Anamorphic

I want to shoot the sci-fi movie in cinemascope.  Using an anamorphic lens.  I've been messing around with an old anamorphic lens.  We probably couldn't shoot a feature with this one.  Maybe?  Probably a rental.  Almost every great sci-fi flick was shot with anamorphic lenses.  Most of my favorite movies are shot using anamorphic lenses.

As I research these lenses I've been watching lots of movies from the 70's and noticing all the distinctive anamorphic lens flares. I really love the look of them.

I shot these the other day with an anamorphic lens on a Canon 7D





As I type this I'm watching Nicolas Roag's "The Man Who Fell To Earth" having just watched his "Walkabout" the other night.

Look Bookin

 

Just collecting some inspiration images for spaceship interior design.

I want this guys room for my own.  I want to watch movies there.

I like the idea of a window room of some kind.  Probably not a good idea for a small budget though.

I like this look quite a bit.

I like this too.  I like the crammed up feel of it.  I like that instrument panel on the left.

I started looking at designs of mini-subs as inspiration for the shape of the exterior of the ship.  I like the shape of this sub.

Maybe if we can't do a window room.  I like the idea of a window likes this.  A place to look out from while monitoring the mechanics outside the ship fixing the satellites which doubles as a place to sit alone and stare into the void while you ponder existence and the fact that you are going to die in space alone.

This guy is stoked.

I like this and don't like it.  It looks too Disneyland.  Probably just because the button colors or so Easter egg colored.

www.kickstarter.com

It's a done deal, well, sorta.

A few days ago I applied for a project approval over at www.kickstarter.com and today our project was accepted.  What the hell is kickstarter you ask?  It's this:

Kickstarter is the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world. Every month, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.

What does that mean?  It means, you like my project or somebody else's project on kickstarter.com and you go and kick in a few bucks to help them succeed in their project completion.  
People kick in all sorts of amounts.  It adds up.  The kicker in kickstarter is that you gotta hit your $ goal asking amount in a specified time or you don't get any money and all those people that wanted to kick in some cash don't get charged anything at all.
The idea is that we, my team of 3 and I, secure funding to produce our outer space/sci-fi/freakout film that we've been working on.  I guess it's time to start thinking of a title for this flick.
I've been using the title 'How do astronauts sleep?' during the writing phase but was told by a friend that it may be too 'indi' sounding.  So I'm not sure yet.  We shall see.

I thought I'd start a fresh new blog to write about our kickstarter experience as we begin to go about the putting together of our kickstarter launch and all the way through to the completion of our kickstarter experience.

I hope we get our funding

Game plan:
1. Finalize title of movie once and for all.
2. Map out a kickstarter launch movie.
3. Come up with awesome prizes for each of the donation categories.
4. Update this blog every step of the way.
6. Make the movie?