Of course I know that you're already aware of mine, but I'll take any opportunity to talk it up.
What's the name of your feature?
Antihero
What's the logline and Synopsis of your feature?
If it's okay, I prefer to reference to
the website.
Where's the trailer, facebook page, website?
www.antihero-movie.com
Is it complete or being completed?
Complete.
How long were you in production (from pre-to-post)?
Pre-production didn't really happen. One of my most important strategies for making this movie happen was using college students as the bulk of the cast. With that in mind, I felt like I needed to shoot during Summer break. Problem was -- my script wasn't ready; I finished the 2nd draft the night before we began shooting!
That being the case, time that should've been spent in pre-production was eaten up by screenwriting. In fact, that's lesson #1 that I learned from this experience -- leave all the time in the world to allow the screenplay to properly develop, and go through all the necessary revisions.
The one advantage to being an ultra-low-budget filmmaker is the efficiency of it all. Pretty much everything in this movie was locked up inside my head. Long before we began shooting, I had specific shots in mind, as well as the general shooting style that I wanted to use for the entire movie. So, in a sense, I sort of had pre-production in my head, at least as far as shot-selection was concerned.
The business-end stuff, though -- location scouting, and whatever -- it never happened. This was about as run-and-gun of a production as is possible. We basically shot twenty 48 Hour Film Project films, consecutively. It was nuts. But we had a ridiculous amount of fun, and I actually think we got some really good stuff.
We shot for 20 days (actually, 19 full days and 2 half days), over the course of 4 weeks.
It's also difficult to answer how long post-production lasted. This is actually the first time for me to publicly admit this, but for many months I did nothing. And I mean nothing. When production wrapped, my bank account was overdraft by a few hundred dollars, I hadn't paid any of my bills in over a month, and it would be a few weeks before I'd begin getting a steady stream of income from work. At the time, my computer was not up to the task of editing a feature, and it would be a couple months before I was in a financial situation in which I could make the necessary upgrades.
When I finally got the equipment upgrade, I immediately edited the first ten minutes of the movie. Then, I fell into a deep depression. In the first ten minutes of the movie, there is a GIANT continuity error that really bugged me. Ironically, not one person has noticed it (or, at least mentioned it). Also, there is a scene in the first ten minutes that required 100% ADR, something that I'm not good at. The combination of those two faults, in addition to general artist-self-doubt, got me feeling very down, and it was months before I finally got back to editing. When I did finally resume editing, I had a rough cut done in less than a week, and the final cut a few months later.
Do you see distribution in your future or have you been distro'd?
Realistically, probably not, but maybe we can work out some form of tiny distribution. It'd be nice for people to be able to see this movie. The festival run is basically over, but there's still one local one that I'm waiting on, then I'll start working on getting it out to the general public.
To be frank, I really don't care about financial gain with this movie, because it wasn't made with profit in mind (at least not as the primary goal). I definitely had dreams and aspirations of distribution, but the primary goal was always just to use this feature as a tool for getting funding for the next feature. To that end, it seems like most people make short films, and spend a great deal of energy on production value. I decided, up-front, that my strategy would be to flip the bird to production value, and just do my best to make a feature film with the best storytelling that I could muster.
What's the back-up plan?
Back-up plan if distribution doesn't happen? There isn't one. The plan is to get the next feature made, and I'm glad to say that the wheels are rolling. Slowly, but they're definitely rolling. So, to that end, this 1st feature has definitely served it's purpose.
Everybody be on the look-out for the next feature, "A Slow Death"!