Meeting 08/06/2011
Present: Joe, Lorcan, Katya, Roseanne, Chloe,
Chloe, Emma, Eamonn
Joe began the meeting with use of the word “pontificating”;
a sure sign that great things were ahead.
First up was the discussion of two recent emails; one was a
proposal for Maddrim to join a new project, the other a reply to the Moving
Image Archive proposal. The new project pitch was asking Maddrim to take part
in filming various monologues that envision a future Shetland, with roughly a
dozen or so monologues being filmed throughout the summer. Although it sounded
like an excellent project, we came to the decision that our time was simply too
limited during the critical Screenplay months to be able to spare any time.
We are in the process of arranging a meeting with Joanne to
discuss the talks for the Moving Image Archive project further. In her reply
she said that we can take on as many talks as we are able, and that time is
similarly flexible.
Lorcan has suggested
that all Maddrim films be dubbed this year (particularly dialogue, and also
diegetic sounds). We agree that it’s about time we forayed into these unknown
waters. Lighting is also something we should use more of this year. For some
excellent tutorials on such subjects, watch this guy: http://www.youtube.com/user/polcan99.
We’re also going to try filming the majority of our films in HD this year,
partly because it looks cool, and partly because messing with the settings of
the cameras in order to film in SD makes transferring footage an unhappy
affair, and Jono may not always be there to save us.
Discussion turned to the cup film, where we got slightly
distracted reminiscing about our favourite mugs from childhood. Lorcan told us
about his retro Harry Potter mug from before the movies, through which he has
managed to hone his hot-chocolate making skillz. The colour of the cup for the
film was then discussed, which led to Roseanne sharing the wonderful adobe tool
called “kuler” (http://kuler.adobe.com/).
It’s a tool that allows you to create colour schemes for projects, examples of
works that have used kuler can be seen by clicking on the “community” link on
the webpage. Thinking about the set colours of a film can add that extra
pizzazz – Amélie for instance uses the colours of red, green and yellow, and if
Amélie isn’t a film with pizzazz, well I don’t know what is.
Again there was a slight interruption for the sake of
nostalgia, where we watched Froot – The
New Fragrance and The Chad Miller
Show (yeah I put those in italics, no big deal). Mhairi was white with
grief!
We got back on track and agreed to try and film some of the
cup film next Wednesday. However, Ceidiog still needs to be contacted about
this, and Roseanne now has to attend a meeting in Lerwick and will have to be
there on the two bus from Sandwick... so this proposed time may need to be
rescheduled.
We discussed filming dates for Autumn Leaves. Kathy has been
contacted about when the Bonhoga is free, so Joe will hopefully be able to find
a date then.
Then we watched a seahorse giving birth. It was awful. Although Chloe found it
hilarious...
We remembered briefly that we still have to film “Mhairi!
Barry! Larry! Steve.” NEVER FORGET.
THEN we had a truly awesome idea. It would be a shame if you
missed the meeting because it literally changed my life for the better. Sadly I
am not at the discretion to reveal the idea. It was damn good though *sighs happily*.
...
Just kidding! If you have been a Maddrim member for a while,
you may be familiar with the make a film in 24 hours idea that’s been kicking
around. During discussion of the mockumentary, Joe suggested filming it
alongside an actual film that was getting made. We decided to combine the two
ideas into ONE IDEA OF MEGA EXCELLENCE. I don’t want to reveal any spoilers to
our massive fanbase who religiously read our minutes *cough* so the rest of the
details will go in the body of the email.
We had a brief rant about facebook being silly and sucky
(I’m sure you’ve all noted the commenting as an Admin problem on the Maddrim
page).
If people could email us when they’re going on holiday,
we’ll be able to create some kind of calendar that will show us people’s
availability during the filming schedule for June and July.
Ta very much
Roseanne x
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