tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7720483548947267402024-03-12T19:07:50.255-07:00The Raid<center>A Director's blog for the new film with "MERANTAU" star IKO UWAIS.</center>Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-13501892160306317302012-10-17T08:31:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:31:56.603-07:00Teaser Poster<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-55336628369562033652012-03-02T12:31:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:26:04.671-07:00The Raid Production Blog #3: The Courtyard and Hole Drop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Long fucking day today, so I will get round to answering all your questions in the next blog entry. Just a quick post to add the latest blog where we see the magic and wonder of Moty (leader of my genius Art team) and our use of Airsoft guns in the making of the action sequences.<br />
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While I'm at it, big shout out to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/show/freddiew?s=2010" target="_blank">Freddie Wong</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/show/freddiew?s=2010" target="_blank"> and Brandon Laatsch</a> for so many inspiring videos that prove there are creative solutions to shooting big scale action on a low budget.<br />
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-19779245368474435282012-02-24T22:43:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:26:32.649-07:00The Raid Trailer.... and that title<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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And then a few minutes later, I get about one or two hundred emails and tweets asking me with horror about the title change on The Raid. So now seems a good a time as any to address the situation and give a little more info on why we changed it.</div>
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Truthfully, none of us, the guys at SPC included, wanted to change the title from the original. But once we knew we were going to expand the film into a sequel - possibly a trilogy it opened our eyes up to maybe the need for an all encompassing title that could work for all three films.</div>
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At first it was just something we toyed around with as an idea to start using with part 2, but then it became an essential thing to do from the get go. The reason why: we found out "The Raid" itself was not available for us to use as a title in the US. </div>
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We couldn't get clearance on it and believe me we all tried but with that task becoming impossible and a release date looming - we chose to go with our idea to add a word that reflected one of the elements from the first film. Redemption was the one that fit, and it beat losing The Raid completely after all the work we'd done to establish awareness of the film.</div>
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As a film fan that only very recently found myself as part of the industry I do understand the backlash but as someone closely involved in the decision making progress alongside SPC, it was disheartening to see them being bashed for it.<br />
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This wasn't an "evil studio" thing, the decision had nothing at all to do with the proposed remake. This was a situation we were all forced into. You guys may not love the new addition to the title, and I'm not about to go and say Redemption is perfect, cos it's not - we all much prefer the simplicity of The Raid.<br />
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But the film, it is still the same film we screened at festivals and all I hope is that you all read whatever part of that 5 second titlecard you want to when it pops up on screen, forget the rest and enjoy seeing my good friends beat the shit out of each other for 100mins.</div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-86667488817012615562012-02-23T05:27:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:26:44.443-07:00The Raid Production Blog #2: Studio Sets and Effects<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As seen exclusively at UGO.COM here's the 2nd Production Blog. </div>
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Check back again throughout this week though as we have some more content being released this week including a new trailer and poster. </div>
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In the meantime please check out the following killer artwork by our Australian distributors at <a href="http://www.madman.com.au/actions/channel.do?method=view&webChannelId=2" target="_blank">MADMAN FILMS</a></div>
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As premiered earlier on <a href="http://twitchfilm.com/news/2012/02/the-raid-video-blog.php" target="_blank"><b>TwitchFilm</b></a> here is the first of six production blogs detailing the making of THE RAID. We will release one each week every friday leading up to March 23rd.</div>
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First episode covers me sending the guys to learn all they need to know about guns, knives, bombs and military strategy and a little showing the pre-vis storyboards used in pre-production during the fight scene design.<u><b> </b></u></div>
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This week we began posting @THERAIDMOVIE and opened week 1 of a 5 week competition for fans to win tickets to see THE RAID at the GALA PREMIERE on March 21st. The contest is only open to Indonesian or Indonesian based entrants.</div>
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A. We're unsure yet of who will be going to do any promo for the film, there's a lot of territories opening in a short space of time everything depends on demands from domestic and International promotion.<br />
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<b>Q. kunderempFeb 11, 2012 05:12 PM<br />
1. I wonder when Merantau DVD Special Edition will be released? <br />
2. I believe most of Indonesians would love to hear Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese score. Is it possible to have it as alternative track when The Raid finally have the DVD version?<br />
3. Is there any plan to add 'femme fatale' in BERANDAL? I can think at least four popular Indonesian actress which have Martial Art background:<br />
- Julia Perez -> Merpati Putih<br />
- Dinda Kanya Dewi -> Muay Thai Boxing<br />
- Sherina Munaf -> Al-Azhar silat, Wushu<br />
- Prisia Nasution -> Perisai Diri silat<br />
4. Is there any plan to have Indonesian old icon of martial movie to be cameo in Berandal? I believe some people want to see 'Barry Prima', 'Rhoma Irama', 'Sandi Nayoan', etc for even 2 second in the movie. ;p<br />
5. Is there any plan to have THE RAID as front cover for any Indonesian movie magazine (e.g. Cinemags, M2)? Being a front cover probably is more effective than having multiple TV Spot;<br />
6. I was amazed by the sound effect when I watch THE RAID in INAFFF. Do you create your own sound effect or using the existing library of existing software? Is it possible to present the process in the Production Blog?</b><br />
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A. That's a lot of questions.<br />
1. Merantau Special Edition DVD is almost finalized and will be released to coincide with THE RAID, most likely the same week.<br />
2. Most likely we will feature both versions of the score on the DVD.<br />
3. We have a femme fatale in Berandal, but not cast yet. I certainly hope to work with some of those on your list, but not naming names and not necessarily on Berandal. We'll see what happens further down the line.<br />
4. Again, we'll see what happens. Too early to speculate.<br />
5. Ideally we can get front cover AND multiple TV spots. Hopefully we'll have something out on the shelves next month.<br />
6. It was a mix of library sounds and foley fx recorded at siam lab in bangkok. Some stuff we completely designed ourselves - the silenced gun fire for example - we hated the library sounds all "pings" and "pyuus" so we stripped it back and I asked the guys to use just the mechanics of the guns with a low deep bass thud giving the guns power but also detail. <br />
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<b>Q. Gerardo MayukoFeb 14, 2012 08:05 AM<br />
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I have questions regarding the crew of The Raid. On imdb page of The Raid I found these crew names mentioned : <br />
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as far as I know, the difference between the US version and the Indonesian version is the music/score only. So how come there are 2 additional Hollywood crew making changes on the color timer and handling the post production? Does it mean the US version will have a new touch on the color and the finished editing compare to the Indonesian version?<br />
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I also found couple of names, Kier Lehman & Brian Richards, but both are working in music department. So I assume they were included because of the whole new music/score for the US release.</b><br />
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A. All these guys have worked their asses off in the lead up to the release, while the film and it's main content hasn't changed there are always some small fixes needed - adding more details to the end credits - the original was made before Mike and Joe worked on the score, and little shifts also like timing of the final title cards to stay in the rhythm and beat of the new score.<br />
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<b>Q. Reny CamiraFeb 15, 2012 12:15 AM<br />
Hi Gareth,<br />
today I just watched a movie in XXI and you know what, there's no trailer for The Raid played yet. I mean come on, here we've got the trailer for the new Resident Evil movie which will come out in September! We also got a cool big advertising board for Battleship standing tall at Blitz Megaplex which will come out in May. The Raid? None. Nada. Not even a poster! It's less than 6 weeks to the big premiere mate. Do Merantau Films think they can just rely 100% to what Sony can pull up in terms of marketing in their territory to bring effects to our home? I can assure you mate, internet hype of The Raid haven't reached the general audience yet. Many Indonesian moviegoers who aren't really active in the internet are still blind to this movie. <br />
