Time has gone by. Just as we got updated our greetings from Latvia it´s time to move on to some up to date news.
Lots of stuff has happened and at the moment most of the crew is working separately on their own trying to do the final tasks considering the upcoming production in Helsinki when we are supposed to film the last scenes left for the film. We are currently going trough with the final locations, props and actors - Just basically checking the details and such to be sure that everything is right and as perfect as we want to but to make it short everything is coming together nicely and on time hopefully.
At the moment the timetable looks like we are filming the final shots within this month so the post production and score composing could start hopefully within month or two. The final schedule about releasing the short film is a little open still, but well inform about that as soon as we get some dates locked down.
We have edited a really really rough cut from all the material we got from the trip, so the composer can already start to work with the score and the whole sound design also cause in our case it´s the same person doing both. Even though it´s just a really rough cut, basically just the shots in order, it just looks damn good. Which of course we hoped for but I think that everyone is still super hyped for seeing eventually the final film all together.
We just went through the making of material from the trip and most likely theres going to be some clips and pics coming soon.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
This blog follows the production of a indie short film "Till death do us part" that is the up and coming production by Silent Paprika Films.
torstai 11. elokuuta 2011
Riga part 3. - the final countdown
On Saturday we slept quite well cause we weren´t in hurry. All the shots took place on or after the sunset, so the day was free for preparation. Thanks for time we had spend there, everything was quite well organized and planned. Although that was the only way that we actually could get the scenes and shots we needed cause there was lots to do and only the evening/night to do it.
The first shot was from a rooftop of a building down to street going in front of on of Rigas old and beautiful churches. Again we couldn´t shut the traffic by any means, so it just went the way that the actors had to go by the regular street flow. The thing that made this shot partly tricky was that the assistant director was acting in it too. Cause our crew was quite a small and we were doing the whole production with as small as budget as possible it was quite something to keep the whole thing together. Luckily the shot succeeded with second take and we carried on with the next one that was the same but from different angle.
The location for the next scene was just around the corner and was somewhat easy and quick to do. There was some hassel with a massage place and some security guard but both of them were harmless after a little chat. This shot was about the leading actor going to get a gun from a pimp. The actual interior scene is going to be shot in Helsinki later on but we wanted the exterior from another city that it wouldn´t look as finnish. We had had some extra lighting in some of our shots, but mainly we have worked with the existing light. This was one of the shots that we used some extra lighting and it might be just the one that needed it most to bring it to another level.
From here on we carried on to shoot the final shots of the Latvian part of filming. It was located in the other side of the city if you´d look at the location we were at. We had only one car to travel with, so part of the crew decided to carry on to our hostel and wait for a call from the director if they´d need more help. The scene was really intense and is one of the main ones in the whole film. First it looked like it´s more or less impossible to make cause most of the camera equipment was at the hostel but after the shot was taken and we checked it out it looked amazing. The whole light, the city at the background the location, weather, everything - it just worked the way that it´s hard to imagine what could be different.
So the first foreing part of the film was now shot. The feeling was unbelievable. Even thought it had been a long an exhausting ten days since we left for the trip, there had been just so many memories, so many good times and of all things the shots and scenes we came to get for were done and looked amazing.
After going back to hostel to drop our equipment we headed for the second karonka so far. The night went on all the way to next morning 10:30 o´clock and apart from couple of misfortuned members that had to go and arrange our camera and sound equipment to the leaving car, the rest of us got a well deserved sleep till 17:00 o´clock in the evening.
We continued to Vilna for a 5 day vacation with part of our crew to celebrate to film and everything we had done and worked for it so far. Even though the first part of shooting the short film was done there was still about one third left to do in Helsinki. Apart from the five day vacation in Vilna the work continued again back in Finland. For some of us it also ment the end of our "summer holiday" and getting back to our day jobs. It had been hell of a ride so far and for more what has happened since later on. Some pictures, video clips and such coming soon also so be in look for those too, so keep on checking the blog now and then.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
The first shot was from a rooftop of a building down to street going in front of on of Rigas old and beautiful churches. Again we couldn´t shut the traffic by any means, so it just went the way that the actors had to go by the regular street flow. The thing that made this shot partly tricky was that the assistant director was acting in it too. Cause our crew was quite a small and we were doing the whole production with as small as budget as possible it was quite something to keep the whole thing together. Luckily the shot succeeded with second take and we carried on with the next one that was the same but from different angle.
The location for the next scene was just around the corner and was somewhat easy and quick to do. There was some hassel with a massage place and some security guard but both of them were harmless after a little chat. This shot was about the leading actor going to get a gun from a pimp. The actual interior scene is going to be shot in Helsinki later on but we wanted the exterior from another city that it wouldn´t look as finnish. We had had some extra lighting in some of our shots, but mainly we have worked with the existing light. This was one of the shots that we used some extra lighting and it might be just the one that needed it most to bring it to another level.
