Seeing Red Teaser Poster is UP! Principal Photography Complete!

I am happy to report that last night we finished principal photography on my new short film "Seeing Red". Last nights shoot was very intense, we were shooting a scene involving the lead character's (A serial rapist) rape fantasy. I am sure this had to be a very challenging and uncomfortable scene for the actors involved but they did an amazing job and I was blow away by their performances.

In retrospect I can say in all honesty that while this was one my most complicated short film shoots ever, but despite that it was also the smoothest shoot I've ever had. I think this had to do mostly with two major factors, one, the fact that I actually had some really dedicated and reliable cast/crew on board this time. In the past I've had so many crew members bail out early in the production, this seems to be a problem that plaques every indie filmmaker who tries to make a film without a budget. It's just so hard to get people motivated when there's no money involved and they realize that filmmaking is a lot of hard work and not as glamorous as they initially think.

Secondly, after having three DP's leave the production during the pre-production phase I ultimately also had to pick up the camera and shoot the film myself. In the past I've always had a Director of Photography and never shot the film myself, and despite proving them with storyboards and other tools, I have never been truly happy with the results and spent far too much time trying to explain what I wanted. Shooting the film myself allowed me to get the shots I wanted and to move on, which ultimately made the shoot move fast and allow me to try out and pick up shots I have not even planned for.

I have begun the rough cut of the film and since this film has very little in the way of post effects compared to my past films I expect post-production to be relatively easy (other than recording ADR, I decided to do ALL of the audio in post from scratch like I did with "Jack in the Box", I'm a sucker for punishment) and hope to have the film finished an ready to screen late this summer. Keep an eye out here at the blog, and on facebook by joining our official facebook group HERE

In the mean time, be sure to check out the teaser poster I created for "Seeing Red" and keep an eye out for the film later this year!