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Hope we will see all the marketing stuff - posters, ad board, and most importantly the trailer - showing up here soon.</b><br />
A. Thanks for the spirited question. We're busy prepping materials as we speak for promo on The Raid. You'll start to see the trailer appearing in cinemas as of next week along with posters also. Other materials: radio ads, tv spots, tv bumpers, billboards, online, print - the rest of our campaign will all follow shortly after. We're not arrogant enough to believe there is an automatic audience for the film and we're working on all we can to maximize it's exposure. Buzz and hype is one thing, but the number of seats filled is what matters in order to give the film a good run in the cinema. We appreciate every single comment and link we see when enthusiastic followers of the film help us spread the word. We can't reach everyone, but hopefully come the release we'll have done enough to make the film a success.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I'm not going to even try to encapsulate the last few months into a cohesive blog, way too much time has passed and I'm not a fan of "gloaty, look at me" writing - but I do want to take this opportunity to thank every festival programmer, blogger, reviewer, tweeter who has shown us nothing but support since Toronto til now. It's been an overwhelming experience to see the film play the way it has and I'm truly grateful every time I get to hear an audience freak out when one of our fighters...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>[SPOILER]</b> <span style="color: black;">...</span><b style="color: black;">Rully Santoso</b><span style="color: black;"> (Machete Gang #2) snaps his back against the wall...</span> <b>[END] </b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">... it seriously makes my fucking night every time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, I know I'm pretty late with these and they've been circulating for some time but here's some video updates in shiny HD. This film is reasonably violent, so please be warned before you view these clips. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That's it for promo clips, coming up next week will be the first of many production blog videos covering the making of the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">In a desperate bid to stop me from shamelessly advertising the film every 2mins on <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/ghuwevans" target="_blank">my own personal</a> Twitter account, we've set up an official account <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/THERAIDMOVIE" target="_blank">@THERAIDMOVIE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you should happen to tweet you can follow us and get links, images and info on any news items, reviews, press releases, tv / radio appearances that we make in the weeks leading up to the March 23rd release date. We'll also be running a competition as a giveaway for tickets to the Gala Premiere on March 21st in Jakarta (sorry Indonesian entrants only).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So please follow and spread the word.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>AND FINALLY THE Q&A (Big one this time...)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q. Sakuko Braca MontesNov 25, 2011 05:05 PM<br />
I missed this movie at INAFFF but I saw The Raid trailer in INAFFF which is the Indonesian version. There are some additional scenes with different music plus big white block writing at the start of the trailer. I really love it! It's more hardcore than the Sony's version. Would you like to upload that one as well, so I can download it and loop it a whole day :D<br />
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Also may I know who is the music composer of that Indonesian version trailer? If possible I'd love to download it as well. The music is so badass!</b><br />
A. The original composers are FAJAR YUSKEMAL and ARIA PRAYOGI, I've worked with them since Merantau. They are incredibly gifted and talented musicians who happen to have also been responsible for the sound design / mix alongside Bonar Abraham, Jack Arthur Sianjuntak and Sandika Widjaja. They did a fantastic job, this is a whole new level of sound design for an Indonesian film. They put in tireless hours and worked their bollocks off to get it done. <br />
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<b>Q. DhietaNov 26, 2011 04:19 AM<br />
AWESOME SIR. SIX THUMBS UP. Although I'm wondering will you put the scene of you as cameo on the movie trailer. :p</b><br />
A. I was rewatching the film the other day and my cameo isn't actually there - I must have cut trimmed a few frames and not realized during the offline edit. Matt Flannery (DoP) is definitely in there tho. Keep your eyes peeled.<br />
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<b>Q. atchaNov 27, 2011 06:25 AM<br />
Why the release in Indonesia is postponed? I'm expecting to watch the original version before I'm leaving Indonesia for US. and if that happens, i guess I have simply have to watch Mike's scoring instead.. If it's released in US theaters.</b><br />
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We wanted to be able to be fair to all our distributors and have the option of going day and date the same in as many territories as possible. As the first film in Indonesian history to do this its a prestigious thing for us. It also helps us all work together to build a solid online campaign that will assist each others domestic promotion. And one last point, I'm a huge fan of Mike's work on this film. Both scores (original / US) are fantastic pieces that totally compliment the film. I'm beyond proud with the results.<br />
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<b>Q. mixolydianDec 2, 2011 03:32 PM<br />
Sometime I wondering how if gareth being once of the victum ikos punch in some scene,... but maybe the title problaby will be Rama vs Giant.....hahaha</b><br />
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A. True story, after Merantau I spoke with Iko about not holding back too much when it came to body hits. We were in a gym and I just told him to go for it and hit my in the stomach a couple of times and see how fast and hard he can hit but with a snap so that it doesn't "wind" the opponent. I figured we could do a practice session and he could use me as a punch bag. First attempt and three punches in that sneaky little fucker with his miserable aim lands a low blow straight to a delicate area. I doubled up almost coughing a ball.<br />
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So to answer your question, no I'll never fight in any of the films. Beyond my fear of scrotal bruising however, I'm also a terrible fighter - it takes skill, precision, rhythm and perfect timing to be a good screen fighter. I'm in my element sitting down, watching a tv monitor and telling those incredibly talented people you see on screen to "do it again!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q. Monik AsenDec 3, 2011 07:15 AM<br />
I want to catch this movie at JAFF this December but I need to ask you first. The one which will be played there is the same version than the one played at INAFFF or will it be the much censored version?</b><br />
A. Oops, sorry for the late reply on this one. As you probably already saw at JAFF, it was the same version we played at INAFFF.<br />
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<b>Q. danDec 19, 2011 01:15 AM<br />
all people ask how you meet iko at interview, but no one ask how you meet Yayan Ruhian, How actualy you meet Yayan and know his talent at choreography?</b><br />
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A. Thank you, finally! Yayan was actually part of the group assembled by Pak Edwel to handle choreography on MERANTAU. I had no intention at the time of casting him as Eric in that film. Not for a long time actually. We had allocated roles to all the choreography team (Pak Edwel, Sugeng and Berry) but hadn't found a part for Yayan yet. We knew Eric was a role that required a 50/50 split with dramatic performance and fighting skills and we searched high and low for someone to fill that spot. Thankfully Anne, my line-producer, suggested we give Yayan a try seeing as he had been the person training with Iko for that fight scene since pre-pro started. <br />
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We gave Yayan a ridiculously long 5 minute monologue to audition for the role, this monologue ended up being cut from the film (we didn't even shoot it) but Yayan's audition blew us away and we knew instantly he had a natural gift for performance as well as beating the shit out of people. Yayan truly is one of the nicest people I've worked with and is an incredibly smart, articulate man. His knowledge of Silat both in a technical and a philosophical level is astounding, and I'm so happy he is such a major part of the Merantau Films family.<br />
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<b>Q. Andy in San Diego and ElsewhereJan 21, 2012 11:08 AM<br />
Uh. Holy. Fuck. Hurry up and drop this in the US!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Alvina EFeb 2, 2012 08:18 PM<br />
Mr. Gareth! When will it be released in the US? Been waiting for this awesome movie since forever--we're dying to see it!:)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>mcNov 28, 2011 07:24 PM<br />
please tell us that it's coming out before April, that seems so long to wait, the wait is already unbearable. this movie is on my mind all day, everyday!</b><br />
