“The Urgent Phone Call” and a “The Desire of the Ageless Handyperson”

Our short film “The Urgent Phone Call” is on its way to being ready to show. I finished and posted another writing exercise: “The Desire of the Ageless Handyperson” this week.

“The Urgent Phone Call”

We shot the short film, “The Urgent Phone Call” on 2024 August 31 in the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers Flex Space (www.CSIF.org). The project is now in post-production.

As writer/producer I didn’t want to undermine the director’s authority by being there for the shoot. So, I decided to wait until their lunch break.

Unfortunately, that was when I had my car problem. I did get there, but a bit later than planned. They had finished the shoot early and the set had already been dismantled. I got some of the left-over lunch food though. They told me they were quite happy with how the shoot went.

The project was sparked by discussions we had in the CSIF’s Older Filmmaker’s Club. This is the second project that has come out of the club. Most of the people who worked on the film are members of the club.

“The Desire of the Ageless Handyperson” Posted

I recorded and posted my writing exercise “The Desire of the Ageless Handyperson” this week.

Alice wonders about George, the handyperson fixing her garage door.

·         https://soundcloud.com/dynamiclethargy/the-desire-of-the-ageless-handyperson

·         https://dynamiclethargyfilms.ca/audio/

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“Sharkbiter” and “Some Days . . .” Updates 2012 October 28

I wanted to do something more to promote my video Make ’ em Squirm: The Sharkbiter Way video. A couple months ago, I split it up into a dozen or so shorter segments and posted them on YouTube. That didn’t generate the kind of interest I had hoped for.

This week I decided to pull a small (18-second) clip out of it and post it on YouTube as a sort of promo: Billionaire Orville Sharkbiter's plan for election reform. My idea was that people are more likely to pass along a short clip. Then, I hope, some people would go to watch the full video. So far, I haven’t had a lot of response to it. I think I will need to promote it more.

I have started to wonder if my time would be better spent on a new project rather than promoting an old project.

I began work on my new film Some Days . . . for the $100 Film Festival. I made it originally for last year’s festival, but wasn’t happy with the image quality. I went over the materials I had prepared last year this week. Some of my plan notes had gone astray, so I had to recreate those. I also fixed problems with some of the images I want to use.

Some Days . . . is a very short film, so I won’t need the whole 100’ roll of 16 mm film to shoot it. I came up with some ideas for shots that I might be able to use in another film later. Unfortunately, since it snowed last week, and it isn’t likely to melt away any time soon, I can’t do those shots.

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“Contingency” Update 2012 October 14

I worked on Contingency this week, but didn’t accomplish as much as I had hoped.

I reviewed the video again. I had thought I would need to tweak the images somewhat, but I was happy with the way it already was. I think I might adjust the contrast on a couple of shots.

Some of the comments people made about the film made me realize that the film won’t make much sense to someone who isn’t familiar with my earlier films. I decided to write an article to post with the film that explains in some detail what each shot and sound is and why I picked it. That took me longer than I expected. I’m still not done.

I still need to decide what to include in my descriptions. In the stuff I’ve done so far, I don’t mention the names of the people who appear. I think I should do that.

I hope to get the film posted in the next few days.

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