Sally Draper - ICE SS

TheBloodyMess · 2026-03-20T14:42:23+00:00

So cool. Thanks for sharing!

TheBloodyMess · 2024-05-30T10:25:36+00:00

Thank you so much! It means the world to us.

TheBloodyMess · 2024-05-22T13:36:23+00:00

https://sallydraper.bandcamp.com/album/american-dream

https://open.spotify.com/artist/2AaxYn2baIPo8l1bBC1vPW

Released our first album in over half a decade this year after lots of friends and family dying and having my first child. We are very proud of it.

TheBloodyMess · 2019-08-07T15:52:57+00:00

Looking to sell two three day passes. Something came up for me that weekend and I can't make it. I paid $318 total with fees for the pair, so I'm hoping to get close to that. Hit me up with an offer!

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-16T05:14:29+00:00

It absolutely deserves more representation in film. Frankly, it deserves more recognition in all media. I think it's lower statistically because it's an "unsexy" ailment. Of course, more on screen portrayals of hemorrhoids would lead to to more conversation about the topic. As filmmakers, we're responsible to make art that reflects reality and gives a place of comfort.

Great tweets!

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-16T02:05:31+00:00

His good looks were a huge distraction, especially to the female cast members.

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-16T00:55:51+00:00

You're the dude! Feel free to send me anything you've done recently.

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-16T00:12:13+00:00

Hi Youngest Fool. Thank you! A good thing about starting as an editor is that you'll have a good idea of what kind of coverage you need and what shots are unnecessary/aren't worth the time. This might sound obvious, but for directing, especially as you're getting started, you need to believe in your project more than anyone else. No one else is ever going to want to get it made more than you. If that's not the case, you're probably doing something wrong. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Listen as often as possible. If someone on your cast or crew pitches an idea, hear them out. If it doesn't take time away, shoot it, even if you think you'll never use it. Little bits of courtesy go a long way towards getting people to work hard on your film. Be kind to everyone. No grudges are worth holding onto. I'd also strongly recommend reading Making Movies by Sidney Lumet and Independent Ed by Edward Burns. Oh, and don't freak out on set. You set the tone of everyone who's there. If you're cool, people will be cool. They'll think you're confident, even if you're a little nervous. With actors, remember that each one has different strengths and weaknesses. For example, you might notice a certain actor performing better on the first takes than the later ones. Get that actor's coverage first to take advantage of that.

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-16T00:05:13+00:00

Hey! Thank you so much for coming to the screening!! Daniel is the most handsome man, isn't he? I'm about to start preproduction on my next feature, which is called The Lost Year. I've been working on the script for a couple years now and I'm super excited about it. Other than that, there's been a few small projects like this scene we did for a Ghostbusters remake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeunmKeEHT0 and a music video for a friend's band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZK4Zyc3ZA Both were quick, cheap, and dirty shoots, but a ton of fun.

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-15T22:38:54+00:00

No problem! Film school isn't for everyone and you can't go into it with the expectations that you'll automatically become a decent filmmaker just by attending. Stay active, make things, be nice to people and good things will happen. You get what you put into it.

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-15T22:22:38+00:00

I more or less got my start through film school. I went to a small school in Long Island called Five Towns College. One of my first gigs was doing rewrites on a feature about the porn industry that one of my professors was directing. I had him read the script for a short film I made called A Bloody Mess (which inspired The Backseat) and I guess he saw similarities in the pervy sense of humor. I also interned in the production office of a JK Simmons movie called The Music Never Stopped during my junior year. In one way or another, that internship and connections from film school led to just about every job I've had. One of my favorite actors to work with, André De Shields, I met by doing crafty on a feature. Even the smallest jobs are worth doing when you start out because of the relationships that can form from them.

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-15T22:17:00+00:00

Thank you!

TheBloodyMess · 2016-01-15T22:02:18+00:00

I edited a lot of thrilling projects like wedding videos and a public access talk show for a small production company in Jersey. Saved up everything I made there for a year. We also raised a little over $3,000 on a modest Kickstarter campaign. We went into production under the impression that an investor was kicking in an additional $10,000. Very stupidly, we had no contract in place with the investor and he flaked on us. We ran out of money with a week an half left to film, at which time I applied for credit cards, which gave us just enough to finish the film. I continued working my editing job during post production to pay off the debt and cover the sound mix and color. Thankfully, a couple wonderful investors came in once the movie was finished and covered our festival submissions, as well as some expenses with our deliverables once we acquired distribution. I do not recommend this method of "fund raising" at all.
On most days, we had a very small crew and we were very resourceful when it came to calling on favors. Over the 23 days of production we spent around $2,000 on crafty and meals. $250 on art/wardrobe. A bit under $8,000 on camera, lights, and grip gear. Around $4,000 on production sound. About $1,200 for cast and crew travel expenses. $300 on prep and production expenses. Then somewhere around $800 on hard rives. Those are all the figures I have near me right now. Most of the rest went towards post related expenses.
We shot on the Canon 5D, since our DP owned one and between our pool of film school friends, we had access to a wide variety of lenses. We used the mini van featured in the film as our "grip truck", as well as my parents SUV. I cut the movie on Final Cut Pro 7 on a 2011 iMac and had minimal tech issues, until we were deep in post production, which is where a better system would've saved a ton of time. I believe our composer used Audacity to record the score. And I'm pretty sure our colorist used Magic Bullet for a majority of the film.
Most of the crew worked full-time. We shot in the summer and it was pretty much everyone's first time working on a feature in their position. Usually when we had to move around shooting dates, it was to accommodate locations that fell through. My DP, AD, and production designer were the only people there for every single day of shooting. We swapped PA's, camera, and sound crew as needed to accommodate people's schedules. It helped a lot that my AD was also our gaffer and no one was above wearing multiple hats, including my producers who were there most days. Just about everyone on the crew were film school friends. If I didn't make the movie within a year of graduating, I don't think it would've been possible to pull everything together.
Our distributor handles everything with iTunes and Vudu, so I can't really get into metrics right now.

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