A. I'm presuming you're all based in the US - thankfully the awesome guys at SONY PICTURES CLASSICS will be putting the film out in cinemas on March 23rd in the US! Day and date the same as our Indonesian release. Please go out and support it and prove there's a market for martial arts cinema!<br />
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<b>Q. Hameerudin ZawawiJan 28, 2012 09:21 PM<br />
Gareth, when can we see this in Malaysia? The movie's not listed as an upcoming film in local cinemas yet, unfortunately. I hope that's not the case. Please please please bring it here.</b><br />
We have sold to Malaysia, but I'm not sure of their release plans yet. I'm hoping to put a list of territories and release dates up soon once I get confirmation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q. ZakamoFeb 4, 2012 12:58 AM<br />
Great Trailer.... I am desperatly waiting till I can get to see this un the UK eiter at the cinema or on DVD. Also every friend I link to your trailers are too.</b><br />
Cinema release for The Raid in UK is in May. But I'm going to be attending two festivals in 2 weeks time, the Jameson Dublin Film Festival and Glasgow FilmFour Frightfest both on the 25th February!<br />
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<b>Q. Movebee TrailersFeb 7, 2012 06:48 PM<br />
This is a great video nice work! I really appreciate the work you guys are doing keep it up!<br />
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If you like movie trailers you might as well like my blogspot check it :)<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q. Afac3ristFeb 9, 2012 04:05 AM<br />
Where can i buy/see this movie ...the action is amaizing.<br />
I'm from romania...but if i can pay for it online or if the film will come to a film festival in romania..Please let me know</b><br />
A. Again, for Romania I'm not sure of the release plan. I'll get back to you on it once I have any information.<br />
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-47327575264132714742011-11-27T09:31:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:27:40.476-07:00THE RAID TRAILER v.2 !!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
At <b><a href="http://www.inafff.com/2011/" target="_blank">INAFFF</a></b> we premiered the extended trailer for <b>THE RAID</b> featuring a few extra bits of carnage and also a new piece of music by <b>Fajar Yuskemal</b> and <b>Aria Prayogi </b>(who also worked on the sound design for <b>THE RAID</b> while also composing the score for <b>MERANTAU</b>).<br />
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As soon as I have something to announce I will. All I will say is that for those of you outside of Asia who usually are left waiting up to a year for a release, that's not the case this time...<br />
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-22299621251645737332011-11-24T22:06:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:27:55.078-07:00THE RAID TRAILER v.1 IS HERE....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Apologies for the wait and my constant empty promises, but finally I've found some time to get back to the worlds worst kept blog and do some updates.<br />
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It's almost pointless me uploading this now seeing as it's already done the rounds considerably since the roller coaster that has been the last few months. But here it is anyway, a 720p HD upload of Sony's Red-Band trailer featuring music by Mike Shinoda and Joe Trapanese.</div>
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Right off the bat, this is a trailer for a film that has been made for adults. It is not intended for kiddos and contains a significant amount of blood and violence that could be seen as graphic and extreme, so you have been warned.</div>
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"<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="il">Iko</span> <span class="il">Uwais</span></b> is a charming country boy no more....</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;">Twitch is proud to premiere the first trailer for <b>The Raid</b> and while the concept of the Red-Band trailer is unknown in Indonesia let's just say that this first trailer ain't going to get shown on theater screens there any time soon. Or ever. Loaded with a combination of technical fighting and raw brutality the trailer gives it to you straight: This is a movie about a group of men who must kill or be killed and a whole lot of them aren't getting out alive. And as hard as this might be to believe after you've seen the trailer let me tell you this: As crazy as things get this does not spoil any of the biggest moments in the film.</span>"</span></blockquote>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-91712204385941862592011-08-16T21:50:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:29:41.015-07:00New Poster Design: THE RAID<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Apologies guys, I know it's the 2nd time I've promised and not posted the trailer, but I assure you we're working on it. Just happened that we need a bit more time to tweak it. The trailer will be online eventually but we have a few technical hitches that need to be addressed before it is ready to go live. I will keep you all posted when it does.</div>
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Anyway, to make up for the delay below are some badass poster designs by <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/Oswarez">@oswarez </a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iko Uwais as Rama</td> <td width="20"></td> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Taslim as Jaka</td> <td width="20"></td> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pierre Gruno as Wahyu</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ray Sahetapy as Tama</td> <td width="20"></td> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donny Alamsyah as Andi</td> <td width="20"></td> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yayan Ruhian as Mad Dog</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hope you all like the designs, as always any comments you have or questions I'll answer them in the next blog. Awful segue aside....</span></div>
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<b>Q. </b><b>Mungkinkah bisa milih 35mm cell nya yang adegan Luc??? mauuuu >.<</b> / Can I get a 35mm cell of a scene with Luc? <span style="font-size: x-small;">(from PuspitaHassei)</span></div>
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And to both <b>Virginie DuChat </b>and <b>PuspitaHassei</b> again, for the trailer - sorry but we have to wait again. It will come out eventually. We're working on it, and as soon as it's out you'll be first to know!</div>
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Thanks again everyone for your support and continued comments, keep them coming.</div>
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Not going to promise a trailer with the next blog this time. But hopefully it won't be too much longer.</div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-64484391523834319512011-08-13T02:12:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:29:58.763-07:00Not the trailer.... But some BTS...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So we're out in Bangkok now at the awesome <b>SIAM FILM DEVELOPMENT Co. </b>(same post-production facility we used for <b>MERANTAU</b>).</div>
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We're doing all our color grading, final audio mixing and mastering here and while I finally get a chance to sit back and watch other people work their asses off instead of me - I'm roaming around getting little clips of the "finishing touches".</div>
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While we're here in Bangkok, Andi (our online editor) is putting some finishing touches to effects that we simply couldn't achieve practically. He is a genius when it comes to digital squibs and blood fx. Here's a very small sample of his work in one of our major fight scenes.</div>
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For those hoping to get a more clear view of footage (more than one shot) sorry but I'm trying to keep as much hidden for now as possible. The trailer is coming next week, that will show plenty. </div>
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For now I'm gonna keep on teasing these little clips as I fuck around shooting BTS with the HTC.</div>
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<b>Q. Berapa harga DVD specialnya nanti Mr.? / "How much will the special edition DVD cost?" </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(from Ismail Takumi)</span></div>
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A. I've no idea, that's not a decision made by us, but by Jive Collection. I'm guessing it will be a little bit more expensive than the previous release because they have to cover the manufacturing of the extra disc and all the collectible items.<b><br />
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<b>Q. Babule, yang 35mm film cell itu sepanjang apa yak? / How long is the 35mm film cel? </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(from Virginie DuChat)</span></div>
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<b>A. </b>It's one frame only, mounted in a card. Similar to the bonus feature on the <b>RUMAH DARA DVD</b>.</div>