From here on we carried on to shoot the final shots of the Latvian part of filming. It was located in the other side of the city if you´d look at the location we were at. We had only one car to travel with, so part of the crew decided to carry on to our hostel and wait for a call from the director if they´d need more help. The scene was really intense and is one of the main ones in the whole film. First it looked like it´s more or less impossible to make cause most of the camera equipment was at the hostel but after the shot was taken and we checked it out it looked amazing. The whole light, the city at the background the location, weather, everything - it just worked the way that it´s hard to imagine what could be different.
So the first foreing part of the film was now shot. The feeling was unbelievable. Even thought it had been a long an exhausting ten days since we left for the trip, there had been just so many memories, so many good times and of all things the shots and scenes we came to get for were done and looked amazing.
After going back to hostel to drop our equipment we headed for the second karonka so far. The night went on all the way to next morning 10:30 o´clock and apart from couple of misfortuned members that had to go and arrange our camera and sound equipment to the leaving car, the rest of us got a well deserved sleep till 17:00 o´clock in the evening.
We continued to Vilna for a 5 day vacation with part of our crew to celebrate to film and everything we had done and worked for it so far. Even though the first part of shooting the short film was done there was still about one third left to do in Helsinki. Apart from the five day vacation in Vilna the work continued again back in Finland. For some of us it also ment the end of our "summer holiday" and getting back to our day jobs. It had been hell of a ride so far and for more what has happened since later on. Some pictures, video clips and such coming soon also so be in look for those too, so keep on checking the blog now and then.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
Riga part 2. - arriving of the actors and the first few scenes
The day (friday) started of like most of the days spend in Riga. First breakfast and then off for a little walk. Part of our crew had left a little earlier the night before from the bar and had found an alley for us to shoot one of our scens. That was the final location we needed and things started to come together. We had a small planning meeting before the actors arrived to Riga. Just going trough of the shooting schedule and such. We knew that even though we had a bunch of time on our hands for the location scouting etc. that it was going to be quite a busy weekend. We basically had one full day to film all the scenes plus the evening that the actors arrived to town.
At this point our car and part of the necessary equipment were still at the beach. Luckily one of the main actors was quite good with cars also, so he got the gears to work and somehow managed to drive the car to Riga with only one gear to use. The arriving of the actors and the equipment delayed a little bit of what we were hoping for and we were just hoping that they wouldn´t be so exhausted to not to do any scenes that night.
We decided to start of with an easy scene of just crossin one street. Even thought it was just one street crossing and approximately 15 second scene we knew it might take a while cause we didn´t have the possibility to shut down the whole street and direct every single person to walk by the shot not looking to the camera or such. Taking consider that the conditions were what they were we got the scene quite easily apart from a some romantic couples that insisted to get some screen time and some other nosy by passers that were still quite harmless never the less.
At this point we went to grab something quick to eat, cause though everyone was quite hungry we were still motivated and had the energy to go and shoot another shot nearby. In the first days of our visit we happened to find this super cheap and easy mix and match dumpling place that somehow came to be one of our main places to grab some quick snacks for example coming from bars or so. So we ate there and headed for the next location. It was a little bit quieter street so we didn´t have any problems with by passers. We had about 3-4 shots to get from there and even though we had some issues with the dolly track everything went as expected after all.
At this point it was almost 02:00 o´clock and all of us were quite weary from the busy day. The only thing was that we realized that the scenes we shot with the stand in actor the day before didn´t go with the scenes we shot with the real actor cause the guitar that was held by the leading actor wasn´t in the same way. So after a little consideration and cheering the crew we got everyone to go and do the shot needed before a well earned good night sleep. To be honest if we wouldn´t of done it at that time we wouldn´t had the chance to do it at all cause all the equipmet starting from cameras and dollys left with the actors on sunday and we knew already at that point that even adding one more shot for the next day schedule would be just impossible.
So the day was long, but the next one was going to be even longer. Everyone was in need for sleep though this is what we came here for so no one could be more than exited for the up coming events.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
At this point our car and part of the necessary equipment were still at the beach. Luckily one of the main actors was quite good with cars also, so he got the gears to work and somehow managed to drive the car to Riga with only one gear to use. The arriving of the actors and the equipment delayed a little bit of what we were hoping for and we were just hoping that they wouldn´t be so exhausted to not to do any scenes that night.
We decided to start of with an easy scene of just crossin one street. Even thought it was just one street crossing and approximately 15 second scene we knew it might take a while cause we didn´t have the possibility to shut down the whole street and direct every single person to walk by the shot not looking to the camera or such. Taking consider that the conditions were what they were we got the scene quite easily apart from a some romantic couples that insisted to get some screen time and some other nosy by passers that were still quite harmless never the less.
