Shooting Schedule: First Pass

Ok, I've spent a lot of time moving people around and trying to work through everyone's scheduling conflicts. As you'll see, I have been unable to completely solve the puzzle. Someone must move out of Group C and someone must move into Group A.

I've listed as much crew info as I have, but perhaps you all can provide more information and help solve this schedule. You have the organization and camaraderie that most BFA classes could only dream of, so if anyone can solve this, it's you!

Please email me over today and the weekend and let me know any ideas you have, any conflicts that arise from this schedule. Complaints will be easiest for me to address if they are accompanied by a suggestion! :) The sooner we can lock the schedule, the better for everyone's productions.

THIS IS NOT THE FINAL SCHEDULE! LET'S WORK IT OUT:

Group A: 9/26-10/2

Colton Kruse - We Are All Heroes - prod. Caitlin, dp. Nathan 

Nicolas Inman - Hanging On 

Lacy Ratliff - Repressed - shares a lot of crew with Jessica

Kade Dalton - The Audition 

Group B: 10/3-10/9

Steven Simone - Untitled 2 - dp. Justin Lance

Sean Osorio - Meet Danielle

Marcos Olivia-Huaman - Untitled 

Jessica Keller - The Georgia Study

Josh Stone - Short Video #2

Group C: 10/10-10/16

Michael Mangione - Proxies Allowed 

Chelsie Holler - Arnold’s World - dp. Jason Underwood 

Nathan Graves - Free Water - dp. Colton

Kai Ettrick - Crook’d Clockwork

Justin Lance - Culture of Fear, prod. Cesar Rosario, dp. Tu Do

Nick Izvernari - Stuck - dp. Jessica, editing other D2s

Group D: 10/17-10/23

Christine Penxa - The Confines dp. Justin Lance

Matthew Crews - Priorities

John Marello - We Shall All Be Healed

Tu Do - Juliet

Nathaniel Stephenson - Sugar Baby- dp. Jessica

Group E: 10/24-10/30

Caitlin Trost - Christmas Fucking Dinner - prod. Matt dp. Jessica

Justin Ward - Untitled, dp. Justin Lance

Jacob Sadowsky - Blackbox 

Jason Underwood - Tongues

Hayden Greiwe - Some Tick of Some Kind

Week 2: Recap

Thanks for a great class yesterday! I hope everyone enjoyed the table readings, and I definitely enjoyed spending some individual time with you talking about your films. You all are making a great group of work this semester!

I have created a new page on the blog for housing all the reading assignments. You'll notice the tab above called "Readings." That is where you can find this week's homework, which is a reading on casting from Changing Directions.
Changing Directions pp. 75-99

The PDF for this reading is rather large, so the google doc link above won't have a preview and may warn you not to download it. I cross my heart this is not a virus and your computer will be fine if you download it. If you are still having trouble accessing the file, let me know. I'm gonna work on compressing it so it's easier to get to.

FOLLOW BY EMAIL - I have also added a follow by email tool on the right-hand side of the blog. This is an easy way to stay informed by receiving an email every time I make a blog post. Thank you, Caitlin, for the idea!

NEW OFFICE HOURS - I have changed my office hours (to have more!). They are:

Mondays, 10am-Noon
Tuesdays, 10am-Noon
Thursdays, 10am-Noon

Make note of the change but remember I will meet with any of you, any time you'd like (providing I am free, of course!).

STAY TUNED - I'm going to try and post a draft of the shooting schedule this week. Nothing will be set in stone, and I'll be looking to you all to work together to find the right compromises to get everyone's schedule adequate for their project. I'll send an email too, when I post the schedule draft.

If you are going to the game today, have fun! Otherwise, have a great holiday weekend. Remember to take a moment to think about all the hard labor this country was built on!

See you next time!

Class Tomorrow and Scheduling

DON'T FORGET - We are doing table readings tomorrow, so bring copies of your script for each speaking role + one for the person reading the action. You'll be casting your scripts with your classmates and we will see how many we can get through in the first hour and a half.

ALSO - we (me & Yesi & Tim) will be meeting individually with you to discuss your scripts. I've scheduled everyone with a meeting during class time. Six of you need to work out alternative meeting times with me. You have received an email already if you are one of those six! Get back to me asap!

It's going to be tough for me to give you all a definitive shooting schedule tomorrow. 
The fact is that you all want to shoot in the same two weeks and there isn't much I can do to fairly decide who gets the dates and who doesn't. Even if I based it on who turned in scripts on time with no issues, we have too many people vying for the same spots. We will talk more about it tomorrow. I have no doubt that you all are a tight-knit group who care about each others' production, so we can come up with some compromises.

If you want to shoot in group C or D and can function without UCF equipment, let me know during our meeting - that will make a huge difference!

See you all tomorrow!
Kate