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Thanks also to <b>Kunderemp </b>and <b>A-Bye</b> for your comments.</div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-60522540835705340072011-08-12T00:07:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:30:16.275-07:00MIDNIGHT MADNESS!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Put bluntly, I'm fucking ecstatic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After a mad rush to get a cut of <b>THE RAID</b> submitted in time, I've been overwhelmed by the news that the film will have its <b>WORLD PREMIERE</b> at the <b>TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL</b> in September.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Selected as the <b>opening film</b> of the <b>MIDNIGHT MADNESS</b> program I absolutely cannot wait to see how its first audience responds to the mayhem and carnage we have lined up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is the ultimate achievement we could have hoped for as our film becomes part of an alumni of films and directors I have admired, respected.... and stolen from :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please visit the festival's website <a href="http://tiff.net/thefestival">HERE</a> and also the MIDNIGHT MADNESS section <a href="http://tiff.net/thefestival/filmprogramming/programmes/midnightmadness">HERE</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ok, after reading <b>Ben's</b> comment<b> </b>on buying the Indonesian cut of the film on DVD here in Jakarta, I figure now is as good a time as any to mention on this blog about a planned re-release of the local DVD release by <a href="http://www.jive-collection.com/"><b>JIVE COLLECTION</b></a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're finalizing the materials for the release but one thing we all agreed on was that if we were to do a re-release it had to be worth a "double-dip" purchase not to cheat our fans who came out and supported the film on its first release.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So here's a rough outline on what will be featured on the release.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Indonesian Cut (135mins) *WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">International Cut (107mins) *WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All extra features previously released on US & UK releases including Production Blogs, Making Of, Bloopers, Deleted Scenes, Fight Scene Storyboard Comparisons & a featurette on the Bamboo Pole Stunt (English Subtitles provided)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Promo Reel & Trailers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Original Soundtrack (included as DVD-Rom content)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A Sneak Peak at THE RAID</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Character Poster Postcards</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're looking at ways to get this release available for online orders, as soon as something is more concrete regarding release date and availability I will post it here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. </b></span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Does the Madman deal that cover Australia cover New Zealand as well? And Did you shoot a making of the fight choreography while you guys shot the film? </b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(from MattK77)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. I need to double check, but I would presume it does cover New Zealand also. We did shoot behind the scenes of the fight choreography and will look to produce a side-by-side comparison again like we did for </span><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Merantau</b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">. Thank you also for your kind words, <b>THE RAID</b> has less drama than <b>Merantau</b>, but again we aimed to make the action sequences feel organic and part of the story rather than just random events. Hope you enjoy!</span><b> </b></div>
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<b>Q. Are they pretty strict with violence in Indonesia? I know the states is pretty lax, but not sure about other countries. If so, do you plan on having different versions of the film or sticking to your original concept?</b><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (from kmiller)</span><b><br />
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A. It's really hard to guess how the censors will react. I'm hopeful we will get through unscathed, but we'll see once we submit the film. There won't be different versions of the film, usually when a film is cut here the cuts are made direct to the 35mm prints released in cinemas as opposed to the master material. Internationally I don't see anything in the film that would pose a problem for censors in the US / UK etc. It's a hard "R" rating but we don't overstate the violence.<b> </b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A. Yes I know this isn't really a question, but it's an opportunity for me to tease regarding the trailer. You sir will not have to wait long - the trailer is coming. Maybe the next blog entry.... Unless I write something else first.</span></span></div>
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<b>Q. Any idea when it will release officially in Indonesia? In the first Jan. or last one? or perhaps february? </b><span style="font-size: x-small;">(from PuspitaHassei)</span></div>
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A. We are looking at releasing the film in the end of January, possibly the 19th or 26th. Once we finalize a release date I will post it here. Not sure if it helps, but there's a possibility that the November screening would be on a weekend.</div>
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<b>Next:</b> THE RAID TRAILER (maybe) </div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-11872394250628473532011-08-09T01:17:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:30:32.490-07:00Catch Up #2: Distribution<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">During the shoot I like to edit all the action sequences on location, it's become a force of habit since <b>MERANTAU</b> as it helps us see if the choreography is working and the shots are connecting properly.</span></div>
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As a result of this, we ended up with 2 fully edited scenes by the time <b>Todd Brown</b> paid us a visit on set. It was after that visit that he suggested we prep these two scenes and any other rough cuts we had from the shoot to present at the <b>Cannes Film Market</b> back in May.</div>
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Initially, our plan was to prepare a promo reel - but shooting the film out of sequence and still having a lot of unfinished scenes meant we would instead send 5 sequences from the film that we had completed by that time. These were the major fight scenes in the film that could give buyers a sense of what they would be getting, and how different our approach would be this time round.</div>
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We hoped at best that the scenes would whet the appetite for the buyers leading to potential sales later in the year once the film was complete. However, interest started to mount amongst those that viewed the footage and soon a number of distributors started pre-buying the rights to the film in a number of different territories among them <b>SONY PICTURES</b> for the <b>US</b>, <b>ALLIANCE</b> for <b>CANADA</b> and <b>MOMENTUM PICTURES</b> for the <b>UK</b>.</div>
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We have been genuinely humbled by the response and are proud to be able to announce that THE RAID sold to the following territories so far.</div>
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Following taken from <a href="http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/05/sony-picks-up-the-raid-for-us-distribution-leading-a-wave-of-international-distribution-deals.php"><b>Twitch</b></a>.</div>
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US (Sony), Canada (Alliance), the UK (Momentum), Australia (Madman), France (SND), Germany (Koch), Japan (Kadokawa), China (HGC) and Turkey (Calinos) with further deals currently being finalized that will cover the Benelux, East Asia and other territories. I'm not going to hit you with the full press release but here's the reaction from Scott Shooman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So there you go, if your country is listed above THE RAID should be coming your way in the near future. If not, I will keep updating any other territories sold as and when that happens. Fingers crossed we can announce more sales in the coming months.</span><br />
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<b>Q. </b><b> Will be in Jakarta and Bali from october 17 to oct 31 and was wondering if there is any early viewing schedule for the movie?</b> (Ben)</div>
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A. First up, huge thanks for the incredibly kind words in your comment can't begin to explain how amazing it feels to know a film I made connects with a viewer. Your support goes a long way.<br />
To answer your question, unfortunately we don't have a screening in Indonesia during those dates but we do have a sneak screening lined up in Jakarta sometime mid-November. Where are you based? We are touring the film at festivals starting September so who knows, it may play nearby.</div>
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<b>Q. When can we expect a trailer? </b>(Kmiller)<b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As a sidenote the trailer is pretty violent, so please bear that in mind. I got a lot of complaints locally from people about MERANTAU being too violent for kids, and my response is "absolutely it is too violent for kids - I made it for adults". THE RAID... it's 100% made for adults. I've never been one to dwell on violence in an explicit way but the violence here is like a gut punch, it's fast and brutal but it has a lasting effect.</span><br />
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And <b>Alex </b>thanks for your comment also, hope these updates make up for such a ridiculously long absence!</div>
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Next blog will cover the announcement of our World Premiere. </div>
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Until then, thanks for reading!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Last year at the first ActionFest in North Carolina, <b>MERANTAU</b> was honored with the prize for Best Film. As a sign of thanks and goodwill to a festival that shows so much passion and respect to a genre that often is neglected and ignored at major awards ceremonies, we decided to prepare little video for the audience that played before one of many truly kick ass films.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The video has since featured on <b>Twitch, </b>you can find the article<b> </b><a href="http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/04/get-your-first-taste-of-iko-uwais-in-the-raid-serbuan-maut.php">HERE</a> or play the clip below...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Also released was a gallery of <a href="http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/04/the-first-official-stills-for-the-raid-give-me-a-headache.php">stills</a> again at <b>Twitch</b> I've added them below along with a few new images...</span><br />
