December 9, 2004
Early prediction for best film of next year: Terrence Malick's The New World. Watch the trailer. I never thought a tagline like 'Discover America' could be so haunting.
I bought some lights, lit the set and did some test shots for this new short film today. As rough as the footage turned out, it was obvious that it's working. I'm really excited all of a sudden. After some minor editing and color correction, I tried to render them out at 2K (i.e. 35mm film) resolution, and the image held up pretty well. Almost as clear as a 35mm frame. Meaning, I could transfer this to film when it's done (it'll be short enough that it won't cost a fortune) and it'll look pretty good. Of course, it'll take about a week to render the whole film at that size, and I actually don't know if there's much of a point to having a film print, but it's always nice to know have the possibility.
Hopefully, next week I'll be able to put something from it online, and it'll finally be clear what exactly it is that I'm working on (if it's not already). I still don't have a script -- but that's sorta kinda okay, I think.
(Unrelated: if you don't check out the Yahoo news wire at 4 in the morning, then you miss out on stories like this. I always thought there was something odd about Tintin.)
Today was a landmark day for my little sister (and Deadroom star/post-production supervisor). She wrote and sent her very first e-mail. This is what it said:
der dav will you play with me love anne
Posted by David Lowery at December 9, 2004 3:34 AM