What Could Have Been

This is not the final audio. But it’s been so long and we don’t know when we’ll ever be able to get the final audio done, so we’re showing it anyway.

Run time: 4:17
Flash File Size: 15MB’s

Facts:
Year: August 2004
Format: DV
Camera: JVC DVM75U
Music: Edgen Animations (http://www.edgen.com)
Cost: nothing
Shoot time: 6 hours
Sound: all post audio dialogue(not complete)

Every year Steve here at Scape Films gets together with his brother Tony and they plan a huge camping and canoeing trip. 50+ loud and drunk people floating down the Rifle River. This has been happening for about 6 years now and it’s become “a thing”. This year sort of last minute I decided I would write up a short script. Something we could shoot on the river. A way to take advantage of the scenery. Steve liked the idea and the next day we were on the river with my little JVC miniDV camera. If you’ve ever thought of trying to canoe and film a movie at the same time, I wouldn’t recommend it. Not only do you have to deal with not getting the camera wet but getting the canoe’s and the river to cooperate. Not to mention all the loud drunk people everywhere.

I knew that there was no way in hell I’d get good sound. But we shot it anyway. All handheld and with plans to rerecord the dialogue in post. More on that later.

It turned out to be a pretty decent little film considering we didn’t go in completely prepared to shoot a film. We went in to canoe. The film was a secondary objective, but one we accomplished and I’m proud to say I made.

–Mike