Bad News...

I won't have time to finish this project.....check out my latest YouTube video for more information.

I appreciate everyone who has supported me! I promise to make many more YouTube videos for you all!

-Taylor

Good News

So I have talked with my actors and they are going to be able to film on Thursday, so that is good. I have been pushing this project off more and more, but it is finally going to be finished! (With filming, that is)

So here is my new schedule. I told you it would change.

August 14/Finish Filming

August 15-19/Finish Rough Cut

August 20-23/Add Music

August 24-31/Finish EVERYTHING

Tentative Release Date-Friday, September 12

So there you have it. That is the day I plan on releasing it if this plan works out for me.

Perhaps another delay?

Well today has been interesting. My lead actors playing Gerard and Mara were in a car accident totalling their car, which was used in the movie, but fortunately, there is little left I have to film involving it, so I can work around it, although I am not sure if they will be good to go by Tuesday (which is the last day I have planned for filming)

So it may get delayed even more....sorry folks.

Trailer is up!

The teaser trailer for Clash is up on YouTube! Make sure to go and check it out!

So far, it has kinda received a mixed response....I'm thinking a lot of people don't understand the trailer. (A lot of them are stupid though)

But I don't really care about the haters....most people who leave negative comments on my videos don't really have any videos themselves, so it's not like their opinion means anything to me.

But anyways, I also am uploading some of my weird music to PureVolume....once I have my first album finished I will post the link so all 1  of you can download it!

Question....

So I made another song today that is kind of a trance parody song, it has some lyrics but I haven't recorded everything yet (I finished the music part though) and I kinda got to thinking, maybe I could make a whole album of my crap music!

So I have a question for people that may be more experienced in this....I have no intention of selling it, because nobody would buy it plus I want people to have easy access to it....does anyone know of any sort of website where I can post my whole album so people can download it easily? Thanks for any help!

-Phylo

Chuco's Song

So I was laying in bed trying to get some sleep after a long day....and this song popped into my head and I was like "AHH! I must get on Garageband to put this thought-song onto my computer before I forget it!" So....that is what I have been doing for the last hour and a half and I finished it....it's just under two minutes long, and I made it Chuco's song.....will I end up using this song in Clash? I don't know, maybe....it's kinda cool. It even has some lyrics, but not too much....it pretty much is talking about Chuco as the "whisper in the trees" and some other weird stuff.....once you see Clash you will understand what the "whisper in the trees" is referring to. But then again, I may or may not use this song so we will see.....it should be on the soundtrack though, haha.

Well I am going to bed. G'night all.

DVD

First, leave a comment if you read this post.

Now, I plan on releasing a DVD of Clash once all is said and done...it will be probably $14.99, and I plan on using FilmBaby to distribute it. This really depends on the YouTube views, so start sharing my production videos with others!!!

But anyways, the DVD will have loads of extras....it will have all the Clash Vlogs that I make, commentary, outtakes (which are always hilarious) subtitles (YESS!!) and several short videos I just made today where I talk about the characters. I may even put Chuco vs Nafertikus and Chuco vs MovieMan on the DVD. All in all, this DVD is going to have a TON of extra features....I am going to max out the disc if I can, but I NEED to know how many people would actually be willing to buy it....so PLEASE leave a comment on this blog if you read it and if you think that is a good deal. I will probably post a vlog on YouTube talking about it after I release the trailer.

Thanks!

Musics

So I have someone to make the music for Clash now....originally I was going to make it mostly myself but I am not nearly as much as a musician as the person that is going to do it. It is in fact, the actor who plays Gerard....you can see him on the trailer that will be released August 8 on YouTube.

So I am finishing up the rough cut for the first half of the film and will give it to him so that he can put some music to it. I am looking forward to what he makes.

Hmm

I just realized I had not posted a blog yet today....happy August everyone! I did actually upload a video, which can be viewed at my YouTube channel PhyloFilms, so go there to check it out....or keep reading because if you read this, the video is old news (it's stuff I put on here yesterday)

But anyways, my lead actor got a haircut and it is quite noticeable so I had to work the script a little bit to make it fit...but it's all good because the only thing we have left to film is the very end, and I will probably make him wear a bandana. So some of the scenes you see of him in the trailer will not make it to the final cut, but that happens sometimes.

Trailer finished

I was getting lazy with the trailer and so I sat down today and decided I would just finish it. It will be up August 8th for sure. There is little dialogue to the trailer, Chuco is heard (and partly seen) but that is about it. It's not even quite a minute long, but I show a bunch of different shots. I made a quick song in Garageband for it, and I kind of like it, so I might mess around with it for the final movie. It's kind of creepy sounding....yes, I am looking forward to putting this on the tube.

When will I finish filming?

That's a good question.....I have filmed nearly everything except for the EPIC fight scene at the end. And I don't think I will be able to film it anytime soon either, because it's hard to find everyone's free time at the same time....ya know? So I am going to finish up the trailer with what I have, and then start to work on the actual movie. I can probably finish most of the actual movie because the fight scene is not until the end. 

The trailer is actually almost finished. I am not yet sure if Chuco will be seen or not yet....but tomorrow on www.youtube.com/phylofilms I am going to show a picture of the hero, Gerard, so stay tuned!

trailer coming sooooon.....maybe.

I have begun editing the trailer for Clash today....it's going to be darker than the actual movie is. Chuco will be seen in the trailer, but not very much. He will also be heard. I am editing my voice to change the character of Chuco. My voice will be much deeper than it already is, haha....

