“The Bull” to be internationally distributed by Ouat Media

“The Bull” will be handled (non-exclusively) by international short film distributor Ouat Media!  After having to wait a little bit because they were busy at the film fests in Venice and Toronto, the contract was signed today.

A little about Ouat, from their website:

“Created in 2006, Ouat Media [pronounced "what"] is a global media distribution specialist.  Our mandate is to be the premier multiplatform  content aggregator and provider of short film content for broadcast, Internet, mobile devices, and all other newly-developed media.

Ouat Media is based in Toronto, Canada, and is part of the Channel Zero Inc. family of companies which also includes Silver Screen Classics, and Movieola- the Short Film Channel.”

To see “The Bull” catalogue page, go here.

Just Cruising

Some stills captured from the footage shot on the day we had the car mount.  Since the camera was located out of reach outside the passenger side window, we would not stop it between takes and would instead continue rolling while we set up for the next pass, often getting “room tone” or just the actors staying in character – or, as those who buy the DVD will see in the behind-the-scenes footage, Kristi and Carrie Anne singing Alanis Morissette and “Hotel California”, as well as Cyrus the sound guy telling the editor to take a break and get a drink of water (knowing that in the future he will be going through these clips).

(well technically that middle one won’t be in the film since it is too “hot” in regards to the light, but it’s still a cool image)

THE VIRGINS poster idea

Outside!

I’m sure everyone is sick of stills from inside the apartment (where we shot for the first five days of the production) so here is some green:

Update

Just to show I have been editing (while fighting a cold) here are two new stills captured from the raw footage I have been working with.  Director of Photography Aravind recently sent me some stills that were taken while on set and I hope to get a couple of those up on The Virgins page soon.  As I edit I may not tend to the website as much as I should, but during these post lulls be sure to check the Twitter page, which I update a little more regularly.

New Stills

Two from this afternoon’s editing session.  I’m working through the footage in the order that it was shot so all of these come from the apartment we shot at for five days at the beginning of principal photography.

More Stills

From today’s editing adventure:

THE VIRGINS Stills Captured from Raw Footage

Here’s some of the images I worked with today while editing:

…and I’m not going to say anything about what they’re about.

Update

It’s been a bit since my last post – now that principal photography for The Virgins is done it feels like a huge weight is off my shoulders, but that is a false feeling as I still have a rough cut to do before sending The Virgins out to be color corrected, mixed, etc.  The cutting has been slow, as I want to have a thoughtful, intimate relationship with the footage we’ve shot, and especially since I’ve been putting in some time getting “The Bull” and its deliverables ready to send to a couple of distributors.  And I am constantly/blissfully distracted by more and more script ideas.

The Virgins Days 11-13: Principal Photography Done!

Here are photos from the last three days of shooting The Virgins.  These last days were easier than the first go-round, as this stretch required less pages shot per day.  The trade-off was shooting more locations (like a coffee shop in Chapel Hill all the way to the USS North Carolina in Wilmington – not on the same day of course).  Last night we finished the martini shot (a car interior shot as we cruised through the lights of downtown Raleigh) and so now begins the arduous process of cutting the twelve hours of footage we accumulated for the film.

Cyrus preparing the audio for a day exterior at a church

Me interrupting a scene to hug Ryan Gosling...I mean Jeramy Blackford

Cyrus working behind the bar

Setting up at a coffee shop, not annoying the customers too much

Aravind with steadicam as a generator powers some lights on a street in Raleigh

Kristi waiting patiently in the hot summer night for the next set-up

Aravind shooting at my friend Ben's apartment. Ben took this picture.

Man with a Movie Camera + Battleship Potemkin. Picture taken by Kristi