I've also added a camera side checklist for you to print. This is the workflow that we've developed through trial and error. It just happens to match what I've learned is the correct way to do this sort of thing.
Jake Goose and I ran some lighting distance tests. The results (with pictures, because we're all visual people) are here: Lighting Distance Tests Please use them to improve your lighting setups and achieve more beautiful pictures. The handsome devil in front of the camera is none other than Cole McDonald (Knightly on lots of the filmmaking fora).
4 Jul 2008: YAFI is back up after a short outage. I've posted the submitted clip for you all to view! Sorry about the delay, enjoy the show. Click to view the movie21 Jun 2008: We had an amazing shoot this year. I have hourly breakdowns of our process right up until the shooting started to get heated, then I sort of lost track of keeping my hourly notes. We screen on the 23rd at the Riverview Theater in MPLS at the 6:30 showing. Be there early and vote for us for audience favorite! We have officially shot what I think is our best piece yet. We just keep improving as we practice more! The old adage is true apparently. Here are the elements:
Character:Ms. or Mr. Perkinson, Substitute teacher
Prop: Fish
Line: "You look very familiar."
Genre: Holiday Film
1 May 2008: It's a year later and We're tooling up for this years 48 Hour Project. I'm starting with updating the webpage, I've worked on a bunch of student films with fellow students of the Film Studies program at SCSU. The Y.A.F.I.:Folks have been hard at work drilling on the parts of the process that we fell down on last year for the 48 hour. We intend to over-achieve (hopefully) this year. My school has expanded my network of cast and crew which should benefit us greatly this year.
I can't wait to see what we crank out. Until then, we'll be shooting at least one short before then and doing some acting/directing tests to try to get closer to our goal of catching the lightning that is good cinema in the proverbial bottle.
19 Apr 2008: OK! I've been lax on this news. We shot an excellent short, but failed to get it edited and in on time. We did screen last year, but weren't eligible for the competition. Which is a bummer, because we had an excellent short. I'm going to be finishing up the sound edit on it as soon as possible and get it posted here. Until then, here's a link to the rough re-edit of the short (keep in mind, I haven't done any color correction or sound work on it yet). 9th Life
Character: Dr. Jason Meyers, DVM
Prop: Personal Music Player
Line: "They will get them, if you let them"
Genre: Buddy Comedy
23 may 2007: It's that time of year again! We're gearing up to dig in and make a mark on the world...wish us luck, it's a hard comp, but very rewarding.
6 Oct 2007: And another Accolade, we've made it to the Spotlighted Short area of Crackle.com's Front Page getting over 2000 views in one day!
20 Feb 2007: We've just won our first award for this short. "Best interpretation of a dramedy script". Big Kudos to all involved, this was a great experience and I learned alot from it!
20 Feb 2007: I'm very proud of this piece and believe it to be our best work to date. Constantly getting better! A departure from our normal style, we shot this entirely handheld and in Black and White with only available light. I'm very happy with the results of this shoot. We shot this in the Sartell Lion's Park on watab creek in 20 degrees F weather. My actors were amazingly enthusiastic throughout this shoot. I'm very impressed with their MN Fortitude!
6 Oct 2007: And another Accolade, we've made it to the featured shorts area of Crackle.com's Front Page2 Jun 2007: We get to add another laurel to this film as we have been selected to screen at the trader Wally's Horror Show on Friday the 13th in July in San Jose, CA at a "Dive-In" theater event.
30 Oct 2006: We have been selected to screen in London tomorrow night as one of the top ten finalists in this competition! We're very excited and will soom have an IMDB.com entry for this short.
23 Oct 2006: "Get your ICK on!" - Kimberly Dohrer
YAFI Underground just finished shooting a horror short film for the 13 Day Horror Film Competition! We ended up with free access to an old hospital in Farmington, MN with an awesome staff (they ended up getting bloody for us). We were able to make several really cool sets. Not the least of which was an operating room in an actual operating room!
13 June 2006: YAFI Underground just finished participating in the 2006 Minneapolis 48 hour film project! We had alot of fun writing shooting and cutting a 5-7 minute Horror short (horror was new to us all) with the required elements:
Character: Frank Mooney, DJ
Prop: a Wallet
Line: "Thanks for your help, thanks alot"
Genre: Horror
Stressed and sleepless, we turned our entry in an hour before the deadline and actually had sleep in our schedule...not alot of sleep though.
Here are the BTS Photos:
Curtain Call Stills
4 april 2006: We have wrapped principal on 15 may 2006!
The goal of this project is to have a piece that can be submitted to Festivals. This entails having an original, finished movie. We went with a feature because we are using it as a learning project and can pack more learning in more intensely by taking on a larger project.
We are currently phasing into Post production, footage is off to the editor and we look forward to screening this at a local theater. Once the Movie is cut, we ship it simultaneously to our composer and to our sound design folk who then provide us our audio to layer in. Then comes the promotion phase of the film which will also be a learning experience.
Read up on the Main chunk of our shoot in our diary
Cloudy Town Stage and Screen: Local Performance Resources
In an effort to boost the creative energies in the St. Cloud, MN area, I'm collecting contact information from individuals interested in participating. The service is simple, members (free registration) can request to have their contact information available to other members for jobs in local productions. The cost is that I ask each member to help out at least one beginning/low-no budget production per year for free/deferment (within reason). As we build this contact resource, I will get feedback about how the privacy should work and how requests are made to make it a safe and helpful resource for our community. If you are interested, please contact me: knightscape@charter.net
Y.A.F.I.:History
Started in 1987 as a music production company for a few friends, YAFI:Underground Records has become a media inclusive production company under which we release any of our creative pursuits.