The trailer will be up on YouTube no later than August 15, but I am shooting for August 8 right now. So stay tuned at www.youtube.com/phylofilms

Thanks and ummmmm bye....

Editing Progress

I started editing Clash last night. I am about a minute and a half into the rough edit, and it actually looks pretty good. I am only done with the first page....I honestly thought the first page was going to be really short, but then again I am always wrong guessing how long things are. The first 20 seconds or so have this sort of creepy feel to them....it was not necessarily what I was going for, but I kind of like it, but I still have a lot of tweaking to do and such. I am not sure when I am going to finish filming, but at least I can edit something now, haha.

Filming Update- July 28

I have nearly everything filmed except for the scenes with Chuco. I have nearly an hour of footage. I am guessing this film is going to be no longer than 15 minutes, which is a good running time for a short film. 

The footage with Chuco might be filmed tomorrow, or it may have to wait until next weekend. Regardless, I am going to get editing today so that I have a head start on things.

Another Update on Filming

Yesterday I was able to film a lot of the scenes involving two of my main characters, Gerard and Mara. I finished almost the first 4 pages of the 11 page script, so yesterday went extremely well, I could not be more pleased. Today at 6 we will be filming again, and we will be finishing up tomorrow, but we have not set a time yet.

Update on Filming

So I was able to film some yesterday; I got almost 20 minutes of footage, but most of it is not that good. I will probably only be using maybe 30 seconds of it, but there was a lot of funny stuff that I might throw onto the outtake reel or something. Pretty much yesterday we were getting the feel for things, and now today will go much smoother.

I start filming in 40 minutes. I am all ready. We will probably be filming for 2-3 hours today, and then I plan on filming again tomorrow evening, and possibly even Monday. I hope to get all the filming done by Monday. 

Well tonight once I am done filming, I will post another update so stay tuned....

Props and Filming Delay (maybe)

I got all the props I need. I spent almost $15 on props! As you can see, this is a very large budget movie. The props I got consist of fake blood, and two large identical kitchen knives (One of them is going to be cut in half for scenes that it is actually inside of someone...excellent!)

I am not so sure if I can film today though. It was raining a little this morning, then it got sunny, and then it poured for like 2 minutes and now it is sunny again. Hopefully the sun stays out this time, but if not, I won't be able to film today. At the latest, everything I would have filmed today would be pushed to Sunday and Monday, but I still hope that does not happen.

Filming Begins Tomorrow

Tomorrow morning Andy (the actor playing Gerard) is coming over and we are going to film most of the second half of the movie. This is because the actress that plays Mara is not available tomorrow to film and she is mostly just in the first half.

For those of you who don't make movies, this is often (and probably usually) how films are made. I used to make them chronologically, but I just do what is convenient now.

Tomorrow night I will be posting another blog talking about how the filming went, so stay tuned.

If you actually read this, comment. You don't need to sign up to blogger to comment. I just want to see how many people actually read this thing.

-Taylor

New script finished

I have finished the new script for Clash, the one without Nafertikus. I wouldn't say this is better or worse, but it is VERY different. It has a very different feel to it when I read through it. It is also more serious than the original in some scenes, but it has some parts that I added that are extremely funny. Very dark humor though, but I think it's funny. (Because I am weird)

So I am going to get these new scripts out to my actors and they have until Saturday to look them over. Not that long of a time but it won't be super hard to film. The new script is also slightly shorter, at only 11 pages, but I have a feeling it is going to be longer than the other script. I don't know why. I am probably wrong, but there is no real way of knowing, is there?

Production Schedule

Because I like to think (and pretend) like I am organized, I have made a rough production schedule for this movie. So, here it is...

Filming-July 25,26

Rough Edit-July 27-August 2

Music and SFX-August 3-9

Final Cut-August 10-16

So I should have this done in a month. Odds are I will have it finished before then, but I really want to spend a lot of time on this to make it perfect. 

Characters-Gerard

I decided I would let you in on the protagonist of this story. His name is Gerard. First, why did I name him Gerard? Why kind of a name is that? The reason is.....I don't know anyone named Gerard. Plus, it's kind of a weird name. It's not very common. And with names like Chuco and Nafertikus, I had to find something else that was kind of weird. And Gerard just kind of seemed appropriate. Now, in the original script, he did not have a huge part, but with the rewrites I did he has become the protagonist. He begins as sort of an average jock, a know it all who does not really care about anyone except for himself (and his girlfriend, of course) but in the end he kind of becomes a nicer guy. Of course, that sounds really cheesy and typical....but nothing will be typical in a movie I make. His adventure is not normal at all. But I can't tell you too much more without giving you too much away. 

Since I told you one character already, I will name you the others. You can guess how they all relate to Gerard and each other.

Chuco

Gerard

Mara

Samuel

And besides those four, there is a couple that is seen. Only six people will be in this movie. Crazy!!!

Clash Production Blog, now on Blogger...

So this weekend came with some bad news....I will no longer have Nafertikus in my movie. What! How can that be?!?!?!1117 you might ask. Well, he apparently is down with the sickness and I cannot delay this film any more than I already have. (If things have gone to plan, I would have had this filmed two weeks ago) But this sort of thing happens. Filming will commence this Friday and all of Saturday, and hopefully it will be done after this Saturday. I will be editing it a few weeks after that, add some music and sound effects, and then send it off to festivals to get rejected. Haha, well, hopefully not!