Hello friends!
I am very excited to say that you will soon be seeing some pictures of the movie we are making with some friends of ours.
It all started on fine, stormy, Sunday afternoon. We were spending the day with these friends and on a whim, decided to make a movie with them. So, we scrambled into costumes, came up with a basic storyline, and headed to their little play cottage to film. (ok, to be honest, our family had been planning this for a day or so before.. however, info didn't get passed on to the other family, so for them it was quite a surprise.) Any how, we started filming. It was rather fun, even if the acting wasn't so good, the script, well, not so good, and the filiming.. interesting. However, it was fun. There wasn't much of a moral to the story as we didn't have time for our characters to develop, but we had good intentions. Our film production agency is called P M&M productions inc. Why? Well, we were eating Peanut M&Ms before filming, and decided to call it that. No fun story behind it, for sure, but still.. fun! ;-) lol
So, the movie we are making is set during the Regency era (Jane Austen, Pride and Predjudice). Our costumes will probably not be historically accurate, except for the general pattern, and our lifestyle might be slightly interesting in a modern setting. However, we plan to have fun with it. We planned, plotted, and thunked.. sorry, thought. Finally came up with the story line, then they set me to work on getting the script. I am director, film director (or whatever you call the person filming), editor, make up artist, and part time actress. My brother Joshua is actor, assistant film director (for the parts where I have to be in the movie), and assistant editor.
Caleb, my other brother, is actor. ;-)
For our friends, who are 3 girls, we have big roles. Not only are they main characters, but I gave them lots of work to do too!
Ellie (partially real name, but also movie name) is another film assistant. She will be helping me come up with camera shots, etc. She is also actress and make up artist.
Susan (not her real name, but movie name) will be researcher and actress. She has a lot of work to do, especially when I email her ten times a day asking her what research she got done. Poor thing.. well, I warned them I would be mean! ;-) lol
Amy (again not the real name) has several jobs. She is helping me gather fabric for costumes (this is coming from low income, or no income, parties who must use what they can get). She will also be making some props (whenever I come up with what she has to make) and will be what I call the 'runner-round'. In between sets, she will 'run' around and check to make sure no one needs any touch ups. Their hair should be straight, make up still on, costumes still neat, etc. So, for being the youngest girl, she will have a lot to do!
Round of applause for the people who will be helping!! Now, to make donations, simple mail to.. we're just kidding. ;-) lol =D
So, we will try to keep you posted on how the movie goes. This is a one day project, so I will have a "fun" time trying to get all the daylight scenes in before it gets dark! ;-) Thankfully we have the longer summer daylight hours. However, movie making takes quite a lot of time. Especially since it is girls doing the hair (I am sure the boys will agree that girls take forever to do their hair.. hey, that is life. So, you can expect it to take even longer when doing a movie! ;-) ) lol
I hope you will see some pictures on here.. oh dear, I forgot to list my dear sister! How silly of me.. She will be taking the pictures, probably help film in some parts, and will also act. She will to a awesome job of it, I know.
So, with that, I bid you good night!
In Christ Alone,
Your film director,
Sarah =D