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-91971038296702974182011-08-05T06:36:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:31:22.803-07:00A shit ton of stuff to catch up on, but first apologies...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Okay so I'm useless at this. I've followed many filmmakers blogs, ones that regularly update with ease and I honestly have no idea how they can stay so disciplined. I tried but failed.<br />
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The production process on this flick has been killer, way harder than anything we encountered on <b>MERANTAU</b>. We wrapped on June 8th at around 5.30am after a stupifyingly long day that literally left cast and crew with nothing but fumes to work from. The cheers from that final call of "its a wrap" a mixture of happiness and relief. We all got our normal lives handed back to us, and finally I could spent time with my family (before launching straight into post-production). <br />
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I won't even try to cover what happened over the course of the rest of the shoot in one blog. It's futile, there's too much to talk about. From the schedule which changed on a weekly sometimes daily basis, to the action scenes that we adapted to fit our shooting time, stunts that went according to plan, others that took way too long for us to get right. It all culminated in one clear thought.<br />
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Filmmaking is a bitch to get right.<br />
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But there is nothing I'd rather destroy my health and sanity doing. <br />
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I'm so shit at updating you all that I've actually wrapped the film, began and finished the offline edit and in a few days time will be winging my way to Thailand to complete color grading and sound mixing on the final cut of the film ready for it to make it's way to it's World Premiere...but more on that later.<br />
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I will at some point get round to writing up an adequate report that covers all the goings on in the shoot and my later equally sleep-deprived editing sessions but before then I need to backtrack a fair few steps and release a shit ton of news that I really should have covered a long time ago along with some recent and just plain amazing news that has left me both excited and terrified in equal measure.<br />
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Thanks to <b>Sam</b> and <b>Xino</b> for their kind words in the last blog. Again if anyone has any questions feel free to ask away I will do my best to answer each of them in upcoming blog entries.</div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-64214427177689120772011-04-01T05:04:00.000-07:002012-10-17T08:31:38.264-07:00Week One, Week Two and a bit of Three...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I originally started to write this in week 1, now a few weeks later I'm having to add more just to bring it up to date. In my defense, I've been just a tad busy. I do regularly post little snaps and comments on twitter so should you be interested you can follow my exploits here: <br />
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You'll have to excuse my sometimes emo-ish rants about nothing of particular importance, sometimes I forget I'm a 30 year old man.<br />
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Anyway, back to the blog. The first week has been an exercise in sleep deprivation and chaos that has given me an instant reminder of what I've missed so badly since the shoot of <b>MERANTAU</b>. Despite having to walk around the dusty set wearing what ends up being a foul sweat filled cup of a mask every day I absolutely love being back behind the camera.<br />
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Minor discomforts aside the only thing I truly hate during the whole shooting process is "time" and the fact that it has a limit. Ten more days would be one bliss comfort. Especially for the fight scenes.<br />
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The first week of a shoot is a litmus test for cast and crew to see how we gel, naturally some shots/scenes get dropped and me and my brilliant AD team (Dondy, Plenthonk, Gita, Bendolt and Oim you guys kick ass) search frantically in our tight schedule to re-arrange or re-shoot.<br />
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While writing this all the days are a blur, day one is no different from day 8. I remember sights and sounds but not the order in which they happened. Shooting a film is a delirious experience with time hurtling you forward while you see each scene unfold on the monitor with varying degrees of success. I've had every frame of this film in my head for just under a year, now its sitting on my laptop.<br />
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I'd love to share anecdotes about shooting but I have a deep hatred of "pat yourselves on the backs" promo materials where everyone says everyone is great, best person they've ever worked with etc. Having said that I've got nothing but praise for my cast and crew who have withstood intensely long days with over 2000 slates within 15 days. To give a shout out to any individual person would make me an inconsiderate asshole to the remaining 100+ people who we have worked with so far. So you're all brilliant, you're all amazing and the best people I've ever worked with. Readers you can feel free to call me out as a fucking hypocrite for that one.<br />
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One of the overwhelming feelings I've had this time round is just how much action we're shooting, I don't necessarily mean fight scenes but manouvers, chases, any moment where its all physical rather than drama. So far in just over 15 days we've shot around 95% action 5% drama but even then the drama has been more of a lead-in to the action. Panic set in until I saw the schedule again and finally focused on how action heavy the shoot is in the first 2 months. If all goes well we will only have 2 more martial arts scenes left to shoot by April. Time for Iko and the fighters to rest, which they desperately need cos this has been a mean shoot each day with more injuries than I'm comfortable with.<br />
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I'm not going to go into details about the fight scenes as I'm not too keen on giving away plot details associated with each fight but from what we have shot I can say that our intentions with this film are becoming a lot more clear and a lot more focused. This is a major departure from what some viewed as soft choreography in <b>MERANTAU</b>. Gloves are definitely off for this one with all the guys performing 100% with some mean and nasty slams, stabs, punches and kicks. My mum wouldn't approve but I'll make her that rom-com I promised someday to make up for it.<br />
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We've had a few set visits this time out, we were happy to have the winners of our competition arrive and take a look around on set. They got to see first hand how boring and time consuming it is to shoot an action film. You don't get to 2000+ slates without a little repetition. We were also graced with visits from the guys at <b>Filmoo.com</b>, <b>The Mo Brothers</b> and <b>Joko Anwar</b>.<br />
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Then the mighty Canadian, <b>Mr Todd Brown</b> came along after the Hong Kong Filmart to check up on things. I should explain a little about his involvement - Todd came on board way back when we were shooting <b>MERANTAU</b>. After taking a look at our initial BTS promos he took an interest and along with our sales agent <b>Golden Network</b> helped us pretty much get all of the international recognition that we ended up getting for our first flick. We were beyond naïve until Todd came along, we had no idea how the industry worked at an International level. So with him on board suddenly our little project that we had intended to only hit at a local level expanded significantly with Todd putting us in touch with our sales agent and handling our festival strategy.<br />
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Suffice to say, we wanted to work with him again. So we are. Todd is on board as Exec Producer through <b>XYZ FILMS</b> alongside partner <b>NATE BOLOTIN</b>. They have been a huge support to me and this project since I first proposed it so in all honesty the set visit had me just a tad nervous. There's more at stake this time round and playing the footage and rough cuts warts and all is a horrible experience. Thankfully they seem more than happy with the results so far. There will be a lot of tweaks before its close to how I envision it being in the final cut but its given us more drive and energy to see each day of work go towards something that people outside of the four walls of the studio consider special.</div>
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Until next time, here's my shitty snaps...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ass Kicker of the month Yandi getting into character.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yayan (Mad Dog) and Joe Taslim (Jaka)</td></tr>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-24496716831166037162011-03-05T03:57:00.000-08:002011-03-05T03:57:04.265-08:00Camera testing, the press conference, Berandal and sometimes this happens...<center style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WARNING:</b></center> If you haven't already seen <b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">MERANTAU</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">, please don't read the section<br />
