Weekly Update (May 16-22)

Weekly Update:
-Spent all weekend shooting for the NICHOLAS trailer. 
-Travis took some great new headshots with http://www.greenpotatomedia.com/ [Thanks, guys!]
-Sorted the behind-the-scenes photos from the NICHOLAS trailer shoots (look for a new one to be posted on Facebook every Wednesday from now until the October premiere).
-The search for a composer for DAY OF THE HEDGES began.
-2nd draft revisions on DAY OF THE HEDGES continued.
-The HP photos from the last 15 years are taking up too much hard drive space, so backup/migration efforts have been planned.

One of Travis's new headshots, thanks to http://www.greenpotatomedia.com/

Coming Up Next Week:
-Completing 2nd draft revisions of DAY OF THE HEDGES.
-Tackling preproduction for DAY OF THE HEDGES.
-Recording a voice over for the 2015 HP Demo Reel.

Question from a Fan:
“Are you going to see Taylor Swift in Baton Rouge this weekend?"
Well, no. “TSwift Stalker 3” is in roughly the same place as GHOSTBUSTERS 3 - not gonna happen (at least not in a way you’d want it to). However, if Taylor wants to get in touch, we’d love to grab coffee. Well, Kurt wouldn’t, but Travis would. And Jeff would tag along.

Weekly Update (May 2-8)

Weekly Update:
-Worked on call sheets/shooting schedules for the NICHOLAS Trailer.
-Picked up costumes for the NICHOLAS trailer.
-Discussed music needs for DAY OF THE HEDGES with a composer.
-Finished loading an archival copy of each movie to a single external hard drive.
-Continued to update the HP movies on IMDB.
-Determined the release dates of trailers/posters/behind-the-scenes photos for all upcoming projects.

Coming Up Next Week:
-This weekend we are doing some light shooting in Florida for the NICHOLAS Trailer.
-Will continue final preparations for the big NICHOLAS trailer shoot next weekend.
-Will begin working on the second draft of the DAY OF THE HEDGES screenplay.

Question from a Fan:
“How many different states have you shot in?”
This weekend Florida will make 6. Almost all the movies have done some shooting in Louisiana. The others are as follows:
Texas - Return of the Taylor Swift Stalker
Alabama/Tennessee - Taylor Swift Stalker
Mississippi - Lost Island of Laveau, TSwift Stalker

The cast and crew of HP's first out-of-state shoot (in MS), for  LOST ISLAND OF LAVEAU (2007).

Weekly Update (March 29-April 3)

WEEKLY UPDATE:

-Created/revised call sheets for all the remaining production days of Seidule Films’ COVER ME.

-Booked a date for the HP 15th Anniversary Gala: October 16 at Theatre Baton Rouge.

-Revised 10 more pages of the NICHOLAS: ACT I screenplay.

-Made a first pass at figuring out how many shooting days it will take to film a book trailer for NICHOLAS: ACT I.

-Purchased an external hard drive for archival purposes (back up your digital content, folks!).

-Purchased a USB hub that will work with all the external drives that hold the HP movies.

-COVER ME had production days 4-5, bringing them to the “1/3 Completed” mark.

-Watched a few tutorials on how to use our new editing program, Final Cut Pro X.

ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT WEEK:

-Production days 6-8 for Seidule Films’ COVER ME.

-First experiments in editing with FCPX.

-More NICHOLAS ACT I revisions and book trailer planning.

-First attempts at locking a cast and schedule for DAY OF THE HEDGES.

QUESTION FROM A FAN:

“Is LOST ISLAND OF LAVEAU an episode of REQUIEMS?”

Well, technically, “no” - but they are related. The REQUIEMS screenplays had a first draft written in 2004, though the series wasn’t shot until 2014. In 2007 we took one of the episodes as they were at the time and expanded it to be a stand alone short film - that became LOST ISLAND OF LAVEAU. When we began a new set of drafts in 2013, I liked the idea of doing a follow up vooderre story, so Ep 2 of REQUIEMS is a direct sequel to LOST ISLAND. Therefore, LIOL is a stand alone movie, and a prequel to REQUIEMS Ep 2. The various episodes of REQUIEMS changed many times throughout the decade-long revision process, though Dani’s plotline remained largely the same.

The discovery of the vooderres on THE LOST ISLAND OF LAVEAU (2007).

Welcome to the new blog!

Welcome to the first Hedges Pictures blog. The primary purpose of this is to post weekly updates on our current projects, in addition to answering fan questions, and expanding in a little more detail about how we do what we do. If you have any questions you'd like us to answer, please leave them in the comments below!