In 2 days! On 4/6 you can watch Meme Director Sean Mannion's science fiction short film Time Signature. Time Signature features Kitty Ostapowicz as Danielle, a young woman who meets her favorite musician, Astra, and discovers that Astra is a time traveler, who has returned to change the course of Danielle's life.
A year ago we wrapped principal photography. Crazy! We're still working on finishing post-production, but in the meantime here's a clip with some behind-the-scenes from our shoot day last year (made using the VHS Cam app).
A brief look at our final day of Principal Photography back in August 2015. Shot on the VHS Camcorder app for iOS. Have you shot anything using this app? Share it with us!
This lonely VCR was the last thing we shot as part of our opening credits shoot for the film. Two fun nights doing some stop motion with retro media.
Behind the scene of our test shoot today for the opening credits sequence. Producer Carolyn Maher playing with some VHS ribbon.
Lisa Hammer (star of our film within a film Beneath the Black Moon) is currently battling cancer. You can support her by getting her early films on VHS. Read about it over on Lunchmeat VHS Fanzine!
If our favorite new and upcoming movies had classic VHS-style cover art.
A peek at part of the post-production process
Interesting take on aspect ratios. Meme is mostly 2.35 but we'll also be playing with 4:3.
For any of you interested in the editing process, this interview with the editor of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot about the process of post for that film is pretty interesting. Covers some of their workflow for Final Cut Pro X (which is what we're editing Meme on)
It's awesome that VHS collecting gets a nod in this piece. My parents still have a Sanyo (made by Funai) DVD / VCR combo in their living room, and though the DV...D reader crapped out long ago, the VCR is still as good as ever. They can stop making VCRs, but realistically, these machines will exist in secondary markets for many, many years to come.
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It's National VCR Day, Tapeheads! Give your VCR some extra TLC today for all the hard rewind work it spins for you all year round! SHARE AND CELEBRATE!!
HD Video on VHS Tape? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT4lDU-QLUY
#tbt to the time Donatello knew exactly what to do, dude!! Fire it up, Videovores!! #TeenageMutantNinjaTapeheads
Fascinating and exceedingly informative read on the origin of magentic tape recording, which of course, spawned the existence of our favorite format. Only analog is real, Tapeheads. Dig it.
http://www.recode.net/…/tape-recording-70th-anniversary-jac…
#BTSSaturday Sarah Schoofs (Jennifer) and Shivantha (Tommy) sharing a laugh while shooting their characters' last scene together. What do you think the joke was?
#ThrowbackThursday Update from August on wrapping Principal Photography of the film
!['This @[406079119442701:274:Space Jam] style poster was suggested by Chris Prine. What other films should we do a poster homage to?'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p100x100/600733_768345719962583_4868767242959955051_n.jpg?oh=b4465a69d288b1fb50cc29c3561cdbd3&oe=58473C78)
!['This week's @[103134386393004:274:The Last Starfighter] poster was suggested by Sam Dunham. What other films should we do?'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p100x100/12246771_768344859962669_2859349036918730532_n.jpg?oh=b4bd2bb05dc9ceb85d0008804876bb0f&oe=5845CE70)
!['This week's @[166917970030242:274:The Silence Of The Lambs] style poster was suggested by our Assistant Camera person Erin Clayton. What do you think? What other films should we do?'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/q83/p100x100/969117_768344259962729_4329781391964978571_n.jpg?oh=5bc64ab77557006bc99c57a76807f9cb&oe=583B1C34)
!['Suggested by Dmitri Brengauz: A Meme poster in the style of @[523039171069169:274:Thelma & Louise]. Starting this week we're working just from your suggestions. What other films should we do?'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p100x100/600727_768341689962986_3634890992593105593_n.jpg?oh=2b1fd9ac594dcc0bc75baa046aced3d7&oe=587BB11B)
!['#BTSSaturday @[417286451649899:274:Sarah Schoofs] (Jennifer) and Shivantha (Tommy) sharing a laugh while shooting their characters' last scene together. What do you think the joke was?'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p100x100/12717568_752783924852096_2262552002065173729_n.jpg?oh=14f56b5dc195f9f45ba352e987077b1f&oe=58458F7C)
!['#BTSSaturday @[417286451649899:274:Sarah Schoofs] settling into position while a shot is getting set up for the scene our header image comes from.'](https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/p100x100/12715465_752783604852128_1933532954655761744_n.jpg?oh=868c559c2e916d42b7db68617c8919bf&oe=58426D4E)
