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"Amy" News 15th November 2002 I handed in a 27 min cut of Amy yesterday for assessment by my uni lecturers... and guess what? The cheap-ass TDK tape I dumped the cut on was shitty and the video and sound was all ugly and distorted (kinda like the genitalis of that creep who bad-mouthed me in the guestbook). Amy was way longer than the average 8-10 min videos that my classmates were handing in. The video quality sucked, mine came on after a video that I personally thought was really funny and successful... so imagine the shocked-as-fuck look on my face when my lecturers said that it worked really well. Bear in mind that one of them is the same lecturer that has repeatedly thrown shit at me for my entire uni life. So yeah, I was stoked (though I was still wary and expecting the lecturer to suddenly say something like... "So yeah, I really liked your work... NOT!"). Anyway, I've still got some touch ups to do for the big special edition of Amy (complete with blooper reel!)... but for now I'm breathing a sigh of relief. *sigh... of relief* 8th November 2002 With Principal photography of Amy completed... I can now look forward to spending gratuitous amounts of time sitting in front of my computer ripping my hair out in frustration every time my editing program decides to crash on me and eliminate hours of work. Thanks, Adobe! Why don't I just bend over so you can fuck me over more, you bitches! Not only does your title generating software SUCK, but it crashes like fuck too. ARGH! As soon as this Nelly/Kelly song finishes downloading, I'm going to bed. "Dance, bitch. That's it. Aww shit. Lemme see you wiggle it. It's yours if you can handle it." 5th November 2002 Woo! I finally started editing Amy today! So far I've only managed to edit together the first two scenes, but at this rate I should definitely have it ready for assessment next Thursday... being the editing genius that I am. Easy as a bitch in heat, I say. But you know what? While going over the footage I had, I noticed that in a couple of shots the scripts were clearly noticable or just peeking out at the viewer somewhere in shot. Maybe it should be a game that viewers can play while watching the video. Spot the script! Kinda like those books with the guy in the red/white striped shirt.
Anyway, another thing that a viewer might notice is the blatant product endorsement that's running rampant throughout the video. Which product(s)? Well, those wonderful t-shirts from Big Evil Corporation, of course! At some point in the video, almost every character will be seen wearing one of Frankie's original designs. Check it out:
If anyone is interested in attaining one of these fine quality T-shirts... well... erm... you can't for a while because production of them halted when Frankie entered the army. But you can always pre-order them! I don't know how, but I'll let you know when I do find out. Hell, I'm not even sure if you even pre-order them. But if you have one, hang onto it knowing that it's in limited supply! 3rd November 2002
1st November 2002 Almost done! We've got only one more scene to go and then it's full-steam ahead into the editing phase! Lately, the weather's been smiling on us and haven't given us any shit... but as usual, something has to go wrong and now it's PEOPLE. Because I've got most of the scenes scripted at night, we're getting security guards telling us we're making too much noise and assholes yelling out of windows while we shoot our movie. Goddamnit why can't these people just rip their dicks off and shove it up their own asses... at least for the duration of our shoot. We're not making that much noise, and for fuck's sake we're doing it over a busy fucking road. We're not noisier than fucking cars and trucks and sirens and shit. The world is full of tight-assed assholes with attitude problems. Oh, and it seems that every time we go for a shoot we get accosted by a little toy dog. It's almost like a lucky charm thing nowadays. We don't shoot if there's no little dog. I'll put up some more pics when I can. 10th October 2002 We've got more of Amy shot! This time we've gone off and done some of the montage scenes involving the two leads. We managed to do two locations tonight, and we might've done more if it wasn't for the FUCKING RAIN that decided to come down on the night that I wanted to shoot my scenes. Goddamn you, weather! Damn you and your rain clouds! Argh!!! Anyway, what we did shoot, I thought we did pretty well. I got a lot of nice footage, and with any luck on a night that isn't raining, we can go at this rate and get a whole lotta shit done. Like maybe the entire montage sequence in the one night. Mmmm... Aside from the unfortunate weather, we hit another set-back in the form of a DUMBASS FUCKER with shopping bags. Unfortunately I didn't get any footage of this Dumbass to put up on the site, but believe me he was an asshole. In the middle of a scene, he comes along and tells us that the skating is doing damage to the floor. Damaging the floor??? What kinda dumb-fuck is he? When asked to point out the non-existent damage, he ran away to get a security guard. Asshole... Oh and we can add Nate to the injury report. It's weird that the first time we've ever gotten a real injury was during the first video we've ever made without violence. Luckily, it wasn't anything too serious (like a appearance-altering face-plant) and Nate was okay to continue shooting. I've put up some pics on the Coming Soon section, should you wish to check it out. 4th October 2002 Yesterday we shot our first scene for Amy. We probably could've done more, but there was a huge fuck-up with the equipment that involved Simon and I making two trips to uni and even then we didn't get all the equipment we needed. Actually, we were lucky to get anything at all. Who would've known that people would book the equipment for the holidays??? Anyway, we just shot a scene where Josh and D are talking on the phone while tossing a football down 15 floors. the weather was a bit too windy, and without a windsock for the mic the sound sorta sucks. I haven't checked out the actual footage yet, but Dave says we should have enough to put the scene together. With any luck we'll get more done next week. We've taken the first step, so let's see if we can follow through now. 18th September 2002 An actress has been found! Sali has read the script, and she has informed us that she would be delighted to play the lead role. Readings are scheduled for this weekend, but with a tight program including birthday gatherings for both Saxby and Luke, things are going to get icky. However, with any luck we'll be able to get some rehearsals in and be able to shoot the non-dialogue scenes on Monday night. And in other news, Nate (the male lead) has decided to try a "5-0 grind to frontside Faceplant". Injuries are minimal, and shooting should be able to go on as planned. The search for a new actress to play Amy continues! Last weekend, Nate went to see Jennifer Love Hewitt at Fox Studios to try to convince her to be a part of our movie. This is what happened:
Had I known Jennifer Love Hewitt was a rice-queen, I'd have gone to proposition her myself. Unfortunately Nate lost her phone number when he put his pants in the wash with the number in his pockets, so now we have no choice but to keep looking for a new actress. We'd better find one soon, because that deadline's creeping closer and closer... *frumple* 10th
September 2002 Not
much progress on Amy. Melissa has recently dropped out of the project,
so we’re currently in search for a new lead actress. We’re currently trying
to get Sali to play the lead, but I haven’t gotten a reply from
her yet. There’s also this girl in uni (whose name totally eludes me)
who would like to take the part too, but Sali gets priority.
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