When a daydreaming bureaucrat becomes unwittingly involved in an evil plot with worldwide consequences, he becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions and the system itself.

It’s a Wrap!

May 27, 2011

Ladies and gents, the final installment of French Cuff III was uploaded today, and we couldn’t be prouder. Head on over to the French Cuff III page and enjoy!

That may be the end of production for the film, but not the end of the production diaries! Keep a weather eye open for another video coming soon.

Tonight on the Columbia Broadcasting System

April 24, 2011

Submitted for your incessant editorializing, please observe in a circumspect way so he doesn’t see you staring at him: the gyro of our story. Which is held in the hand of our story’s hero. In just a moment, he’ll be late. But right now, he’s on time. He has just arrived for a date with Destiny.

Destiny Roberts, aptly named, is a visitor from another galaxy. The galaxy in question was headed for certain doom, until a certain someone– the aforementioned Ms. Roberts– called upon the miracle of science and saved everybody.

Though this story ultimately ends happily, with the young couple marrying and having lots of handsome children, their next door neighbor is becoming increasingly suspicious of his brother’s car mechanic’s pet alien. The alien in question is, if you will, not so much an alien but an upstanding, productive member of society. A society undermined by that terror which we dare not name, lest our fears become our undoing.

And of course I am talking about robots.

Nearly Done

April 16, 2011

“Everything is nothing, including the consciousness of nothing. Salvation? Whatever diminishes the kingdom of consciousness and compromises its supremacy. Our fate being to rot with the continents and the starts, we drag on, like resigned sick men, and to the end of time, the curiosity of a denouement that is foreseen, frightful, and vain.”
–Albert Camus, when asked what he thought of Interrobang’s newest production diary.

Post Begins

January 1, 2011

Years and years ago, when I was a boy, when there was rain in Los Angeles, and birds the color of red-flannel petticoats whisked past the harp-shaped hills, when we sang and wallowed all night and day in caves that smelt like Sunday afternoons in damp front farmhouse parlors, and we chased, with the jawbones of deacons, the actors and the producers, before the motor car, before the wheel, before the internet seeped into our lives like wine on a tablecloth, when we rode the daft and happy hills bareback, we edited a film.

On Location!

December 27, 2010

Dangerous feats of derring-dentistry! Sam makes a big speech! Nathan’s Christmas Spooktacular! Claire’s International Swap-Meet! Spencer’s Premiere Solo Recital!

Fight Scenes and Chase Scenes

December 18, 2010

A little bruised, a little sore, and taking turns catching the common cold, we reach the end of our first production block. The two biggest scenes in terms of on-screen action, choreography, and camera set-ups are in the can. The finale to French Cuff III is going to be pretty spectacular, taking advantage of Nathan’s stage combat experience and the many swords he owns. Also our good friend Guy Zachary Gardner (previously seen in Spencer’s pre-Interrobang videos) joined us for a late-night shoot. All in all, an excellent week and a big dent made in our scene list. Shooting will pick back up again on the 26th. In the meantime, expect some sneak-peaks into our post-production process, as well as other goodies!

Rehearsals and New Camera

December 15, 2010

See: our new camera! Hear: tales of our first days of rehearsal! Feel: the raw emotional power of Sam’s command of Dutch and German! Taste: the bittersweetness of our ability to montage! Smell: the rank stench of our early work!

Read-Through

December 12, 2010

Yesterday was a gala day for us [though a gal a day is a little selfish for me --Spencer]. We read through the script and it sounds very funny. The screenplay for French Cuff III is 42 pages long. Its prequel, French Cuff II, for example, was 5 pages long, and ran at 8 minutes. So that means that French Cuff III, at that rate, would be a little over 67 minutes long. This script, however, is written a lot more descriptively (at one point, the movement of someone’s eyebrows is discussed in great detail), so the ratio will be much lower. But still, it’s exciting to think we’re making something that, at its longest, might just barely miss the mark for being considered a full-length film.

Fun fact: at 67 minutes, it’d be longer than Dumbo.

Arrival in San Diego

December 10, 2010

It begins! In this space we’ll be keeping a semi-regular chronicle of the production of Interrobang’s latest short, French Cuff III. It’s a big, bold project. It’s the longest thing we’ve written and filming will take place all over Southern California through most of December and a smidge of January.

We’re all in San Diego at the moment and tomorrow we’ll read through the recently completed screenplay and talk about how it’ll all come together. Can’t wait to get started.

And if you haven’t seen the prequels, head on over to French Cuff and French Cuff II.