I have been away for most of July, just hanging out in New Jersey visiting friends and family. However it was not purely social (although it was mostly social), I also gave Paul Howells a copy of ‘Initiation’. Paul is in the progressive punk band Free Yon and is also something of a musical genius, he graciously consented to write the score of ‘Initiation’.

I finished editing ‘Initiation’ back in June. It took longer then I had expected because of something horrible that happened to my computer. I am very happy with the final cut. All that’s left to do is score it (Paul’s got that covered) add some gun related effects and add the credits.

I thought ‘Initiation’ would be my one big project for the summer, however I am thinking that I will do another film later in August.

While I was in New Jersey I also began working on several projects (not film related) that are so awesome they will blow your shoes, socks, pants and quite possibly shirt away (so bring a change of clothes). However at this point in time they are very, very hush-hush. I will be revealing more about these projects as they begin to materialize.

That’s basically what I’ve been up to in a nut shell. Sorry for the lack of posts, but you know you wouldn’t have read them even if I had written them.

written by Travis \\ tags: Film, Free Yon, Initiation, Paul Howells, Travis Fantina, updates

Sorry for the sporadic, er- total lack of, posts this month I have been very busy prepping for my latest short film “Initiation”.

“Initiation” is the story of a gun-for-hire who is hired to retrieve some diamonds, he botches the job and has to report this back to his boss who has the power and authority to kill him is she wishes, basically your worst day at the office times 10.

We shot on June 9th, it was a very, very fast shoot, too fast really and I wish we could have taken two days one for each location but that was not the case.  Despite the hurried pace I am quite happy with what we got.  I am almost finished with the rough cut now and it looks great.

Photos from the shoot (click to enlarge):

‘The Gang’ prepping for a scene.

Emily.

James pre squib.

James post squib.

Camera protected from blood spurting.

Working out lighting.

Directing.

Me with camera protected from blood spray.

All photographs are property of Bekky Gibson.
www.rekahgphotography.com

written by Travis \\ tags: blood, fantina, Initiation, Shoot, Short film, squib