At this point we went to grab something quick to eat, cause though everyone was quite hungry we were still motivated and had the energy to go and shoot another shot nearby. In the first days of our visit we happened to find this super cheap and easy mix and match dumpling place that somehow came to be one of our main places to grab some quick snacks for example coming from bars or so. So we ate there and headed for the next location. It was a little bit quieter street so we didn´t have any problems with by passers. We had about 3-4 shots to get from there and even though we had some issues with the dolly track everything went as expected after all.
At this point it was almost 02:00 o´clock and all of us were quite weary from the busy day. The only thing was that we realized that the scenes we shot with the stand in actor the day before didn´t go with the scenes we shot with the real actor cause the guitar that was held by the leading actor wasn´t in the same way. So after a little consideration and cheering the crew we got everyone to go and do the shot needed before a well earned good night sleep. To be honest if we wouldn´t of done it at that time we wouldn´t had the chance to do it at all cause all the equipmet starting from cameras and dollys left with the actors on sunday and we knew already at that point that even adding one more shot for the next day schedule would be just impossible.
So the day was long, but the next one was going to be even longer. Everyone was in need for sleep though this is what we came here for so no one could be more than exited for the up coming events.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
keskiviikko 10. elokuuta 2011
Riga part 1. - scouting and enjoing
After the exhausting filming episode at the "lovely" beaches of Salacgriva everyone was more than pleased to finally get to shower and to eat food that didn´t have sand in it. First thing we did as we arrived to Riga and checked in to hostel we headed to get some food. I can assure you that a pizza and a cold beer hasn´t tasted that good most probably ever before!
The first day went off quite lazily. We wondered a little in the old town of Riga and headed to have a little picnic at a local park. Everyone was quite tired from the beach and we really hadn´t had a day off since we left for the trip so it was really pleasant to have a day off.
The second day started off by having a little breakfast at the coffee downstairs to our hostel and from there we headed to scout for some locations and also getting some pickup shots. Although the old town of Riga is really idyllic it had changed within the time to be also the center of tourism in Riga. That made the location scouting a little bit harder but we managed to get something done never the less.
The Third day was some what looser than the day before. Because our actors arrived at the end of the week we wanted to have some freetime also. So apart from the casual location scouting we just took it quite easily. The only thing we were looking for again were the locations but for that we always carried a map with us and marked the addresses up.
On the evening and the night between third and fourth day (Wednesday and Thursday) in Riga we decided to film the sunset and sunrise shots. For that we wanted to have as high as location as we could get. We wanted to have a really large shot over the city as the sun went down. Thanks for the good service and all the politeness that the locals had towards our project. We didn´t have any problems at any point while filming in Riga. We had some ideas for the high locating. The best happen to be on the top of one hotel that had a 360 degree view over the city. The timing was perfect for us and to top it off we got a perfect lightning storm also for the shots.
The day was long and even thought we were quite tired from all the scouting, shooting and walking we still decided to get up early and head for the same location that we got the city view to get the sunrise also. We got approximately 3 hour sleep that night and headed off to the location. It was more or less 2km walk there and for our surprise the place was closed and we couldn´t get to the top of the building even thought we checked the opening times earlier. Before arriving to the location we had our first and only incident with the law. We were trying to record some atmosphere sounds on an old monument and supposedly it wasn´t such a good idea to sit there at 04:30 with an suspicious device. After all the policemen were kind to us weren´t too interested in what we were doing so by just moving a little bit away from the statue we were alright to carry on with the recording.
Now back to getting the sunrise shot. Thought it was a bummer we couldn´t get to the location we wanted the sunrise looked astonishing never the less. At the same time we found two of the main locations we were looking for so despite all the lack of sleep and long walks we were happy with the results.
On Thursday we shot couple of shots with stand in actors and scouted for the rest of the locations. It was more or less just preparation for our main shooting days. We went out to eat well and concentrated on relaxing and getting energy for the upcoming missions.
The rest of what happened on the main days of filming in Riga later on. Hopefully withing couple of days.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
The first day went off quite lazily. We wondered a little in the old town of Riga and headed to have a little picnic at a local park. Everyone was quite tired from the beach and we really hadn´t had a day off since we left for the trip so it was really pleasant to have a day off.
The second day started off by having a little breakfast at the coffee downstairs to our hostel and from there we headed to scout for some locations and also getting some pickup shots. Although the old town of Riga is really idyllic it had changed within the time to be also the center of tourism in Riga. That made the location scouting a little bit harder but we managed to get something done never the less.
The Third day was some what looser than the day before. Because our actors arrived at the end of the week we wanted to have some freetime also. So apart from the casual location scouting we just took it quite easily. The only thing we were looking for again were the locations but for that we always carried a map with us and marked the addresses up.
