I am pleased to announced that after a long production process and a successful premiere at the United Film Festival – Los Angeles, Imperfect has now premiered online! We’re excited about this one because it’s very different than our previous films–strongly influenced by the constraint “Must be in the style of a 40′s noir.” We think it lives up to that constraint. Watch the film here.

I cannot express how proud I am of everyone involved. This was, in many ways, our biggest film yet. The crew was huge, as was the cast for a film made on effectively no budget. On several occasions there were over twenty-five people on set for some of the longest days we’ve ever done, which is quite an undertaking for our small band of filmmakers.

For me personally, this was perhaps the most rewarding filmmaking process I’ve been lucky enough to experience. I want to thank all the amazingly talented people involved, as well as all of you for voting for these crazy constraints that challenged me and inspired this film.

Without further ado, we present Imperfect. Enjoy.

—MT

Last night Imperfect had its big screen premiere at the United Film Festival – Los Angeles! It was a wonderful night, we had a great turnout and so much incredible support from our friends and family here in LA. Thanks to everyone who came out and made our night so special!

For everyone who couldn’t make it, stay tuned–Imperfect will be making its internet premiere next week. For now, have a great weekend, and perhaps revisit You Are Here and Occupational Hazards, which also made their silver screen debut last night but are now back online!

–AC

Over the next few days, the picture-locked film will be delivered to David Sims, who will be color-correcting every frame (in this case, making everything gorgeous black & white). It will also be passed on to Daniel Clark, our trusty “sound guy” who will spend the next several days filling in the film’s soundscape with sound effects, foley, ambient textures, etc. Finally, the incredibly talented composer Bryan Ricker will have only a few days to work his magic and put together an ambitious neo-noir score.

All this needs to happen in less than a week, because in exactly 6 days, Imperfect will be making its debut on the big screen at the United Film Festival – Los Angeles, following screenings of You Are Here and Occupational Hazards. If you’re in Los Angeles, we hope you can join us at the Los Feliz 3 Theater on May 3 at 5:15pm. Buy your tickets (only $5.75!) here.

Here are some stills from the locked cut of Imperfect for your viewing pleasure. We’re VERY excited about this one:

Alright, now to finish an ambitious film noir in less than a week…let’s just say we won’t be getting a lot of sleep here at Finite…

–AC

4/21 is a special day for Finite Films, because most of our films feature the number “421″ as a kind of easter egg for those who know about it. So today, we’ve decided to turn it into a little game.

If you are the first person to find the “421″s in Stealing Time, The Kristy Corollary, Forest Falls, Anamnesis, and Lovebound: Love Abounds, you will win TWO FREE TICKETS to the Finite Films screening at the United Film Festival – Los Angeles!

The “421″s can appear forwards, backwards, as a time (1:24), or even as today’s date (April 21st). Here’s an example from Occupational Hazards:

Some of them can be pretty small, so we recommend watching in HD to make sure you can see them all.

When you find all the “421″s just send us the screenshots, or the timecode of where you found it (mm:ss, e.g. 04:15). You can E-mail it to us, post it to our Facebook, or tweet the screenshots @finite_films. You have until the end of this weekend.

Good luck, and happy 4/21!

The whole Finite gang will be there to do a Q & A after the screening. We hope to see you on May 3!!

Click here to buy your ticket before they sell out (only $5.75)
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The full United Film Festival – Los Angeles lineup: http://www.theunitedfest.com/losangeles/schedule.htm

It’s been a busy week here at Finite Films since we premiered Lovebound: Love Abounds. I spent the week furiously storyboarding Imperfect so that we could start planning out how we’re going to get all the 180+ shots involved. Our team has been working very hard to get everything ready for the first day of filming next week.

I like to have very specific storyboards so that we know exactly who is in what shot, what is supposed to be happening in the frame, and generally what the lighting set up should be. Here are a couple examples of some storyboard frames from Imperfect (I’m not an artist and have terrible handwriting, forgive me):

On Friday we had a photo shoot for the film with photographer Isaac Sterling, where we gathered several pictures of the lovely Chrissy Randall (who plays “Lorna” in the film) that we’ll use for magazine covers and other kinds of set decoration. Here’s a quick glimpse:

Now I must start doing some visual fx tests, as there are few tricky shots to plan for. Come back tomorrow for a new production diary!

—MT