Snape Diary – 4/21/15

by jzagri | Apr 22, 2015 | Uncategorized

  Dear Diary, That Potter boy knocked me unconscious and now my diary is missing, so I am using a new book. While I was unconscious, I dreamed of my mother. I cried…   Okay seriously hello! So, big news, I finished the rough cut of the movie! AND I figured out the basic assembly of the first teaser trailer. I should have the editing done this week and be able to hand it to music for an original track! It needs a lot of polishing, but I’m pretty happy with how it turned out 🙂 We are working on getting a photo shoot done next weekend for the final posters, but are having difficulty with a location. If we have to delay we will, but it would be annoying for sure 😛 That’s all for now! Catch you all soon!...

Snape Diary – 4/15/15

by jzagri | Apr 16, 2015 | Uncategorized

Hello again! Still figuring out the blog part of this thing. But it’s easier to hit social media with it, so going to try to post so it shows up in the diary section. Got a big chunk of editing done today. In fact, I finished the fight! It actually runs faster than I thought it would. The editing also needs some serious…what’s the word, fenageling? How does one spell that word? Anyways, it needs to be smoothed out. But I don’t start re-editing until I finish a rough, at which point I will re-edit and then show to a few trusted advisors, re-edit again, show it again, make some final touches, and then lock it up 🙂 It’s a long process, but its the most satisfying part of making the film for me. Sure there’s magic (wink) on a set but I’m the type to go in with everything planned and little room for error. Discoveries are rare on set for me. The real discoveries come in the editing room. Like when Mick (Snape) has a smirk on his face during a performance because one of the actors cracked a joke before I called action. It worked perfectly for a certain moment. Or the surprisingly large amount of bloopers. Again because I prep so much, those are rare for me. Not to say these guys kept messing up, they were all amazing. But they were also just as giddy as the next fan to be doing this. Next is the…aftermath of said fight. No spoilers but its when things get really dramatic. Everything hits its peak for our...