010 ACTORS TALK PODCAST – 168 FILM PROJECT POST MORTEM – INTERVIEW WITH MATT THOMPSON PT II

Summary: HOW TO MAKE A SHORT FILM IN 168 HOURS AND LIVE TO TELL ABOUT IT We were assigned the verse John 15:14-15 and had just over a week to write the script, cast the film and prepare the locations before the 168 hour production clock began ticking down. PLEASE USE THE "VOICE MAIL HERE" TAB ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE TO LEAVE AN AUDIO COMMENT RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER...IF YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE, OF COURSE. An 168 film postmortem interview with Matt Thompson who produced and directed UNRAVELED. In case you are unfamiliar with the 168 Film Project and Film Festival you can go HERE for more information about the project, the festival and about founder John David Ware. You can also follow the 168 Film Project on Facebok. Episode 010 of Actors Talk Podcast is a follow-up interivew with Team 38 producer-director Matthew R. Thompson. The interview begins by giving a refresher description of just what the 168 project is and what the basic rules are. Director Matt Thompson and I discuss what went right and some of the things that didn't go so right during the pre-production through post-production process. One key element Thompson mentions is to be sure the proper codecs are installed on the computer(s) that will be utilized for rendering and completing the film. In the case of UNRAVELED, a notification from the 168 office regarding the approved codecs had Thompson scrambling to find, install and utilize a proper codec. In the end, the codec change was too much for the computer to handle in the time remaining and UNRAVELED missed the submission deadline by two hours. Matt Thompson mentions in the podcast that he utilized Celtx a free script formatting software with an online collaboration functionality. Here's a link to CELTX. Below is a teaser from the version of UNRAVELED that was submitted to the 168 Film Festival. Unraveled Teaser from Matthew Thompson on Vimeo. When a man's life begins to fall apart, he learns the meaning of true friendship. This short film was produced for the 2012 - 168 Film Project. The film was produced in 168 hours (7 days) with a budget of $2000. We were assigned the verse John 15:14-15 and had just over a week to write the script, cast the film and prepare the locations before the 168 hour production clock began ticking down.   PLEASE USE THE "VOICE MAIL HERE" TAB ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE TO LEAVE AN AUDIO COMMENT RIGHT FROM YOUR COMPUTER...IF YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE, OF COURSE.