VernonShaw

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Joined: 16-MAY-06

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Hey, look at that Feb 22, 2007 09:11PM
The Blue Sky Syndrome is finally done! It took 5 and a half moths to finish, which is probably 4 and a half months more than it should have taken. There's a couple of sound glitches and plot holes, but I guarantee at least a fun time. Oh well, enjoy it for what it is. The movie can be watched on its corresponding page.
The Blue Sky Syndrome... Sep 17, 2006 04:20PM
I'm done with filming and about halfway through with post production. The rough cut is done, and it's looking to be about 30 minutes long. I'm still a little on the fence as to how it will turn out, but let's just say that you'll get to see a fight scene between the main character and Abraham Lincoln. Yeah, I went there. More on this later.
Dear everyone, Aug 06, 2006 04:29PM
I'm working on it. -Vernon
Greetings from the day job! Jun 20, 2006 11:37PM
I promised myself that I'd get back on the script after school ended. That didn't happen. Instead, I played and finished HalfLife 2 and HalfLife 2: Episode 1 (both highly recommended by the way). In the week of summer that's passed, I did get a job though (and I used HL2 Gmod to build a freaking huge robot out of office cabinets thats freaking huge and it can walk and smash stuff and everything and it's freaking huge). You're now reading literature written by the newest employee of Crocs footwear.

Hurray.

I'm a sandal salesman now. I don't care, It's a job. And I need money. My last film was made on a shoestring budget of about 20 dollars. It won a high school film festival and received much critical acclaim, so think of what I could do with a $200 budget. Using my superior high school math skills, my movie would become 100 times better!

Speaking of which, I've obtained a copy of Adobe Premiere Pro and Adobe After Effects. Don't ask me how I got them, I'll lie. So my first purchase is going to be an external hard drive, and hopefully I can use the school's film and lighting equipment.

This is the part where I talk about my next film: The Blue Sky Syndrome.

It's a movie about a kid living in Suburbia who sees it as a prison. He gives constant commentary on how he feels lost and alone, but he seems to always live in his own little box. I wanted to try to make his character seem very contradictory. I really wish I could explain it a little better, but my mind's drawing a blank right now. What I do remember is that I got the idea for this a while after I read The Catcher in the Rye. I liked how the Holden Caulfield would go into his little speech on Phonies, but throughout the book you'd realize that he exhibited the same fake qualities that he was so fervently against. Once again, I'll post the script when I'm done. Also, big words used in this paragraph: Suburbia, contradictory, exhibited, fervently. Big words that I didn't use: diatribe.
The Blue-Sky Syndrome...  May 23, 2006 01:19PM
...is going along swimmingly. I'm six pages into the script and I'm shooting for 10. Also, I'm combining with the evil forces of Justin Moctezuma in a couple of days to revise it. He's a literary genious in his own right.

I'll post the rough draft on this site and get some feedback from you guys when it's ready. 'Til then, back to pretending to do work for AP US History!
That's Award Winning Filmmaker, to you. May 19, 2006 09:27PM
Great news, I just came back from the Homestead Highschool Film Festival after taking first place with Mind-Circle! International film festival circuit, here I come!
Mind-Circle May 19, 2006 12:49PM
To save people the trouble of having to click on 2 links to get to my movie, here it is on the front page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COR_hE0Th78

The Blue-Sky Syndrome enters pre-production.  May 17, 2006 09:45PM
I'm now writing the script for The Blue-Sky Syndrome. More on this later.

Film Production Blog "theblueskysyndrome"

The Blue Sky Syndrome Feb 22, 2007 08:50PM

Film Production Blog "Mind-Circle"

The Blue Sky Syndrome Feb 22, 2007 08:50PM

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    26 Comments about VernonShaw

    markreid
    Mar 01, 2007 03:09AM

    Hi there the Renderyard Festival is know open for the new film submissions for 2007 and this year we also have two new categories for Screen Writers and Film Composers to send your work to the festival. You can now join Renderyard and receave your own page that contains one of your short films and your film bio and cv with four film stills. You will also receive a monthly newsletter to keep you updated with the other users and inform you of the Renderyard meetings and screenings in London. Come and watch some great short experimental films and animations from the best in new film making talent from around the world. Take care and have fun. Mark Reid - Renderyard Director www.renderyard.com

    brockjohnsen
    Feb 25, 2007 03:27PM

    Very interesting. Good job. Great script. Loved the black and white footage. Nice pacing. Good luck with you film. I'm sure it will do well.

