Okay, the sequencing is complete. Without narration and so forth, the movie is 1h48 long. So what’s left to do?
I think this screenshot best expresses how much time I’ve invested:
There’s been an XSS vulnerability for Invisionboard that’s been spreading like wildfire across all installs over the last few days.
Attempts have been made against all IvB boards I attend at. Because I had an older version, the attack was succesful on my forums.
I have thus taken down the forums for the time being.
I got this idea from the Spread Firefox NY Times campaign:
Anyone who donates $10 or more will get their name listed in the end credits of the documentary. All those who donated before today already have their names included. Donations must be submitted by May 2nd, 2006, for the names to make the cut.
You can donate here.
Well, sequencing has taken alot less time than I thought it would. My script basically has 7 pages of timecodes, telling me to put what where. It really takes the brainwork out of the equation.
I thought this stage would take me a week, but now I see that should only take a few days. Now if only Canada Post will deliver footage that’s being sent to me on time!
On another note, I’m beginning to question the length of the movie: as is, I predict that it’ll last over 2 hours. Though that’s less than some of my university lectures, I wonder if it will be too long for the audience.
In the last week, I’ve accomplished what can only be summarized as a shitload.
When the trailer was released on April 9th, I still had no script, no semblence of how the movie would be put together. That’s because I wanted to wait until I had *all* the footage together before proceeding. At that point, I still had 2 confirmed interviews to take care of, as well as organize a few more.
Well, those interviews came and went, and I have in my hands a final script. Getting that script done is the product of hours of work: going through all the footage, summarizing each point of each interviewee, timecoding it, creating draft scripts, creating more drafts… reviewing it all. I’ve now begun sequencing the final footage.
To give you an idea of where I’m at in all of this, after the sequencing is done, I’ll script and record voice over work. Then, I’ll insert stock footage, music, special effects, etc. At that point, the film will be complete. I still forsee it being done within 2 weeks.
Because I now know what the film is going to be like, I have given it a new title. It is one which is more applicable to the end project:
In other news, I’ve decided to drop the use of all Magnatune music in the film. Though I’ll still utilize the interview with the Magnatune CEO and so forth, I found that I simply can’t afford to license the music professionally. Even with my budget, licensing the music would likely cost in the hundreds/thousands of dollars.
Now its true that Magnatune releases its music under the Creative Commons for non-commercial use. The issue here is that my film, despite it being released non-commercially, may be displayed in commercial venues (film festivals.) If that happens, then I’d have to pay up the big bucks to Magnatune. Big bucks I simply don’t have.
The cheaper alternative for me is getting my audio tracks from royaltyfreemusic.com. They charge about $100/CD, which is still alot cheaper than Magnatune. And I can use the music commercially. Plus, they have some pretty decent tunes and their license gives me alot more flexibility than Magnatune’s commercial use license.