archived-videos HOPE - A hunger games film BTS

[TwinCities]

Hey all, I just wanted to share with you the two behind the scenes episodes we had for a film I'm working on writing and perfecting currently. A short film in honor of The Hunger Games.

So the story is very simple: we had everything written, everything set up, all the props, the locations, even 25 actors! The only thing preventing us was the weather. Living in Wisconsin, it got up to -13 degrees the day we had set to film with everyone. So after a few hours, I decided to make the directorial decision to just call it quits.

After several attempts at re-filming and recasting, actors would not cooperate (mainly the diva main character. ) So it's going to moved to spring and entirely rewritten, perfected, etc. Probably will be shot over the summer, but I want to make it into a feature length deal.

Anyhow, here are those behind the scenes videos. It was turning out amazing, but alas, not everything works out. It was a wonderful experience, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qCMZW4bEj4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daPqrTIvhv0

 

[8salacious9]

I thought i was watching something like chronicle for a minute there another found footage thing lol

 

[MissingProductions]

It got up to -13 degrees

My sides.

 

[Will Vincent]

It got up to -13 degrees

My sides.

There've been quite a few days this winter that -13 was in fact a heatwave in the upper midwest. Fairly certain the high today is somewhere around 0.. and trust me, compared to the weather a few weeks ago it feels downright tropical out.

 

[knightly]

It got up to -13 degrees

My sides.

Here's my local weather from November 1 to today. -25F air temp, -50F wind chills in there… Over 0F is bringing out people in light jackets around here.

http://www.wunderground.com/history...014&req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA

 

[MissingProductions]

That's insane. Respect to you guys filming with that weather.

 

[knightly]

We did actually shoot during weather like this a few years back for a competition and again for a commercial promo video… it was a good call to cancel the shoot. That day was awesome and sucked all at the same time. It was cold enough for the promo that I had to remove the camera battery after every take and put it inside my jacket to keep it running throughout the shoot -- cold and batteries don't mix… Can't wait to see your rewrite.

 

[TwinCities]

It got up to -13 degrees

My sides.

Yeah, as the other's have said, it's been jumping between (combined with windchill) -20 F to -65 F for this past month or so. Crazy.