I have always dreamed of making a movie. I have no skills or training that would make me good at it, but I have wanted to none the less. I wrote a short story and began the filming of that story yesterday.
I had a vision of what I wanted and made a script and storyboard to help me fulfill my vision. I also gathered a crew of geniuses. Sandra for my costumes and set design
, Ali for hair and make up
, and my actors: Amy is Barbie ("Milli")
Julio is GI Joe (Joe)
and Ken (Carson) is played by Blake
. Who wins Barbie's heart in the end? You'll have to see the movie to find out!
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I had made all the arrangements and decorations weeks in advance. Saturday morning's shoot was to begin at 10 am. I had all characters ready and had some extras to be at the party. 10am comes and I receive texts and calls from flakey friends who "had something come up" and I was left with 2 extras. Lame. Luckily, well an answer to prayer, my family showed up unexpectedly. Ashley pulled up with 4 kids in her car and later Matt also came with 2 kids. My original plan has now turned into something a little different.
We dressed them in the costumes we had for my other extras: Pippi Longstockings
, Bob the Builder ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MfbLTJ26GwKEOBfUIyNrrlMhq6lNtp7Ges0W3nUvOp6XT54TFsH9sORONF6svNziMakoBduXHTXLBxTB_ESg2eEjFDHT-nlNx02cSZLgARL05lzUTLGcgBeBj5JCTVg7DVc5I1KItAU/s200/IMG_0199.JPG)
, Barbie's mom
, Barbie's sister, Skipper![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2sdCpIg8y3ZOWUdYvdwKUSorrqtITsaL9X-fHp2kC7-F3-qyjzcghSuVfHqzwczcEM7cIEg2N2-jjmoB9V9uesq105kf7W1HXfW8xUsfVlkNZMa6Ghjsvfgz_JizsO4KyaPgKWqe6MM/s200/IMG_0268.JPG)
,Darth Vader
and a storm trooper
, Harry Potter
, some Bratz dolls
, Matt will be found in most shots as Waldo
, Andy showed up later and we put him in the Alvin costume
, and a homemade Cabbage Patch Doll made a quick appearance
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It was a fun couple of hours and I got about 8 minutes of footage in that time. Now I'm onto the editing process, which is more difficult than I had planned. My newer Mac has the new firewire connection and I couldn't locate the right wire yesterday. Now it is time to organize a photo shoot of Barbie and her two beaus, some wedding shots, some catching butterflies shots, picnics etc.
My goal is to have a film in the Gangrene Film Festival next September! I'll keep you posted.
1 comment:
Totally blog stalking. Steph, you CRACK me up! I read this post and your fighting post, I can totally see you walking in yelling, "What's going on?" Ha ha ha, thanks for making me giggle.
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