MY FRIEND TED
My Friend Ted is a 20 minute movie available on you-tube in 4 episodes of approximately 5 minutes each. You can view them here on this page. Under the video screens there is more information about the making of this short film.
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About this film
THEME: How do we really communicate with other people? Everyone's mind is their unique inviolable property. We can have friends and partners, we can talk, we can even work together, but, ultimately, we have to fall back on our own resources. We all need at least the illusion of a mentor, a helper. But when you're the rock everyone leans against, where do you find the strength and support you need? Dan thought he had a solution. but, in the end, there was only his own mind to call on.
PEOPLE: The film was made in Prague by the Prague Film Group, a very interesting multi-national group of expats who got together to make short amateur movies. This was about our fourth or fifth. The two leads, Stephen and Michelle, seemed to find the idea of the characters pretty quickly, and it was a pleasure to work with them. The rest of the team really contributed well too, and the pub scene was a nice piece of ensemble acting by the whole team. It was a great group to work with. Thanks to all of you.
SCRIPT: In my previous film I had worked with a script, but here I tried to achieve more authenticity in the acting by having the cast devise their own dialogue. I prepared a scenario, in some detail, for each scene, and we worked thought it together in rehearsals until the actors had words they felt comfortable with. I think it worked quite well.
TECHNICAL: This was guerilla filming - a no budget movie made on the streets or in locations kindly lent to us by local business people. Technically it was not perfect. Lighting was difficult, we lit the interior scenes with two big halogen lamps meant for building site work, and struggled with the deep shadows they cast. Sound too was a problem, at one point we had to dub a whole scene because there was so much wind noise the dialogue was getting lost. I wonder if you can spot the dubbing. Sometimes we rushed the shooting too much, because we had time constraints, and ended up with too little coverage which limited our editing choices. The best thing about the movie technically is the Paul Barton's music, and he has since moved into a professional job in video music and sound- well done Paul.
PEOPLE: The film was made in Prague by the Prague Film Group, a very interesting multi-national group of expats who got together to make short amateur movies. This was about our fourth or fifth. The two leads, Stephen and Michelle, seemed to find the idea of the characters pretty quickly, and it was a pleasure to work with them. The rest of the team really contributed well too, and the pub scene was a nice piece of ensemble acting by the whole team. It was a great group to work with. Thanks to all of you.
SCRIPT: In my previous film I had worked with a script, but here I tried to achieve more authenticity in the acting by having the cast devise their own dialogue. I prepared a scenario, in some detail, for each scene, and we worked thought it together in rehearsals until the actors had words they felt comfortable with. I think it worked quite well.
TECHNICAL: This was guerilla filming - a no budget movie made on the streets or in locations kindly lent to us by local business people. Technically it was not perfect. Lighting was difficult, we lit the interior scenes with two big halogen lamps meant for building site work, and struggled with the deep shadows they cast. Sound too was a problem, at one point we had to dub a whole scene because there was so much wind noise the dialogue was getting lost. I wonder if you can spot the dubbing. Sometimes we rushed the shooting too much, because we had time constraints, and ended up with too little coverage which limited our editing choices. The best thing about the movie technically is the Paul Barton's music, and he has since moved into a professional job in video music and sound- well done Paul.