On the evening and the night between third and fourth day (Wednesday and Thursday) in Riga we decided to film the sunset and sunrise shots. For that we wanted to have as high as location as we could get. We wanted to have a really large shot over the city as the sun went down. Thanks for the good service and all the politeness that the locals had towards our project. We didn´t have any problems at any point while filming in Riga. We had some ideas for the high locating. The best happen to be on the top of one hotel that had a 360 degree view over the city. The timing was perfect for us and to top it off we got a perfect lightning storm also for the shots.
The day was long and even thought we were quite tired from all the scouting, shooting and walking we still decided to get up early and head for the same location that we got the city view to get the sunrise also. We got approximately 3 hour sleep that night and headed off to the location. It was more or less 2km walk there and for our surprise the place was closed and we couldn´t get to the top of the building even thought we checked the opening times earlier. Before arriving to the location we had our first and only incident with the law. We were trying to record some atmosphere sounds on an old monument and supposedly it wasn´t such a good idea to sit there at 04:30 with an suspicious device. After all the policemen were kind to us weren´t too interested in what we were doing so by just moving a little bit away from the statue we were alright to carry on with the recording.
Now back to getting the sunrise shot. Thought it was a bummer we couldn´t get to the location we wanted the sunrise looked astonishing never the less. At the same time we found two of the main locations we were looking for so despite all the lack of sleep and long walks we were happy with the results.
On Thursday we shot couple of shots with stand in actors and scouted for the rest of the locations. It was more or less just preparation for our main shooting days. We went out to eat well and concentrated on relaxing and getting energy for the upcoming missions.
The rest of what happened on the main days of filming in Riga later on. Hopefully withing couple of days.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
maanantai 1. elokuuta 2011
Flashbacks and backpacks
Even thought we had quite a loose schedule for our filming trip to the ever beautiful Baltic countries there was just so much happening all the time that it was almost impossible to write down any notes or memories at the time and even more impossible to try to update this blog.
Sorry for the lack of updates, but we´ll promise to get you back on track on what´s going on. Let´s start off by going back to the beach.
Day 3: The day started off as any other day at the beach. The weather was more or less the same it had been before. For our luck we had most of the shots from the beach already filmed and the whole day went basically just by waiting for the sunset. We went to our now traditional shopping trip to the small town of Salacgriva and for our surprise there was still one ticket left for the bus for our actor (Oskari Koivula) to get back to Tallin. After getting the ticket, more water and booze for the "karonka" hopefully happening in the evening we headed back to our camp.
By that time some of us went to scout for new locations to shoot the sunset cause we wanted it to be as epic as possible. Thought the place where our camp was had a view that was really good we wanted to check if there was something even better nearby. We drove about a 1-1.5km away to the next stop near the beach. After a small walk on the beach we realized that it was nice didn´t differ that much from the location our camp was in so we decided to head back to camp. We jumped back to our car and just when we tried to turn back to the road nothing happened. The gears didn´t do anything. It was just loose and the car didn´t move an inch. Everyone got off the car and after a small round of calls and some random people checking the car it was quite clear that this was at least at this point the end of the road with this vehicle. We didn´t know more than that even thought it could be just a minor failure it was for sure that none of us could repair it and there wasn´t anyone to repair the car before next monday. Thanks for the help of some nice locals, we got a lift to our camp with all the stuff we had in the car. (just to make clear how in the middle of nowhere we were the locals tried to call us a taxi but even they couldn´t explain the place we were in)
Thought you might think that this is would be the end of our journey you are wrong. After some thinking and planning we got one of our actors to come pick up the car when he was coming to Riga for the shots we were filming in Riga and we found out that there was a bus stop near our camp that the busses to Riga went by.
The day went by and for the first time it started to look that we might catch the sunset that we were waiting for. We only had the sunset shots left and couple of smaller shots to film so when the sun started to go down and shine its last beams of light to the cloudy Latvian sky we were more than exited that finally we are getting what we came to the beach for. There was more than 7 rains in the horizon but for some weird (and lucky for us) reason the sun set to the only clear part.
After all the waiting in the sand, sleeping in the sand, eating the sand and having sand everywhere you might expect sand to get we had gotten all the shots we came for the beach for and the first "karonka" could start. The night was long and everyone had a good time. Some of us even hiked back to our car to get the final bottle of beer we had left there just to find out that it was the most terrible beer any of us had ever tasted and the evening ended by shutting our bonfire with leftover from that beer.
Day 4: The day started off with Oskari mumbling something outsides the tents. After a while we found out that non of us had put the alarm on and Oskaris bus (yes the one that we got the last ticket and had to go twice to the town to get it) had left about 30min ago. Luckily Oskari is quite a macgyver and doesn´t get too easily upset. We wrote "Tallin 14:00!!!" on a piece of paper and Oskari went off to try to hitchhike about 250km back. In the end of the day we received a message from Oskari that he had gotten to Tallin and to the ferry just 15min before it left. There was also couple of good details to the story but to keep it short all in all went well.
