San Diego Video Production
We produced this film for our entry in the San Diego division 2009 48 Hour Film Project, an international film festival. We wrote, shot and edited it in 48 hours! (We've since taken more time to polish the editing.)
In order to ensure the contestants did all creative work during the contest, each team picks a genre out of a hat and is given certain elements to place into the movie. We pulled Drama and had to include a crayon, a character Amos or Amy Belanger who is a historian, and a line of dialogue, "That's not what I meant." See if you can spot them in the film!
3 weeks prior to the production, the producer and director each put in 40-60 hours a week to organize our locations, cast, crew, and equipment. All creative work was done during the 48 hour time frame as per the rules of the film festival. We shot on location in Encinitas and Solana Beach, California.
There were about 40 entries in the San Diego contest alone, which included a lot of great films. We all had a great time pulling together and creating something so quickly.
Cast & Crew
Our cast and crew consisted of 30 fantastic people from San Diego, Los Angeles, and Taiwan.
CAST (links to IMDB)
Eric Jones Eric Poppick Tarot Card Reader Sandra Ellis-Troy Grand Daughter Ally Blumenfeld News Reporter Mei-Ling Downey House Keeper Lynae DePriest Student Stefan Cap Mrs. Amy Belanger Antoinette Oesterlein Gardener Kyle Wright Gardener #2 Shane Chase
CREW (links to websites)
Director Cory Petkovsek Producer / Writer Alia Ella Henderson Director of Photography Aaron Moorhead Script Supervisor Michael Jones Set Designer Thomas George Editor Cory Petkovsek Editor Hunter Venable Sound Designer Dominic Pesce Assistant Director Tommy Friedman Assistant Set Designer Veronica Lynn Harper Sound Recordist Jesse Watts Assistant Camera Mike Deas 2nd Assistant Camera Greg Lefevre Gaffer Charlie Heimsath Key Grip Ricky "Azrael" Daniels Opening Titles Light Ray Visual Effects Wardrobe / Prop Master Sylvia Enrique Makeup Afton A Adams Production Assistant Krishna Jehoshua Production Assistant Michele Arnesen Production Assistant Yoni Baker Production Assistant Katie Franke Location provided by Craig M Hart.
Tech Specs
- Camera
- Red (4096x2304 resolution footage; some scenes in 120fps)
- Audio
- Rode NTG-3 and boom
- Field Mixer
- Lighting
- (2) 1k Baby "407" Mole Richardson
- 2K Baby Junior Mole Richardson
- 1.2k fresnel HMI and ballast
- 4ft 4 bank Kino Flo kit
- (2) 4x4 Mirror Reflector
- (2) 1k dimmer
- (3) 4x4 floppy solids
- Grip / Electric
- 1-ton grip package
- Honda 2000 13 amp generator
- Editing
- Final Cut Studio 3 (initial version during the contest)
- Sony Vegas 9 (polished version)
- Visual Effects
- Maya was used to create the opening title sequence