So the second (and final) draft of Vent seems to have gone down well with the audience. Albeit it was a very quiet audience - up to the point of our film's Q&A, then there was a comment commending our use of lighting, and another question from Zixin regarding the sudden reappearance of his tie. It's because of the non-continuity editing (one) and also because he put his tie back on (two).

Which has just sparked off another thought in me, maybe I should have had him in a suit and briefcase as well? That would have made it more interesting.

But all in all, I think we didn't do too badly. We didn't have noticeably blurry shots, and I think the flawed parts floated past the audience quietly. So yay for this time round. I wonder if there's any correlation between sex, action and death. Something to ponder about for the next film, and after this one, I suspect I've got an unhealthy fixation with cigarettes and smoking.

I spent the entire afternoon with Bee Hwee trying to figure out what was wrong with the video-editing systems only to have Vincent tell us that the XDCAM reader is not compatible with Macs.

And so I spent another few hours waiting for videos to transfer over a network and over cables to my little station. Then it was editing till dinner (screwed up vital clips that refused to work), which was subsequently forgotten and so was the time.

The result is this:

The 2-minute project is mostly fleshed out now, with a new title and accompanied by an excellent score, borrowed from the film The Fountain, "The Last Man" by Clint Mansell.

And so I present to you, the first version of Vent.



Thanks once again to all the crew, I'm sorry the credits aren't up on it yet, I'm still trying to work that part out.

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The 2-minute film project shoot was wrapped up on Saturday night, and it was completed with the help of an efficient and exceptionally jovial crew.

Credits:
Murderous Wife - Goh Zhi Ling
Cheating Husband - Kester Tay
Director of Photography - Low Koon Yen
Producer/Production Photographer - Chng Bee Hwee
Gaffer/Sound Recordist - Wei Shan Boey
Video Assistant/Lunch Coordinator - Jessie Ng
Production Assistant - Nazran Ahmad
Catering - Candice Nah (Mom)

Thanks to this wonderful bunch of funny people, the shoot was a blast and managed to move along without anyone throwing a tantrum or being grumpy. Or at least I was having too much fun to notice.

Thanks also to my mom who say to my friends: "Erwin's a bad host."

This shoot is made even more memorable because several crew members, in between the moments in which I am thinking hard about the shots, took the opportunity to hone their photography skills and take shots of the set. What came out was an exceptional capturing of the day's work.

I present to you, a few productions shots from the as-of-yet un-edited film.






The end for now.