I did get a good response to this. About 20 of you said you'd attend. Thats enough people to film some scenes. Lets start using this scene to discuss a tiny bit.
First, this will be a lighthearted and fun process. While yes, we do want to get good work done, at the same time, I dont want to take the thing too seriously that we dont have fun doing it, so keep that in mind. Secondly at the end of the day, it will likely be a montage of cool scenes edited together with renaissance music in the background, pretty simple. The acting will be with more with emotion and movement, and less with dialogue and story. We can always do a story film in the future, but for now its a simple promo video were putting together.
Many of you offered specific help in your e-mails but I didnt respond to any of them. If you have any equipment, please bring it, even if we dont end up using it. Anyone who has filming cameras can show me thier cameras after the banquet or early in the morning, and well go through them all and mine, and decide which ones we will use. Id like to film widescreen, and in HD if possible, but I like the frame-rate low, too high of a frame-rate destroys the cinematic look. If your camera has these features, it might be a good candidate. Also ease of transfer onto my computer will be a plus as well.
Super late after the banquet, or super early in the morning, we will pool all of our resources together in one spot, and start dreaming up quick, cool scenes. Well probably film into the night so we can get night shots as well, but we will need to have plenty of lighting for those night shots.
If you have a preference for acting, or behind the scenes work or either, you may post that preference in this thread for reference.
- James C. Kimball Director, Knight Realms
