AirCycle Films

randomizedchaos:

There’s one thing that always bothered me. I don’t know if it’s because I’m usually always positive about things that aren’t me, but I usually like movies, tv shows, music, and comics. It’s a rare occurrence that I will flat out hate on something. From my point of view, someone created something…

randomizedchaos:

You know, I’m really getting tired of hearing “You liked that movie?”, “You don’t watch that show?”. “You’ve never heard of this book series?” etc. I like what I like, and I can’t absorb everything. I don’t need to only watch the best award winning shows, and I don’t need to read books to talk about how they’re “better than the movie”.

vmontes:

randomizedchaos:

vmontes:

frightfulfight:

vmontes:

why.are.all.the.film.kids.making.indiegogo.pages.and.asking.for.money?

I noticed the pattern AFTER I donated to a student…. never again. -____-

And the thing is, the school rents out stuff.. And with all the thrift stores around New York, how…

thanks, mike. It’s true. I’m freaking out because I have zero money for my third year film, and it’s really hindering my progress. I tried to shoot in a newsroom, and the minimum cost was $17,000 per day. I also, can’t afford to spend even a hundred dollars on costumes found at thrift stores, if I can even find anything. Then I have to compensate actors for transportation, and pay for a make-up person. On top of all that, I have to buy food for every day of shooting.

I’ve also lost actors to paying gigs, even when they agreed to do my film over a month prior. If I had money from a kickstarter or indigogo, then I’d be able pay them some and keep them on my project.

And if it weren’t enough, I also have a composer and a VFX guy working on my film. The composer is just a friend’s brother and the VFX guy is a computer art major here at SVA. They’re going to have to spend a lot of time on my film, and you know what they get? Nothing. I mean, they might get recognition from the short, but that’s only if anybody sees it. At best, they have reel material.

So, while it is possible to make a film with no money raised, it makes it damn hard to make a film worthy of festivals and such when you can’t afford anything.

The people I’m talking about aren’t third year students though. They’re freshman with very unclear plans as to where the money is going.
I really didn’t mean to offend anyone.

Ah. I understand that. I knew people like that freshman year. No offense taken.

randomizedchaos:

vmontes:

frightfulfight:

vmontes:

why.are.all.the.film.kids.making.indiegogo.pages.and.asking.for.money?

I noticed the pattern AFTER I donated to a student…. never again. -____-

And the thing is, the school rents out stuff.. And with all the thrift stores around New York, how…

thanks, mike. It’s true. I’m freaking out because I have zero money for my third year film, and it’s really hindering my progress. I tried to shoot in a newsroom, and the minimum cost was $17,000 per day. I also, can’t afford to spend even a hundred dollars on costumes found at thrift stores, if I can even find anything. Then I have to compensate actors for transportation, and pay for a make-up person. On top of all that, I have to buy food for every day of shooting.

I’ve also lost actors to paying gigs, even when they agreed to do my film over a month prior. If I had money from a kickstarter or indigogo, then I’d be able pay them some and keep them on my project.

And if it weren’t enough, I also have a composer and a VFX guy working on my film. The composer is just a friend’s brother and the VFX guy is a computer art major here at SVA. They’re going to have to spend a lot of time on my film, and you know what they get? Nothing. I mean, they might get recognition from the short, but that’s only if anybody sees it. At best, they have reel material.

So, while it is possible to make a film with no money raised, it makes it damn hard to make a film worthy of festivals and such when you can’t afford anything.

3rd year film

So, I am currently at the tail end of the pre-production phase of my third year film here at SVA. It’s the most complicated and biggest thing I have ever done. If it comes out nicely, I will be extremely surprised, but also infinitely grateful. I am working with many talented actors and a lot of great classmates are volunteering to be my crew.

My first day of shooting is on January 11th. Once I have some visual stuff to show, I will tease you guys here and there until I have enough for a trailer. I can’t even comprehend how excited and scared I am to do this project. It’s stuff like this that confirms that I am going into the correct field. I love making films, and I hope that my love for it will help me become successful. 

So, until next time,

Eric

Revelations

I just realized that I never posted my final project for my second year at SVA. I wrote and directed a short as my final. It stars a fantastic actress, Kerry Miller and my friend, who also revised some of the script, Galen Davis. Please watch it, and share it with everyone. I wanna get my work out there.

Video

Final Project

Well, my shoot for my short film got pushed back until the 25th of February. I had to do it, because I couldn’t get a male actor who was available. My first choice still might not be able to make the new date for the shoot, but this time, if he can’t make it, I know a fantastic actor who can fill in. I’m actually quite excited.

Also, I have a great DP working with me. He’s shot a class assignment with me, and he’s quite fun to work with. Also, it doesn’t hurt that he already has 90% of the equipment I need. Camera, sound recorder, sound mixer, boom pole, microphone. He’s got it all. This is great because that means I only need to sign out a light kit from SVA. This in itself is great since my shooting location is a pretty long walk, so now I have less to take to the set.

Side note, I have a computer now that is actually portable, so hopefully I’ll be able to post more info when things develop. I know I saw that all the time, so I hope that this time is true. Talk to you all later.

bernardin:

Ever since Joss Whedon’s space western was canceled back in 2003, its fans — at first, a relatively small contingent, but as time and DVD sales grew, so did the ranks swell — have wondered what could possibly rescue it from the tightly clenched jaws of death. And until now, nothing could….

Well, crap

So, a funny thing happened the other day. Well, maybe not funny, more like traumatic. I went to edit some of my footage from my shoot last Tuesday and my something quite bad happened. Any computer I hooked up my hard drive to wouldn’t read the hard drive. All of my footage is there and now I can’t access it. That’s just great. So, now I can’t edit this scene for class and I don’t know how my teacher is gonna react tomorrow. I hope it works out, and I’ll keep you updated either way.