    Check out my film WWII Men of the Pacific. The Trailer is on google video.

    myfilmmakingdotcom
    Nov 29, 2006 08:21AM

    Hi there,
    I am venkat and i made a forum site for filmmakers .

    since the site is new, i am myself collecting work profile , official websites of few involved in filmmaking to post in the site.If you are interested please post your work experience , profile or about your film projects at ----------> www.MyFilmmaking.com < ----------- in category that suits you.This is just a small effort .so the site may not be perfect and useful atpresent.It will take sometime for me to really make the site helpful for filmmakers.

    thanks for your time

    http://www.myfilmmaking.com

    venkat

    RedWireFilms
    Jun 22, 2006 10:00AM

    nice film man

    blacktrack3
    Jun 21, 2006 07:46PM

    What's the latest word.

    jam64
    Jun 21, 2006 11:26AM

    Vernon,

    Your question about film school
    prompted a "frank" and somewhat
    "lengthy" response that I was
    unable to post as a reply...

    So, I have posted a blog as a
    response to your question
    titled: "discouragement" & "encouragement".

    I hope you enjoy it!

    jam64
    Jun 20, 2006 10:58PM

    The film has a great look to it!
    I have a question?
    The trailer is nice and crisp.
    What format did you download it to.
    I used mpeg4 at a very high rate...
    (ended up being about 80mb at only 5.44 mins)
    ...and yet it still looks fuzzy unlike my download
    ...as do many of other people's trailers on you tube
    and google. Your's is the first that I've seen that
    pretty much has the same quality as the actual
    download.

    Do tell...

    Joaquin

    DonnaW
    Jun 09, 2006 04:05PM

    cool, thanks so much!

    DonnaW
    Jun 03, 2006 06:55PM

    it looks awesome, i'm looking to buy a camera so if you happen to find out your model, send the info.
    i'm down in LA so i'm always looking for new camera people to work with...keep me posted if u move down this way...keep up the great work!

    Caglevision
    May 31, 2006 07:15PM

    Your comment are appreciated. I edit in final cut pro.

    DonnaW
    May 31, 2006 01:38PM

    very nice camerawork...what camera did you use? and do you live on the east or west coast?

    DonnaW
    May 30, 2006 11:28PM

    dp is director of photography, also known as cinematographer.

    Caglevision
    May 29, 2006 07:16PM

    Come see my the trailor for my next film or my ten minute film on my site.

    Tinavidy
    May 29, 2006 03:21AM

    I'm not late to congratilate you. Good luck for your new project.

    blacktrack3
    May 28, 2006 02:35PM

    That was a suspensefull movie. How did you get the trailer instaled on your withoutabox page with the link also, i could not put a link on my page.

    wbjrfilms
    May 27, 2006 08:28AM

    Hi Vernon, I just watched your film. Good on you. It's smart and interesting. I particularly like what you're doing with language. It's very poetic and open to interpretation. I look forward to seeing where you go from here.

    Caglevision
    May 27, 2006 04:29AM

    I liked the film. Good lighting, writing, acting. Congrats on your award. Are you going to do anything else with the film such as festivals/ competitions?

    Happy film making!

    DonnaW
    May 27, 2006 12:05AM

    thanks for the add, congrats on your award. were u the dp on this? liked the b&w mood for this project.

    gator-boy
    May 25, 2006 06:49PM

    Beats me weather it's ethical or not... I'm new too. But I'll tell you what, I think it's a stellar idea. I'm going to see if I can't pull off some similar magic.

    gator-boy
    May 25, 2006 06:30AM

    One other question... how did you end up posting your video on the blog?

    gator-boy
    May 24, 2006 04:43PM

    Vernon, it looks like you've got some talent and enthusiasm for making films. Do you have any plans for continuing this vocation through College and beyond? I'm interested because I myself am looking filmmaking for a living, and I wonder what others like me are doing in preparation. (You can just leave a post on my blog if you want)

    gator-boy
    May 24, 2006 04:43PM

    Vernon, it looks like you've got some talent and enthusiasm for making films. Do you have any plans for continuing this vocation through College and beyond? I'm interested because I myself am looking filmmaking for a living, and I wonder what others like me are doing in preparation. (You can just leave a post on my blog if you want)

    JustinSimpson
    May 23, 2006 11:43AM

    Yep, It's Justin Simpson from Fremont High School all right. Good to see you on Withoutabox.com

    CacaoFilms
    May 20, 2006 09:50AM

    The 1 Second Film is a non-profit project that will benefit The Gobal Fund for Women. CacaoFilms made a donation and as a result got production company credit so, I am spreading the word. You should check out the website. My first project now in pre-production is titled Two Weeks from Monday.

    CacaoFilms
    May 19, 2006 11:29PM

    I like the film. Congrats on the award.

    mhebler
    May 19, 2006 04:05PM

    Nice job! You've got real good vision. Keep it up. Best of luck on your next project.

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