I´ll try to keep a shoot diary of this one if I can…
Script Supervising in NYC
Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Script Sup from Madrid in the Big Apple
“Historias de la Urbe” (Urban Stories) is a feature film I had the pleasure to 1st AD in Miami during Spring 2010. So proud to announce its many awards and official selections:
- Official Selection “Festival de Cine Venezolano 2012”, Merida, Venezuela.
- Official. Selection “Bootleg Film Festival Toronto 2012”, Canada.
- Best Feature Film “Miami Life Awards 2012”, USA.
- Best Actress “Miami Life Awards 2012”, USA.
- Official Selection “IndieFlix 2011”, USA.
- Official Selection “Marbella International Film Festival 2011”, Spain.)
- Winner Honorable Mention “Los Angeles Movie Awards (I) 2011”, USA.
The challenging thing of shooting over a frozen lake:
- being able to take notes standing over cracking ice
- with a monitor that has glares all over due to the snow reflections
- and of course, dealing with the freezing cold
Deep Powder Pre-Production
This is actually the first time I had that much time of pre-production (3 weeks!!). Of course, not all that time was paid (but 2 days of prep for a low budget movie is not that bad either).
First of all, I attended the Script Meeting at the Production Office, along with the 1st AD, DP, Director and Producers. We went page per page discussing the issues that may appear during the shoot and also I was asking all my questions about the days of the story and checking with the Director if my assumptions were right.
At the end of it, even the Director said it was extremely helpful for her and also for the rest of the crew. For me, it was great to clearly know the division of the story and how to make a timeline for the rest the departments to follow.
I was able to make a detailed breakdown scene by scene, and also the page count and the pre-timing of the whole script.
After this meeting, we had a Production Meeting with all the Department´s Keys and I even was able to attend the Table Read with the actors, which helped me a lot with my pre-timing and the intensity or pace of the scenes.
One more day and we´ll start shooting. Let´s see how it goes!
“Dark Allies”, the short film by Irene Kotnik that I helped out as script supervisor last year (2010)
My new project as Script Supervisor is “Light Years”, a feature film based on this short film “Some boys don´t leave” by the same director: Maggie Kiley (winner of Tribeca Film Festival 2010). Here you have the trailer of the short film. Enjoy it!
“All God´s Creatures” trailer. Film directed by Ryan Charles & Frank Licata (shot in March 2010 in NYC)
“Passion” Festival of New Spanish Cinema 2011. Promo I produced, directed and edited for PRAGDA International this summer.