The rest of the crew just chilled for the rest of the day, planned what we would leave to our car and what to take with us to Riga.
Day 5: We had an early wakeup at the beach cause even thought we were there for just 5 days and there were six of us it took quite a while to pack our camp. We had to do one trip to the car to leave our tents and such there cause there were no need for them for the rest of the trip. Everything went on schedule and we were heading off to Riga as planned on an early day bus.
When we arrived to Riga we found out that our hostel was really on spot and the keepers were the most polite we had ever met in an hostel. Thanks again Doma hostel, we really enjoyed the stay!
For the stories what happened in Riga keep checking our blog here and then. Hopefully well get back up to date within this week. At this point we can already say that the filming trip to Latvia and Lithuania was a success after all the adventures, misfortunes, goodtimes and such.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
Sorry for the lack of updates, but we´ll promise to get you back on track on what´s going on. Let´s start off by going back to the beach.
Day 3: The day started off as any other day at the beach. The weather was more or less the same it had been before. For our luck we had most of the shots from the beach already filmed and the whole day went basically just by waiting for the sunset. We went to our now traditional shopping trip to the small town of Salacgriva and for our surprise there was still one ticket left for the bus for our actor (Oskari Koivula) to get back to Tallin. After getting the ticket, more water and booze for the "karonka" hopefully happening in the evening we headed back to our camp.
By that time some of us went to scout for new locations to shoot the sunset cause we wanted it to be as epic as possible. Thought the place where our camp was had a view that was really good we wanted to check if there was something even better nearby. We drove about a 1-1.5km away to the next stop near the beach. After a small walk on the beach we realized that it was nice didn´t differ that much from the location our camp was in so we decided to head back to camp. We jumped back to our car and just when we tried to turn back to the road nothing happened. The gears didn´t do anything. It was just loose and the car didn´t move an inch. Everyone got off the car and after a small round of calls and some random people checking the car it was quite clear that this was at least at this point the end of the road with this vehicle. We didn´t know more than that even thought it could be just a minor failure it was for sure that none of us could repair it and there wasn´t anyone to repair the car before next monday. Thanks for the help of some nice locals, we got a lift to our camp with all the stuff we had in the car. (just to make clear how in the middle of nowhere we were the locals tried to call us a taxi but even they couldn´t explain the place we were in)
Thought you might think that this is would be the end of our journey you are wrong. After some thinking and planning we got one of our actors to come pick up the car when he was coming to Riga for the shots we were filming in Riga and we found out that there was a bus stop near our camp that the busses to Riga went by.
The day went by and for the first time it started to look that we might catch the sunset that we were waiting for. We only had the sunset shots left and couple of smaller shots to film so when the sun started to go down and shine its last beams of light to the cloudy Latvian sky we were more than exited that finally we are getting what we came to the beach for. There was more than 7 rains in the horizon but for some weird (and lucky for us) reason the sun set to the only clear part.
After all the waiting in the sand, sleeping in the sand, eating the sand and having sand everywhere you might expect sand to get we had gotten all the shots we came for the beach for and the first "karonka" could start. The night was long and everyone had a good time. Some of us even hiked back to our car to get the final bottle of beer we had left there just to find out that it was the most terrible beer any of us had ever tasted and the evening ended by shutting our bonfire with leftover from that beer.
Day 4: The day started off with Oskari mumbling something outsides the tents. After a while we found out that non of us had put the alarm on and Oskaris bus (yes the one that we got the last ticket and had to go twice to the town to get it) had left about 30min ago. Luckily Oskari is quite a macgyver and doesn´t get too easily upset. We wrote "Tallin 14:00!!!" on a piece of paper and Oskari went off to try to hitchhike about 250km back. In the end of the day we received a message from Oskari that he had gotten to Tallin and to the ferry just 15min before it left. There was also couple of good details to the story but to keep it short all in all went well.
The rest of the crew just chilled for the rest of the day, planned what we would leave to our car and what to take with us to Riga.
Day 5: We had an early wakeup at the beach cause even thought we were there for just 5 days and there were six of us it took quite a while to pack our camp. We had to do one trip to the car to leave our tents and such there cause there were no need for them for the rest of the trip. Everything went on schedule and we were heading off to Riga as planned on an early day bus.
When we arrived to Riga we found out that our hostel was really on spot and the keepers were the most polite we had ever met in an hostel. Thanks again Doma hostel, we really enjoyed the stay!
For the stories what happened in Riga keep checking our blog here and then. Hopefully well get back up to date within this week. At this point we can already say that the filming trip to Latvia and Lithuania was a success after all the adventures, misfortunes, goodtimes and such.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
torstai 21. heinäkuuta 2011
Part one of the filming journey - The Beach
One thing is for sure. When you go filming a short film to a beach in the middle of nowhere the whole concept of "beach" is changed forever. Even thought everything went well and everyone is alive, it wasn´t your average beach holiday that´s for sure.
