At 7:00PM CST, we received our required genre, character, line of dialogue and prop for the HD showdown. We were to write, produce, shoot and edit a Mockumentary starring Herb Billips, who works at a bank. The line of dialog was “Sometimes I do and sometimes I don’t,” with a “very special pen” as the prop we were required to use.
We all met at TOKEN on Friday night and discussed our options and key story points and once we were set, Director Matt Olson, along with writers Eric Nigg and Mitch Hansen, locked themselves into a room until the wee hours of the night to create “CHUCK MURRAY KNOWS.” (link coming soon)
We filmed with the Panasonic AG-HPX500 which was loaned to us for the weekend from our sponsors. This was also a requirement which was even cooler because we own the very same camera. Having two of these super cameras saved quite a bit of set up time and we were also able to sync time code between the two, which helped quite a bit in post.
That’s all we are allowed to say right now.
We finished editing just before the representative from Panasonic walked through the door to pick up our submission. Of course we made him watch the screening with our crew and forced him to laugh.
Here’s a few photos…
Friday night brainstorm session.
Eric Nigg as Chuck Murray
Token Executive Producer and DP, Dan Hundley
Cully getting that pro sound
Josh and Dan manning the pair of AG-HPX500s
Director Matt Olson and Token Graphics Wizard Mark LaCroix
Editor Patrick Pierson and Matt Olson