2 month reflections

Man what a day we had yesterday!!! 12 hours of shooting over at Screen Gems including b-roll and 3 interviews with different members of the film industry. It was long, grueling, and really hard day of running around with a camera, but in the end, we captured some really awesome footage. Our day ended with a late night interview with local film worker Shaun O' Rourke, which turned out to be the highlight of the day. Shaun participates in the film industry in whatever capacity he can because he truly loves the industry. Whether he is in front of the camera or driving a truck, Shaun's passion shines through every bit of his interview. He even did a few voice impressions for us and he had wonderful pit bull Indy sit in on the interview.

I really enjoyed this interview with Shaun. He squeezed us in after a 12 hour work day, and our interview lasted about two hours, and Shaun helped set-up, take down, and was super inviting during the interview process. This was by far one of our most productive days and a very refreshing moment for me as a filmmaker to work with another like minded individual. The environment was so fun and carefree and it reminded me why I do this: because it is fun. Telling a story becomes such an amazing experience for anybody involved that it would be insane for me to imagine not being able to participate in film. I love this project so far and am pumped on the momentum it's picking up! Until next time, #SaveNCFilm

1st month reflection

The 1st month of production for Keep It Rolling was a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs, backs and forths, and emails. Seriously, a lot of emails! Thankfully, we've got an amazing support system behind us in the local and regional film community, snagging interviews with NC Film Commissioner Aaron Syrett and Wilmington Regional Film Commissioner Johnny Griffin as well as some other film industry workers. Screen Gems has been paramount in letting us shoot the studio area for b-roll and in setting up some interviews. So far, this project has taken a large amount of preliminary research to figure out who to talk to, what to talk about, and what resources will have to go into the project.

Production so far has been centered here in town and in Raleigh shooting the capital area. We've been shooting on the Sony FS-100 and syncing sound with the H4N. So far, everything looks really sharp and we've been pleased with the look of the film. Our next steps are collecting more and more b-roll as we rack up interview footage and really getting the structure of our cut together.

So far, I've been really thrilled on the support of the local film community. I think it will continue to build as we get further into our film, but we hope that this support will boost our film forward and create more momentum!

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