Day 1: The first day we arrived the weather wasn´t exactly as we were hoping for. It was quite cloudy and it rained a little here and there. The sunset that was the most important thing to get filmed wasn´t going to happen, but we decided to film couple of pictures anyway. When we eventually started filming, it was already raining a bit and the sunset went under he horizon faster than we expected. Although we were able to film most of the shots we wanted there just wasn´t enough light to get all the shots that night. As soon as we got the filming duties done, we started to build our camp. At that point the rain started to get heavier and at the same moment we found out that one of our tent hadn´t got any outer shield with it. It was just some fabric that wasnt waterproof at all. Luckily we bought some shower curtains in the case of rain and after an long struggle we were able to cover the tent with them.. (that we had to fix in the middle of the night after the rain and wind almost tore the whole thing off) At this point it was clear that it even thought it was going to be an memorable trip, it wasn´t going to be easy.
Day 2: The morning was something in the between of sunshine and cloudy. Not bad compared to the night before, but still not the kind we were looking for. We started to organize things and after a while the filming was well on it´s way. The second day was maybe the longest in shooting wise. Thought it was cloudy the light was on our side. We were very pleased with the material we got and even thought the night was a bit rainy again, it was most certainly better than the night before. At this point we found out that sand is something you just have to get used to when you live on the beach. Our food, sleeping bags, clothes and tents were full of it but at this point it was still more or less funny.
For our surprise and kinda bad luck, there was some kind of festival going on at the nearest town of Salacgriva that made everyday a trip to get some neccessary food and suppliment. On Friday we made our trip in the evening and we were in a little hurry to catch the possible sunset. About 5km before the city of couple of thousand peolpe was just packed with festival folk. The only road leading to the city wasn´t moving anywhere and with the driving culture of Latvia it was some what an exotic situation to find yourself in. The car line moved approximately 5km per hour and after 45min of waiting part of our crew jumped out of our "papmobile" (Paprika mobile) and headed to the shops by foot. We had to get a ticket for a bus to one of our actors and cause of the festivals we wanted to buy well before it was leaving. Other than that, we needed some water, milk and some beverages aswell. After some running organizing and planning we had everything else with us other than the bus ticket. There was only one ticket left for the bus and thanks to some weird and confuseing webbank systems we failed to get the ticket and it looked much like there was going to be lot of driving on sunday to get our actor off the beach and on the bus from the next city to catch the boat to Helsinki. (Pärnu that was about 100km away from our location was our next best chance. but more of that later on)
After our shopping trip, we found out that we missed the sunset partially cause of the weather but also were super late to shoot the other shots planned for that evening. It also raid a bit again and there was the basic hassel that you have to go through with when you live in tents in the middle of nowhere and have a short film to film with really small crew. We got some shots but we already knew that we had to film some of those again if the conditions got better. The night was still long and after we got our filming done, that was some where between 01:00 and 03:00 in the morning we had the pleasure to witness one of the most amazing moonlights in our lives. The nigth was quite long and we had one of the best nights yet to come around the little bonfire that kept us warm and the stories that made us laugh.
That´s all for now. There´s so many stories and experiences that it would take the whole day to tell all about them in one time. We are already in Riga and been filming some pickup shots and scouting for locations. There´s been some miss fortune for example our car is still at the beach and such but more about that later.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO READ THIS AND YOU ARE IN RIGA HIT US WITH AN E-MAIL OR SO. We are still looking for some statistics for the main filming day that is on saturday, so if you want to have part in our film give us a hint. Till later
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
Day 1: The first day we arrived the weather wasn´t exactly as we were hoping for. It was quite cloudy and it rained a little here and there. The sunset that was the most important thing to get filmed wasn´t going to happen, but we decided to film couple of pictures anyway. When we eventually started filming, it was already raining a bit and the sunset went under he horizon faster than we expected. Although we were able to film most of the shots we wanted there just wasn´t enough light to get all the shots that night. As soon as we got the filming duties done, we started to build our camp. At that point the rain started to get heavier and at the same moment we found out that one of our tent hadn´t got any outer shield with it. It was just some fabric that wasnt waterproof at all. Luckily we bought some shower curtains in the case of rain and after an long struggle we were able to cover the tent with them.. (that we had to fix in the middle of the night after the rain and wind almost tore the whole thing off) At this point it was clear that it even thought it was going to be an memorable trip, it wasn´t going to be easy.
Day 2: The morning was something in the between of sunshine and cloudy. Not bad compared to the night before, but still not the kind we were looking for. We started to organize things and after a while the filming was well on it´s way. The second day was maybe the longest in shooting wise. Thought it was cloudy the light was on our side. We were very pleased with the material we got and even thought the night was a bit rainy again, it was most certainly better than the night before. At this point we found out that sand is something you just have to get used to when you live on the beach. Our food, sleeping bags, clothes and tents were full of it but at this point it was still more or less funny.