on<b> </b></span><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">BERANDAL</b><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> as it contains some spoilers for the finale of the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Late updates seem to be becoming something of a regular feature on this blog but as we are now 9 days away from DAY ONE of the production things are naturally getting more and more hectic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyway, here's the latest blog during which I'll cover what we've been up to the past week.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>CAMERA TEST</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prior to shooting it's customary to conduct a day or two for a camera test. This is basically an opportunity for the crew to work together, figure out the best work flow for all departments while testing specific make up effects, camera rigging, lighting setups and sound recording. We conducted a lot of tests during the day we spent<b></b> in the studio from squibs tests, controlled explosions to a claustrophobic set that allowed us to try out some rigging enabling the camera to track and turn 180 degrees in a wall less than 1m wide.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The test highlighted a lot of pitfalls (essential for us prior to production as we still have time to fix any issues) but also gave us confirmation as a lot of our more experimental ideas were executed without a hitch.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once Matt is less busy and has time to update his blog he will go into a lot more detail regarding the camera test and rigging we plan to use on the film. For now here's some snaps I took while I should have been busy working.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lighting setup at the studio.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Panasonic AF-100 setup with Nanoflash recorder and Bartec follow focus <br />
set up on the fig rig – this is fucking heavy we are unlikely to use this setup for<br />
the film we’re now looking at some shoulder mount setups.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparing for a birds eye view shot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of our more claustrophobic locations.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tegar Satrya (as Bowo) after a spot of bother.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>THE PRESS CONFERENCE</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earlier this week we held a press conference to announce the production of <b>THE RAID</b> at <b>FX Mall</b>. It was a good turn out and the press seemed very enthusiastic and supportive of us as we detailed our 2nd film.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Raid team.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As we have already announced the cast for the film at the press con, here finally, is the full list of actors and actresses that will feature in <b>THE RAID</b>....</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <u style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">THE RAID</u></div><br />
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<tr> <td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Iko Uwais</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rama</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Joe Taslim</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Jaka</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Donny Alamsyah</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Andi</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pierre Gruno</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wahyu</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ray Sahetapy</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tama</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yayan Ruhian</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mad Dog</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tegar Satrya</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bowo</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Iang Darmawan</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Gofar</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eka Rahmadia</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Dagu</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Verdi Solaiman</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Budi</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fikha Effendi</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Isa</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">R. Iman Aji</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Ari</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Henky Solaiman</td><td align="center" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;" width="10">- </td><td style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bapak</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our thanks go out to the press that turned up and continue to support us since <b>Merantau</b>, we're still a relatively new production house in Indonesia and we're very grateful for the way they have welcomed us. We talked about the production and the differences between <b>Merantau</b> and <b>The Raid</b> (stuff I've already bored you guys with in the first 3 blogs so I won't re-iterate).... We also spoke about our plans for release, and "hint hint" a possible special advanced screening right here in Indonesia towards the end of 2011, way before our planned release in January 2012. So fans, keep your eyes peeled once I get confirmation I'll be sure to announce it here.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>BERANDAL...</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Naturally, a lot of questions since we announced <b>THE RAID</b> at the press conference revolved around <b>BERANDAL </b>and why it has been delayed. Outside of the fact that the project had grown in scope and various scheduling issues preventing us from being able to cement a production date, there have been developments in the project since. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While developing <b>THE RAID</b> in script form I started to toy around with the idea of creating a link between it and <b>BERANDAL</b>. And now I can announce that <b>BERANDAL</b> will actually serve as a sequel to <b>THE RAID</b> providing a continuation for <b>Iko Uwais</b>' character <b>Rama</b>. While some would see this news as a spoiler (i.e. his character doesn't die) I feel that if I killed off his character again so soon after <b>MERANTAU</b> I'd be one almighty fucking hack bereft of ways to finish a film. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So there you go, spoiler.... Iko survives and lives to fight another day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In <b>BERANDAL</b> we plan to explore the criminal world and introduce more side characters while creating a franchise for <b>IKO UWAIS</b>, but not one in which his character stays the same throughout. Our plan is to show a growth in each film as experiences begin to shape and mutate his personality for better and for worse.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SOMETIMES THIS HAPPENS...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yep<b>.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>AND FINALLY, THE Q&A...</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. Do you plan on doing another one-shot fight scene?</b> (from Kelly)<br />
A. We don’t have plans to do a one-shot fight scene in <b>THE RAID</b>, the choreography design has to fit a shot like that. My focus has always been to showcase the complexity of the choreography and the guys have been pretty intricate with their fighting style on this one so every time I do try to do a single shot scene it doesn’t capture the choreography to its fullest. So unfortunately we won’t have a single shot fight sequence this time round, but we do have some uninterrupted long takes that are going to piss off my DoP immensely ☺<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. I'm excited about the first person pov (but also glad you're not sacrificing the clear fight scenes). Any chance we'll get a preview of it? </b>(From Kris)<br />
A. For the POV shots we’ve done limited testing and aren’t planning to use it that often, only a small fraction of shots will be done using this system. We will see how it works once we shoot the fight sequences during production, I doubt I will preview it to be honest as I want to keep as much of the film fresh and unknown as possible. You won’t be getting an almost 3min trailer this time round… that was overkill on <b>MERANTAU</b>. This time we’re going leaner with our trailer enough to tease without spoiling what’s to come.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Q. In recent days there are news that make me worried. As you know, government apply new tax for foreign movie. I wish this movie in Indonesia will not be considered as foreign movie nor have difficulty to be played in Indonesia cinemas.</span> </b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(From Kunderemp)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> A. Not to worry, everything about <b>THE RAID</b> is an Indonesian production. Fully financed here, production company, staff etc. The only thing bule about it is me, the DoP and our fantastic Exec Producers at <b>XYZ FILMS</b>. So for sure the film classifies as Indonesian.<br />
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<b>Q. Do you have any plans to shoot in 3D, like a fight scene? </b></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(From R</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ezcinema)<br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Besides the obvious budget issues personally, I don’t really like 3D. I can’t watch a film in 3D for longer than 10mins before I start to get a headache so the thought of spending months editing a film in 3D is just too much. Also, I genuinely wouldn’t know what to do with the medium besides throwing shit at the audience. I don’t really see how it would benefit a film like this. The talk is about complete immersion in the world of a film – but I don’t feel immersed in a 3D world, cos its not truly 3D its just layers with extra depth.</span></span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Other far more talented filmmakers than me can run with 3D technology, I’m happy to stick with 2D.<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. </b></span><b><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Will there be a</span> "<span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">bloody"</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">hot</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">looking</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">guy</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">?</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">A guy </span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">that will be</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">covered in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">blood</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">?</span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b> </b>(From Puspitasari)</span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. There will be blood.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Broken bones. And chaos.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Okay that's it for now, more next week as Day One approaches ever faster, please keep your questions coming in...</span></span>Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-88488536906393427502011-02-15T08:31:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:32:13.481-07:00Choreography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Working on the choreography for <b>Merantau</b> was a great experience. The team were always open to discussion and the whole process was truly a collaborative effort.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On <b>The Raid</b> we've continued to use the same approach. For each scene I give the guys a situation, a sense of location, number of opponents and any weapons or props that could be at hand and then from there they would workshop the scene themselves. I'm not a choreographer, I have a very basic understanding of silat so all of the technical elements of the choreography is entirely left to both <b>Iko Uwais</b> and <b>Yayan Ruhian</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Where I come in is to help shape the fight giving more in terms of pacing and tone figuring out with them the order of the opponents and finding ways to either maintain a breakneck pace or to find moments for the audience to breathe. Occasionally I will have specific ideas in mind for stunt sequences but then once we return to the hand to hand combat the team resume complete control.</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next step in the process is for the roles to be assigned. During pre-pre-production on <b>Berandal</b> our casting department at the time <b>Icha </b>(Melisa Hana Kristianty),<b> Fadi </b>(Fadiptya Hadi)<b> </b>& <b>Asep</b> (Yoghi Andre Mulyanto) scoured Indonesia for fighters of all backgrounds to feature in the film. As <b>Berandal</b> got delayed, then pushed back even further we were lucky enough to still have folders full of names to call upon for use in <b>The Raid</b>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With everyone together they then go through the choreography learning each move, while building a sense of trust with each other (this is hugely important) before I come in and make a video storyboard for each sequence. The video storyboard is basically handycam footage shot and edited to be as close to the final film as possible. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using this time in pre-production helps us find a rhythm to the fight sequences and allows us a chance to fix any problems in the choreography design, shot decisions or editing way before production begins. We don't have the benefit of experience as other filmmakers working within this genre, so this process helps us enormously to craft our action sequences. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Later in production we use the video storyboards as a template for all departments to use as a reference including our on-location editor who then replaces the edits in the timeline with the final shot delivered straight from camera. Nothing is ever perfect, and this on-location editing process allows us to be as sure as possible that we have a functioning sequence that is free of any jarring edits before we move onto our next scene/location.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Earlier in the first blog I spoke about how I've become bored of watching martial arts films where the only interest lies in the action. Apologies but I'm going to repeat myself here. Often I sit to watch a movie and I find myself amazed and in awe on the first viewing, but then when it comes to the 2nd and 3rd time round I'm skipping forward only to see the fight sequences. What I hoped to achieve with <b>Merantau</b> and what I hope to continue with <b>The Raid</b> is to make a film that would work just as well as a drama as it would an action film. Although in all honesty, <b>The Raid</b> is going to be one breezy drama, with our action kicking in around the 15mins mark and barely letting up until the final shot.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When you see a film like <b>Ip Man</b> or <b>Flashpoint</b> what makes the fight sequences so thrilling is not purely the choreography on display but the fact that we as an audience have invested a certain amount of time in the characters and that the fight sequences genuinely count for something. They're not filler, they have a sense of worth and purpose. That's what I hope to do with this movie, spend enough time fleshing out the characters and storylines so that when the action comes it's got a certain weight behind it, with more at stake than just how cool the fight looks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The differences between <b>The Raid</b> and <b>Merantau</b> lie within our presentation of Silat. Due to the psychology of Iko's character in <b>Merantau</b> as someone who sought a peaceful solution to any obstacle faced his fighting style started more stand-offish before becoming increasingly aggressive as the film went on. In <b>The Raid</b> however, every attack is a life or death situation therefore the choreography design is way more direct, more brutal and less merciful. People are going to get a kick out of the fights and stunts we have lined up, it's pretty punishing stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Another difference is that we are accommodating more fighting styles into the mix this time round. With each film we hope to introduce new talents so we give our supporting cast their own moment to showcase their skills in fight scenes designed specifically to their strengths. National Judo champion <b>Joe Taslim</b> has a brutal fight where he gets to showcase throws, grappling techniques and pure upper body strength while <b>Eka</b> (who some of you will recognise as a stunt performer from <b>Merantau</b>) is given more to do as a swat team member in a major group fight sequence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We've also worked to establish a sense of hierarchy amongst the opponents they face. As a kid growing up seeing the incredible <b>Dick Wei</b> (<b>My Lucky Stars</b>, <b>Heart of Dragon</b>) appear in a <b>Jackie Chan</b> movie always signalled an upcoming fight that was going to be more than just a goon being beaten in a few hits. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This guy was a formidable opponent, and a serious challenger to the antagonist. The plan is to build up a certain degree of expectation in the audience so that each opponent carries with them an element of danger, that they could very well tip the balance and cause an upset.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are also looking to explore more in terms of camera movement this time round to accommodate this shift in fighting style. Our plan is to really experiment with the flexibility offered by the technology we have at hand and see how to best serve the choreography. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panasonic AG-AF100: Very light and flexible, this will be used <br />
for 95% of the shoot with a PL Mount & Zeiss Cine Lenses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panasonic AG-HCK10: Used for one extremely claustrophobic <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Testing the GoPro HD cams, we later opted for the Panasonic AG-HCK10 <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For anyone worried, no we will not be doing a bunch of shitty close-up rapid edits - my team worked their asses off for months designing kick ass choreography and I intend to show it all with as much clarity and fluidity as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not many questions this time round, but I'll answer those that asked.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. Just want to ask, do you have any female roles in this film, and if so who is playing them? </b>(From A-Bye)</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. We do have some female characters in the film, Rama (Iko's character) has a wife expecting a baby at the start of the movie. I'll announce the cast in another blog update soon, so until then I won't mention any names yet (though my cast are doing a pretty shitty job of keeping details quiet - just check their twitter accounts if you absolutely must know who is involved.)</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. Mr. Ray Sahetapy is playing in this film also? Is he playing Tama?</b> (From Sam Na'a)</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Ray Sahetapy is indeed in the film, and yes he will be playing Tama. Absolutely cannot wait to work with him on this role. He has some killer scenes and it's great to have someone of his seniority lending his talents to this film. Again, I'll have more details on casting in the next blog.</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><i><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And finally regarding the bootcamp blog and the boat carrying punishment my favourite question...</span></i><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Q. Who fucked up? & Let me guess, was it Iko who fucked up? </b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(From our awesomely loyal Facebook Fans Surya Adiputra & Narpati Wisjnu Ari Pradana</span></span><a class="actorName" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=701758459" href="http://www.facebook.com/soerthedoer"></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">)</span><br style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A. Iko always fucks up, that much is a guarantee, but for the bootcamp I think everyone had their moment to show their abilities in fucking up. Thankfully they learnt a lot also and have come back saluting and shooting like pro's.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">That's it for this week, as always, thanks for reading and if you have any questions please add them to the comments section below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Cheers! </span></div>
Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-7570184649338795372011-02-06T06:54:00.001-08:002012-10-17T08:32:28.136-07:00Bootcamp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Partly to bestow a feeling of authenticity and partly so I could make my actors suffer, we sent the guys that make up the key members of the swat team to do bootcamp training. We were lucky to have the support of <b>Kopaska</b> (<i>Komando Pasukan Katak - Indonesia's Navy SEAL</i>) as their instructors who put them through a 5 day intensive course so they could learn the basics of weapons use, strategic attacks and defense techniques.<br />
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They all came together as a group laying down the foundations for the chemistry I need to exploit in the film. It helped that each person threw themselves into it in a big way, while we gave some notes in order to gradually establish a sense of hierarchy and authority. <b>Joe Taslim</b> (playing Jaka in the film) showed exactly why he was cast as the leader of the group, he's a fucking towering presence leading them through drills. After seeing how dedicated and committed he has been to this project from choreography to bootcamp he should be coming out of this film a seriously big name.<br />
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We had our behind the scenes team taking footage of their experience throughout and once we start releasing video blogs it will definitely be a part of the collection. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Weapons orientation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eka testing a Heckler & Koch MP5</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iko Uwais at the firing range.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vehicle exit techniques.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locate and capture exercise #1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locate and capture exercise #2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locate and capture exercise #3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locate and capture exercise #4</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locate and capture exercise #5</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The SERBUAN MAUT team.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">....And someone fucked up again.</td></tr>
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So that's it for this week, next I'll talk a little more about the choreography design and shed some light on <b>Berandal</b> also. We're currently preparing materials for a press con to announce production in the coming weeks. We'll be making a teaser poster for <b>Serbuan Maut</b> soon, once it's completed I'll post it on here along with any other materials we give out.</div>
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Until then if you have any questions at all please feel free to post them in the comments section and I'll do my best to answer as many of them as possible.</div>
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Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-772048354894726740.post-42793988408794761882011-02-06T06:45:00.000-08:002012-10-17T08:32:40.523-07:00An Introduction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'll start off immediately by saying I'm most likely going to be quite a shitty blogger. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's going to be a bunch of times where I forget to update this as production gets busier, but I hope throughout I can provide as much insight as possible into the shoot on our new film "<b>Serbuan Maut</b>" (aka <b>The Raid</b>).</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yayan Ruhian (left) and Iko Uwais (right) enjoying another day at the office.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<b>Serbuan Maut</b>" came to be after spending a year trying to get "<b>Berandal</b>" off the ground. <b>Berandal</b>, a gangster, prison movie was initially meant to be Iko's follow-up after <b>Merantau</b>. But as that project started to grow in scope and budgets in Indonesia started to shrink to freakishly low levels we chose rather than try to shoot "<b>Berandal</b>" on a limited budget and lose the scope and size we wanted from it, we would shift focus and tell a different story altogether, one we could make without sacrificing quality and keeping investors happy.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For anyone that doesn't know yet, here's the official synopsis for the film:</span></span><br />
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A swat team arrives at a rundown apartment block with a mission to remove its owner, a notorious drug lord named Tama. The building has never been raided before, never been touched by police. Seen as a no go zone it has since become a sanctuary to killers, gangs, rapists and thieves seeking accommodation in the one place they know they cannot be touched.<br />
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Making their move in the break of dawn the swat team work their way up the building under cover of silence. But when a chance encounter with a spotter blows their cover and with news of their assault traveling to Tama in his penthouse suite the building is locked down with all lights out and all exits blocked. <br />
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Stranded on the 6th floor the swat team must fight their way through every floor and every room not just to complete their mission but to survive.</div>
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<b>Inspiration</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Since I was a kid, I was obsessed with a <b>Chow Yun Fat</b> film called "<b>Peace Hotel</b>" (Directed by <b>Wai Ka Fai</b>). I was never able to track it down in the UK and only had the poster image below and a vague synopsis to go by.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peace Hotel (1995) </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I loved the concept of an isolated building that offered sanctuary to criminals, but when I finally saw it over 15 years later my "imagined" version of the film was completely different to what I eventually saw. I had imagined a dark, noirish film with danger on every floor with the action confined to an interior space filled with shadows and dread. I also imagined it would have a lot more action, instead of the light hearted, sweet romantic angle the film eventually took.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But the central concept stuck with me.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After spending most of "<b>Merantau</b>" sitting waiting for the rain to stop, my natural progression was to set the next film indoors as much as possible. 95% of the duration seemed about right. I started watching a bunch of films for inspiration, classics like <b>Assault on Precinct 13</b> and <b>Die Hard</b> looking for how to structure the story, how to develop the action scenes in as natural a way as possible.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What I've always wanted to do is find a way to mix genres together, to bring more to a martial arts film than just purely the action. I know this is the key ingredient that most fans of the genre (myself included) want to see, but to me if that's the only thing of worth then it's a dull experience. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With <b>Serbuan Maut</b>, we're planning to explore different shooting styles and atmospheres as the film mutates to allow tonal shifts and genre changes. The central concept of a swat team stuck inside a building with attackers all around them opens up a lot of options for us not just to explore the action choreography but to give a genuine feeling of suspense and tension, even horror.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shooting is due to start mid-March during which I'll be posting on set photos and stories about our experiences shooting the film. Before then we have the soul crushing boredom of pre-production. Once we announce the cast or have anything interesting to share I'll post it here. In the meantime, the films DOP <b>Matt Flannery</b> will be posting about his experiences using the new <b>Panasonic AG-AF100</b> and detailing all the rigging specifically designed for the film.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can find his blog at: <a href="http://matt-flannery.blogspot.com/">http://matt-flannery.blogspot.com</a> </span></span></div>
Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041067679954613734noreply@blogger.com2