Check out the feature film I shot (at age 14!)

[hotwire132002]

Here's a blast from the past --

I just put up a web site for Internet Detectives: Net Bandits. It's a feature film I shot at the age of fourteen. It's not Hollywood quality or anything, but hey, I was 14

The film is based on the book fo the same title by Michael Coleman -- I actually obtained the (non-exclusive) movie rights to the book.

The film's biggest weakness is the use of on-camera mics -- yeah, I know, OUCH. Other than that, though, it's pretty decent. Like I said, not Hollywood quality, but good enough to make it into a couple film festivals and impress a number of indie filmmakers.

I made the film available for free through the site, for anyone interested in watching. Trailers are going to be online soon. (just submitted the podcast to iTunes, as well -- with a little luck, it will be available through the iTMS in a few days.)

 

[Texas04]

Watched the fisrt bit of it. Up until the kid started getting e-mails from different areas. Pretty Good... looks something like my Vic Loves Mac video....
I have a question though, did you write the script or was it from that book you mentioned? Either way I am really surprsised at the amount of footage you have. It takes forever to do a film that long and than to find actors that have time to do it... that takes even longer.. Very good job


Its on my site if you wanna go look, under blog and than Archives

 

[hotwire132002]

Watched the fisrt bit of it. Up until the kid started getting e-mails from different areas. Pretty Good... looks something like my Vic Loves Mac video....
I have a question though, did you write the script or was it from that book you mentioned? Either way I am really surprsised at the amount of footage you have. It takes forever to do a film that long and than to find actors that have time to do it... that takes even longer.. Very good job


Its on my site if you wanna go look, under blog and than Archives

Yeah -- I saw Vic Loves Mac a while back -- Quite entertaining Nice job

To answer your question -- I converted the book into a screenplay. The book was about 120 pages, the screenplay is 196 (though it's at an 18 point font because I was stupid )

We shot over the course of 6 months or so, because of peoples' clashing schedules. It was a ton of work, but it was a lot of fun, too -- and I'm actually working on a second feature now. (I've learned a lot more about filmmaking in the two and a half years since we shot IDNB) More on that later As to the amount of footage -- I haven't gone through my archive tapes recently, but if I recall correctly, we shot at least 20 hours of footage. We'd have as many as 20 takes on some scenes (especially when Will goofed off - check the outtakes at the end )

 

[applemacdude]

at least ur mom didnt write a book