For our surprise and kinda bad luck, there was some kind of festival going on at the nearest town of Salacgriva that made everyday a trip to get some neccessary food and suppliment. On Friday we made our trip in the evening and we were in a little hurry to catch the possible sunset. About 5km before the city of couple of thousand peolpe was just packed with festival folk. The only road leading to the city wasn´t moving anywhere and with the driving culture of Latvia it was some what an exotic situation to find yourself in. The car line moved approximately 5km per hour and after 45min of waiting part of our crew jumped out of our "papmobile" (Paprika mobile) and headed to the shops by foot. We had to get a ticket for a bus to one of our actors and cause of the festivals we wanted to buy well before it was leaving. Other than that, we needed some water, milk and some beverages aswell. After some running organizing and planning we had everything else with us other than the bus ticket. There was only one ticket left for the bus and thanks to some weird and confuseing webbank systems we failed to get the ticket and it looked much like there was going to be lot of driving on sunday to get our actor off the beach and on the bus from the next city to catch the boat to Helsinki. (Pärnu that was about 100km away from our location was our next best chance. but more of that later on)
After our shopping trip, we found out that we missed the sunset partially cause of the weather but also were super late to shoot the other shots planned for that evening. It also raid a bit again and there was the basic hassel that you have to go through with when you live in tents in the middle of nowhere and have a short film to film with really small crew. We got some shots but we already knew that we had to film some of those again if the conditions got better. The night was still long and after we got our filming done, that was some where between 01:00 and 03:00 in the morning we had the pleasure to witness one of the most amazing moonlights in our lives. The nigth was quite long and we had one of the best nights yet to come around the little bonfire that kept us warm and the stories that made us laugh.
That´s all for now. There´s so many stories and experiences that it would take the whole day to tell all about them in one time. We are already in Riga and been filming some pickup shots and scouting for locations. There´s been some miss fortune for example our car is still at the beach and such but more about that later.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO READ THIS AND YOU ARE IN RIGA HIT US WITH AN E-MAIL OR SO. We are still looking for some statistics for the main filming day that is on saturday, so if you want to have part in our film give us a hint. Till later
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
keskiviikko 13. heinäkuuta 2011
Action!
At 05:50 Silent Paprika Films heads off to film our newest short films to Latvia! Wish us luck and check for updates from the road. Were heading first to beaches of Latvia (check the image below) so there won´t be any updates within week or so, but well promise to keep you up to date as soon we get to our second location that is the city of Riga.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
One day till take off and new design for the blog
First of to celebrate some sort of milestone of this project (the ending of the first part of pre-production and starting of our filming trip) were releasing a new design for our blog!
The D.O.P and the Director just checked out the filming equipment and the chief of catering etc. headed out to buy some delicious ingredients for the whole crew. Even the props and costumes are backed just need to gather our own belongings and were ready to go.
We had a successful meeting yesterday and everyone was psyched to head on the road. Almost everyone was able to attend the meeting and at 05:50 tomorrow morning were heading off in front of our office.
Some of our crew members have been trying to shift their sleeping habits towards the early morning wake ups with more or less success. Anyway were going to have quite a rough couple of days to start off our filming cause the weather reports seem to tell that the sooner we film the better the weather will be.
Look for some final updates this evening cause there might be something a bit more special coming up!
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
The D.O.P and the Director just checked out the filming equipment and the chief of catering etc. headed out to buy some delicious ingredients for the whole crew. Even the props and costumes are backed just need to gather our own belongings and were ready to go.
We had a successful meeting yesterday and everyone was psyched to head on the road. Almost everyone was able to attend the meeting and at 05:50 tomorrow morning were heading off in front of our office.
Some of our crew members have been trying to shift their sleeping habits towards the early morning wake ups with more or less success. Anyway were going to have quite a rough couple of days to start off our filming cause the weather reports seem to tell that the sooner we film the better the weather will be.
Look for some final updates this evening cause there might be something a bit more special coming up!
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
maanantai 11. heinäkuuta 2011
Reservation for our crew at Doma Hostel in Riga: Check
We just reserved a place to stay for our crew at Doma Hostel in Riga. Check out: http://www.domahostel.lv/ Thanks goes to the hostels pleasant service for everything already. We are really looking forward at our arrival there though there is still much happening before that.
We are having a final meeting with most of the crew including the cast tomorrow at Silent Paprika Films office. Even thought the pre-production schedule was quite tight and there is only 3 days till we leave, everything is almost checked and good to go. Still need to do some packing etc but just some minor things.
At the moment the atmosphere is really good within the whole crew and most likely it just keeps on getting better the closer we get to leaving to our adventure!
