'SNARK' PRODUCTION JOURNAL WEEK #2

And that's a wrap! As of Sunday May 19th, the first phase of Snark is finished.

2ND WEEK TIMELINE
MAY 18th, 2013 - Third day of filming. Filming Adam from YMS. I met Adam at a party. Cool cat. Solid show. Wicked musician.

Severe insomnia going in to today's shooting; maybe 3 hours. I've operated at worse, but I was sluggish all day. Eight hours of filming. The footage I got is solid and the interview itself felt really good, but I know there were missed opportunities. Less b-roll than any other participant.

Not going to think about reshoots until I know for sure I need it.

Easy to forget that at this stage this is a 5 minute project. What I'm doing is the very definition of over-shooting.

Adam offers to do some score work for the project. His stuff is pro. This will happen.

MAY 19th, 2013 - Fourth and to date final day of filming. Petar Gagic from Cine-Masochist is on today's slate.

We started at the room in his house where Cine-Masochist is shot. A bit cramped, and with posters covering every surface. A lot of fun to shoot here. Nearly got stuck in a laundry hamper while backing up to get a shot. Blocked the door with the futon at another point so I had room to get the tripod in the right position.

As a complete side note, I love the problem solving that happens in this style of videomaking; having no tripod for his show, Petar balances his camera on top of a stack consisting of a yogurt container, two speakers and a chair. His camera is restricted to 9 minutes of recording at a time. I love hearing these kind of stories because they highlight the ingenuity and the sheer filmmaker chutzpa work to just make it work with whatever's available.

After this, we move to the area where the Cine-Masochist intro was shot. A bit loud with the traffic, but workable. Petar is a natural on screen and the interview ends up being the shortest of the three.

As a thank you, I took photos of his friend's band 'Just Off The Grid'.

A background in graphic design, I asked Petar to have a go at taking a couple photos from the shoot so far and turn them into proper posters.

MAY 20th, 2013 - Petar sent me the preliminary poster layout for this first phase of filming. Minor changes made.

I have 3 hours of interview footage and close to 200 b-roll shots.

I'm aiming to get a trailer out for this by the end of the month. This should be fun.
MAY 21st, 2013 - And the finalized versions of the poster layouts. I like them. They act both as promotion for the doc and of each individual show. Remove the name of the show and any one could act as a stand alone poster.

This project is starting to feel legitimate to me.