Keskarel - update this week: First draft of the script is done

Much thanks to AD Chris who set the whole storyboard down on paper, and giving the dialogue and sense of place in the script, as we knew way back when that he would do. sylvia and Chris will be reading the script (15 minutes at a time) at weekly story conferences through the end of October.

Look for installments of the first draft of the script beginning this weekend.

Keskarel, a Quicktime storyboard

Keskarel is a live-action (not an animatic!) feature-length Quicktime storyboard, directed and produced by sylviatoyindustries. The characters and the dialogue in Keskarel were entirely improvised by the actors, using a storyline written by Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson. Entirely - so much so, that 75% of what we shot was thrown out as the characters lived an ever-changing story in their fictional world. This piece will be produced in late 2011-early 2012 with full tech by sylviatoyindustries, with Michael Lewis and Chris Robinson co-directing. This movie is from San Francisco. The cast is Diana Slampyak, Nima Nejad, Nidal Yousef, Steven Lewis, Sapna Gandhi and Nena St. Louis. We thank Zatoon Records for the loan of tunes by The Neybuzz. Our movie is blogged at keskarelamovie.blogspot.com. 'Keskarel' is shot on Canon Vixias.

A message from Mike & sylvia: While we wait ...

Lots of practice over Labor Day Weekend up in the mountains outside Las Vegas with our latest acquisitions - Mike tested the wide angle lens and tried out the telephoto lens, which he doesn't think we'll need as much.

CowboyStudio Photo Studio 32in 2-in-1 Circular Collapsible Disc Reflector

sylvia also just received our new reflectors - 

14.75 USD plus shipping is not bad!

A message from sylviatoyindustries: While we wait ...

while we wait for the storyboard screening on Saturday, and for October, when the script is done and we start shooting the real movie, somebody gave Nidal a flyer for Dell's (yes, the computer company) small business video competition on Youtube. sylvia was glad she got all that experience shooting at Nabila's, because she shot and edited this in about 16 hours this weekend. Yay, Nidal!

A message from sylviatoyindustries: Congratulations!

keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>

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Your movie

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keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>	Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 3:43 AM
To: Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson, Diana Slampyak, Nidal Yousef, Nima Nejad, Steve Lewis, Sapna Gandhi, Michael Lewis
with luck, it is going to the encoder today. the screening copy will of course not have a watermark - the final copy on Vimeo will. i will make copies of the master sans watermark for everyone. congratulations. job well done. sylvia -- Thanks. The Keskarel the Movie production team

Keskarel - Post-production

keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>

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the titles to your movie
8 messages

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keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>	Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 9:23 PM
To: Diana Slampyak, Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson, Nima Nejad, Nidal Yousef, Sapna Gandhi, Steve Lewis, Michael Lewis
yay! please watch this today or tomorrow and let me know if you want your name presented differently. this is only watchable by us. there's a special effect for the dryer scene and the ending left to edit. i want to be able to give this to the pro encoders by Friday or Saturday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBHaY_1mUo (now deleted) -- Thanks. The Keskarel the Movie production team YouTube Service service@youtube.com to me show details Aug 28 (2 days ago) help center | e-mail options | report spam Fooldron has made a comment on Keskarel (Titles): These credits are WAY too slow. You can reply to this comment by visiting the comments page.

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Diana Slampyak	Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:18 AM
To: keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>
Looks good to me for me. But didn't you spell Chris' middle name wrong? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4GLTE smartphone [Quoted text hidden]

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keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>	Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 7:42 AM
To: Diana Slampyak
thanks - i will check ... [Quoted text hidden]

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Nima Nejad	Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:41 AM
To: keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>
Looking great !!!! Nima [Quoted text hidden] | YouTube Service [image: YouTube] help center | e-mail options | report spam Fooldron has made... 9:26 AM (17 hours ago) YouTube ServiceLoading... 9:26 AM (17 hours ago) YouTube Service service@youtube.com to me help center | e-mail options | report spam Fooldron has made a comment on Keskarel, a Quicktime storyboard - Titles, 2d Pass: Still way too slow. If you are married to the typing out of the words, then they should type in at about 80 words per minute or faster. Otherwise I get REALLY impatient. Impatient enough that it makes me want to stop watching it. Are you trying to cater to the length of the music? What about typing it out faster while it scrolls up? That way I can read without having to wait for the words to finish appearing. You can reply to this comment by visiting the comments page.

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Sapna Gandhi	Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:14 AM
To: keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>
looks great! not sure if you knew this but I am obsessed with the wash/dry cycle as a literary theme and LOVE the visual! great music too... Sapna Sapna Gandhi

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keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>	Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:46 AM
To: Sapna Gandhi
hmmm. then we will be sure to have a wash/dry sequence in Indigo Lady, or 3: one for blood after the pig scene, one after the rape scene, one after Donald tracks in mud. i hope everything is coming along. [Quoted text hidden]

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Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson	Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 8:55 PM
To: keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>
I really like it Sylvia, but I think it takes to long for the letters to finish typing. [Quoted text hidden]

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keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>	Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 2:12 AM
To: Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson
hey! it's fixed. hope all is well. [Quoted text hidden] -- [Quoted text hidden]

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A message from sylviatoyindustries

keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>

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The real deal

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keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>	Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 3:21 PM
To: Mike Lewis, Diana Slampyak, Nidal Yousef, Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson, Nima Nejad, Sapna Gandhi, Steve Lewis
thank you all for getting me the best 60th birthday present imaginable. i have made a director's cut for one of my online portfolios (the curated one), and will never be able to thank you all enough for something that in spades is exactly what i wanted. i'm so proud of and thrilled with my director's cut of the storyboard. now i need to move over a little so everyone else can get the movie they can be proud of. i will be in producer role, and mike's and chris's roles, if they are willing, will be directoral. i will try to get at least one person who wants & needs a PA internship. i think it is likely that we will not have to reshoot the LA clips if i can tweak them well enough. mike thinks we can shoot the movie in a week or less. we probably have most of what we need. i'm pricing reflectors - there are some kits on sale for under $15 on Amazon at the moment - i will ask mike to check them out and see what he thinks. i can't afford the kind and quality of shotgun mic that i have to have, but mics are not that expensive to rent. i have a mixer that i've never used, but there's a mini-mixer on my Juiced Link XLR mic adapter and it's probably better than my Eurorack. i am hoping to enlist the cooperation of Hayes Valley Merchants Assn so we won't have to have obtain permits. At any rate, we won't be shooting until after the Board of Supes drops the daily rate for permits, which is supposed to happen in October. where we shoot the apartment scenes is an issue, but i've already talked to some friends who own the places where they live, and i don't think space is going to be a horrible problem for us. it's likely among all of us, we have contacts who own or have access (legal access) to property that's unoccupied. i know i'm overly optimistic, but that's what it takes: "watch my movie, which was completed in 8 months and cost probably less than $500, AND IS ALMOST COMPLETELY IMPROVISED." glass 3/4 full, my friends. to be continued to completion. sylvia