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
We are having a final meeting with most of the crew including the cast tomorrow at Silent Paprika Films office. Even thought the pre-production schedule was quite tight and there is only 3 days till we leave, everything is almost checked and good to go. Still need to do some packing etc but just some minor things.
At the moment the atmosphere is really good within the whole crew and most likely it just keeps on getting better the closer we get to leaving to our adventure!
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
lauantai 9. heinäkuuta 2011
Till the pre-production do us part
Although everything is well on its way and rolling forward smoothly it seems like the more you do the more you still have to do. Tomorrow were going to go scouting the last missing pieces of the props. Were heading for the good old Valtteri -marketplace here in Helsinki and if that doesn´t help there´s a couple of antique stores nearby.
At the moment The director/screenwriter/producer (Henna Välkky) and the composer/sound designer (Simo Reunamäki) are having a meeting in the other room meanwhile the assistant director/line producer (Eesu Lehtola) is sorting out the accommodations, catering, props lists etc.
It seems like the closer we get to the filming the longer the days get work vise. All in all at the same time we are more exited about everything cause day by day the pieces are coming more clearly together.
Henna edited just some casting footage together and we´ll see if there´s going to be some kind of an teaser how the castings went in near future. For the time were filming at the beach location it´s most likely that we aren´t able to update this blog, but we promise to tell you all about it as soon as we get to Riga and get a internet connection.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
At the moment The director/screenwriter/producer (Henna Välkky) and the composer/sound designer (Simo Reunamäki) are having a meeting in the other room meanwhile the assistant director/line producer (Eesu Lehtola) is sorting out the accommodations, catering, props lists etc.
It seems like the closer we get to the filming the longer the days get work vise. All in all at the same time we are more exited about everything cause day by day the pieces are coming more clearly together.
Henna edited just some casting footage together and we´ll see if there´s going to be some kind of an teaser how the castings went in near future. For the time were filming at the beach location it´s most likely that we aren´t able to update this blog, but we promise to tell you all about it as soon as we get to Riga and get a internet connection.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
tiistai 5. heinäkuuta 2011
t-9 days until the filming starts
The schedule meeting was eventually on Saturday but went quite well. We have been meeting since almost every day shorting out the last little details concerning our trip. All is set to go but look for some bigger updates in upcoming days before we take off to the first part of the filming our short film.
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
torstai 30. kesäkuuta 2011
Schedule meeting
Today we are having an meeting concerning the schedule. At this point it seems like we are going to shoot scenes happening at the beach and in Riga between 15. - 24.7. We still haven´t locked the timetable for the scenes in Helsinki, but hopefully after this evenings meeting we´ll be wiser with that one as well.
If you happen to know anyone from Riga or happen to live there yourself and would like to help out as an static actor, please be in touch with Sami Häkkinen: sami@silentpaprikafilms.com
If you happen to know anyone from Riga or happen to live there yourself and would like to help out as an static actor, please be in touch with Sami Häkkinen: sami@silentpaprikafilms.com
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
-SPF
Pre-Production notes
Sorry for the lack of posts lately, but the whole crew has been just super busy planning the upcoming short film. The Pre-Production is almost finished and we are looking forward for the upcoming filming mission to one of the most beautiful places in eastern europe - the beaches of Latvia and the city of Riga.
Casting was held on Tuesday at Hietsu Helsinki and it went better than expected. At the moment we are really pleased with the actors although we are still looking for some extras for the filmings in Latvia and for the scenes shot at Helsinki later this year. But more about that later on.
We are still looking for sponsors and partners for the short film, so if you are interested in helping us out contact: eesu@silentpaprikafilms.com or call +358 44 346 3857
If you have any questions concerning the project please send us mail to mail@silentpaprikafilms.com
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
Casting was held on Tuesday at Hietsu Helsinki and it went better than expected. At the moment we are really pleased with the actors although we are still looking for some extras for the filmings in Latvia and for the scenes shot at Helsinki later this year. But more about that later on.
We are still looking for sponsors and partners for the short film, so if you are interested in helping us out contact: eesu@silentpaprikafilms.com or call +358 44 346 3857
If you have any questions concerning the project please send us mail to mail@silentpaprikafilms.com
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
torstai 16. kesäkuuta 2011
The beginning from the middle
Hey,
This is the first post for Silent Paprika Films up and coming short film project! It´s been a long way but finally things start to plan out and it looks like theres going to be quite a lot happening within the next few months and the rest of the year.
So keep checking this blog once in a while and if you have any questions concerning our project feel free to hit us with an mail or so. mail@silentpaprikafilms.com. peace out!
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
This is the first post for Silent Paprika Films up and coming short film project! It´s been a long way but finally things start to plan out and it looks like theres going to be quite a lot happening within the next few months and the rest of the year.
So keep checking this blog once in a while and if you have any questions concerning our project feel free to hit us with an mail or so. mail@silentpaprikafilms.com. peace out!
www.silentpaprikafilms.com
-SPF
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