Tue Apr 13,
2010,
10:16 GMT

Rough Cut finally done!

Posted by: Jet

Tags: production, Video sharing, Voyeurism

Woo Hoo!

A 90 minute rough cut has finally been reconnected and I’m outputting a copy to DVD right now!

The reconnect between Sally’s EDL in Paris and our media here looked like it was going to be a right royal pain in the arse – but we fiddled and fuddled and we have a full rough cut.

Next stage now is to get the composer – Phil Strong – to compose to the rough cut, and Bryce Hallett – our animation/post-production graphics person – to do any video compositing and effects.

Got to send the copies out next to CBC and Canal D!

I think a screening is in order too – expose the film to some critical eyes and see what else we need to sharpen the cut more.

All very exciting!!!!

And it means some money if the broadcasters accept it as “the” rough cut…

Yahoo!

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Thu Apr 08,
2010,
2:25 GMT

Getting footage

Posted by: Jet

Tags: production, Video sharing, Voyeurism

The whole process of finding illustrative examples of Peep has been interesting. We used Youtube videos, amateur porn sites, vimeo videos, went the traditional route of stock houses and found a whole new paradigm of media management and stock sources to help us with the film.

My favourite stock came from YouTube videos. It’s huge democratic world on YouTube – democratic in that most people can access it and add to it – rather than it be put through a gatekeeper (which is what the usual broadcast medium makes sure is there). It’s free too! We found people confessing their secrets, people drunk confessing their secrets, and people showing us their secrets… it’s wonderfully “peep”.

It also allows us the ability to show ourselves off and show our creations off – whether it’s a son’s latest clay pot, our new song, our new reimagining of a song, or it’s a persona we create to entertain ourselves and each other.

We ended up really loving some of the web’s cewebrities – Maangi who cooks Korean food in her own channel, Myles who is the “it” kid for social media in the UK and Peter Chao – the Chinese Guy from Vancouver – who is playing with stereotype and making us all laugh.

The great thing is that they were all very generous with their permission to include their footage and videos for our film and I want to say “A BIG THANK YOU!” to you all.

I will be keeping everyone in the loop (or at least trying to keep everyone in the loop!).

Next – Sally is editing in Paris, I’m uploading footage, she’s sending me the EDL of the film based on a mirror of our footage, and then somehow we’re going to re-connect her new EDL with the footage we have here. And then I’m going to figure out how to burn the DVD for our commissioning editors to watch.

Meanwhile, Sally’s going to give birth…. Ouch!

Tags: stock+footage

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Wed Mar 31,
2010,
18:44 GMT

Producer Blog is BACK!!!!

Posted by: Jet

Tags: production, Video sharing, Voyeurism

Hey there,

After a looooonggg pause, it’s time for me to start blogging here again.

So, we’re in the last throws of the rough cut edit and the film is now 90 minutes long.

We’re planning a feature film length – looking for some distribution in theatres and for festivals – and then a broadcast cut down to 42 minutes.

We’re hoping to submit the film to Toronto International Film Festival. We wanted to go to Hot Docs, but we simply weren’t ready… that’s the conundrum filmmakers and producers face - the festivals aren’t timed to one’s production schedule and the production schedule can’t often be timed to festivals.

Sally, the director and other producer is now in Paris. Ready to put the finishing trims to the rough cut and also about to deliver a baby. She needs to pop out the film before the infant and I’m anxiously pacing and praying that the baby will come either on time or late.

Hal’s busy continuing his quest for peep and I think we ought to put up a lifecast again for the site…

Any ideas what you might like to see? A shot of the office? a shot out of the window? Paint dry anyone?

Tags: producing, fiilm+festival

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Fri Sep 25,
2009,
18:30 GMT

Reality Bites - morsel #1

Posted by: Jet

Tags: production, Video sharing, Voyeurism

So we’re in Los Angeles today shooting some b-roll to set up our visits with Reality TV prez David Lyle and Sheila Conlin from Conlin Casting (who cast for Hells Kitchen and other reality shows) AND our shoot thus weekend at the Reality TV school!
Turns out they’ll be a news crew from Sweden, a Uk news team, possibly another doc crew and a doc series pilot crew shooting as well! With us too-there’s going to be more cameras than people and the soundbites will be snapping through the air!

Tags: Reality TV school

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Sun Jul 26,
2009,
15:01 GMT

Hollywood - Here We Come!

Posted by: Jet

Tags: production, Video sharing, Voyeurism

This week it’s time for Hal and the documentary crew to go to Hollywood!

Look out for some livecasting from LA – their first port of call will be FOX Reality http://www.foxreality.com/ – premier destination of unscripted programming! – and its president David Lyle.

We’ll be chatting with him and then going to the set of Solitary – http://www.foxreality.com/solitary3/.

Then it’s some filming round LA looking at the origins of celeb and then time with casting agents Conlin Company http://www.theconlincompany.com/ who cast for reality shows.

Wonder if Hal cuts the grade to make it on TV reality?

Watch and see!

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Jeannette Loakman

Jeannette Loakman is an award-winning producer with over 12 years of experience in the television industry. Jeannette was recently nominated for a Gemini for “Spam: The Documentary”, a critical and ratings hit, “Spam” is the story of one man’s comical search for the origins of bulk unsolicited email. Pitched at TDF 2006 and produced with CBC Newsworld, Court TV USA, Knowledge Network, Canal D, YLE Finland and SBS Australia, it is distributed by Films Transit, and is selling worldwide - putting “Spam” on the map.

Recent other productions include the series “Groomed” - with world famous butler Paul Hogan – for W Network and Wedding TV (UK). This entertaining male makeover show was called “Surprisingly endearing”, by the Globe and Mail, “Just short of magic!” by the Calgary Sun, and featured on Pick of the Week by The Guardian in the UK. Jeannette produced “Annie Ong: Lost and Found”, “Moc Docs”, “Hot Shots”, “The Last Seven Days of Annie Ong” as well as directed “Slippery Blisses: What’s in a Kiss?” with the NFB.

Jeannette’s experience in the industry includes a stint in programming at Vision TV, general reporter for CityNews on City TV, and host of WTN’s first show: POV Women. Her work in the business was preceded by a decade in IT traveling the globe as a software consultant.