '07 / Jan '08 depending on when we have the leads. be sure to pass the info to right actor types folks. I'll be blogging on the behind the scenes process, along with with the usual stuff I ramble about. speaking of shorts...here's a funny one I found on...shoes: Labels: Short Film posted by Henry Cruz at 3:24 AM     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .