“Do Something…” BTS – Video 8

We have reached the end of production! Woot!

Eight weekends of filming, nearly 45 hours of raw footage, and a little bit of stress-fuelled gastrointestinal breakdown, but we got it.

In this video, script supervisor Janice smack-talks the whole team, producer Keith thanks everyone by swearing a lot, and director Darren lies around in bed.

Tough shoot!

 

 

This concludes our first series of behind the scenes videos. We’ll be taking a short break from production, then returning with a second series, focussing on the Post Production process.

A special thanks to Jenny Wilkinson of Redbud Films, who produced and edited these first 8 videos.

“Do Something…” – Weekend 7

We are nearing the end of our first series of behind the scenes videos for “Do Something With Your Life”.

Weekend 7: Nearing the end of principal photography. Here, we see the cast and crew filming at Yaggers Bar, an office, in a studio built as an office,  a cafe, and the Grouse Mountain Eye of the Wind (the big wind turbine).

One of the biggest challenges of shooting for 8 consecutive weekends is that people start to get tired. Luckily, even when things don’t go the way you’d planned, a sense of humor, a dance party or a fake blow up can really lighten the mood.

 

Enjoy!

Full Moon Tonight

The Borrowtime team took part in the Bloodshots 2011 48hr Filmmaking Challenge.

Here, we are given 2 days to write, shoot, edit and deliver a 7min (max) movie. We love these.

Our inspiration package consisted of a tape cassette, a pair of scissors, a theme (ours was ‘Handicapped Horror’) and a line of dialogue (“We don’t talk about the accident”)

We stayed up a really long time, drank a fair amount of coffee, and in the end, needed only 47.5 hrs to make this Comedic tribute to 80′s horror movies.

It’s got girls, werewolves, synth music and blood. What’s not to love at Halloween?

We won the prize for best makeup and costume, and the screening of the movie at the Rio theatre was full of laughter.

Enjoy!

 

Behind the Scenes: “Do Something With Your Life”

Here we discuss shooting in noisy areas, building a backyard wrestling ring, and we meet several of the cast members!

Enjoy!

The Camera and Art Departments

Another behind the scenes episode from the feature, “Do Something With Your Life”.

This time we look at the artistry in the frame, from the cinematography and production design aspects, and some of the work that goes into making an ultra low budget movie.

Director of Photography Jordan Ewan and Production Designer Shazia Mawani take us through some of their processes on set.

These two very talented people did a fantastic job of making the film look good. From lighting the scenes, operating the camera, decorating the sets and pounding pro wrestlers into submission, Jordan and Shaz are very responsible for the look of this film. Very colourful, and very awesome.

More to come next week!

Do Something With Your Life – Using What You’ve Got

As we near the completion of post production on the feature film “Do Something With Your Life”, we want to show you some behind the scenes clips. This one focusses on our third weekend of production, and some of our cast and crew discuss the importance of using resources that are available to you, to keep the budget down.

There will be a new video posted later this week, so be sure to check back soon!

Enjoy!

 

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Ninja Inc.

Every now and then, we work as Directors to make short films for the Vancouver Film School’s Writing Dept.

This is my homage to 70′s kung-fu and ninja movies.

Featuring Sean Gilchrist, Jason Vaisvila, Stephen LeBail, Sidika Larbes and introducing Bruce Balino as Jet.

Produced by Wade Fennig

Written by Bruce  Balino

Directed, edited, mixed and coloured by Darren Borrowman

Do Something With Your Life – Behind the Scenes 1

In preparation for the release of our first feature film, “Do Something With Your Life”, we’ll be releasing brand new videos from behind the scenes. With interviews, out-takes, and funny anecdotes, you’ll probably want to keep checking back here every week to see what it’s like making a feature length movie on a tiny budget.

 

Here’s is Video 1. Behind the scenes.

 

Do Something With Your Life – Trailer

Here it is, friends! The trailer to our first feature film, screening soon at a festival near you!

 

With our post production wrapping up, we are very excited to getting this film out there! Behind the scenes videos will be released on a weekly basis too, so keep your eyes peeled!

Bob & Andrew Season 2 Finale

Well, this is it. The final episode of season 2.

Bob and Andrew have taken their significant others into the forest to break up with them. Great idea, right?

 

…..Right?

 

Things don’t go exactly as planned when the dual relationship intervention unfolds. What’s Lauren doing in the woods? Will Amy and Andrew stay together? What’s Bob going to do about Spencer? Those answers as well as hundreds more questions in our finale episode of our second season!