Over the past few days we've been using a skeleton crew of four to shoot some exterior establishing and insert shots for "The Penny".  These were some of the shots we weren't able to capture last December before the snow came to Wisconsin.  While not as fun or glamorous as most of the other shooting, these are some crucial pieces of the film which will help tie some scenes together nicely.

Ethan and Nathan line up one of the insert shots using Nevin (a.k.a. Nathan & Micah's Dad) as a stand-in.

Now our attention turns to planning for the rest of the spring pick-up shooting to be done next month.  On the editing front, a third draft of the rough cut has been completed and the film is continuing to look better and better.  I can hardly wait to get the final scenes shot and inserted into the film!

It's finally here!  A short but sweet visual taste of what's to come in the new feature film from Filmweavers.  You can watch it right here using the clip above or click on the Vimeo link to stream it in HD.

To watch the teaser in all it's full 1080p HD glory, or if you'd like to download the clip you can do so by using one of the Quicktime links below.

Small (3.7MB)

Medium (6.6MB)

Large (9.5MB)

(The HD files below should open directly in the Quicktime application.  If they don't just click on the .qtl file that downloaded and it will open the file in Quicktime.)

HD 480p (17.5MB)

HD 720p (46.5MB)

HD 1080p (60.6MB)

For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the project, here is a brief synopsis:

“The Penny” is a drama/thriller that follows a series of seemingly insignificant events in a number of people’s lives. Hidden amidst their “bigger” problems, these disconnected pieces of their lives go unnoticed until they begin to fit together in a totally unexpected way. Suddenly these strangers are thrust together by what some would call luck, chance, fate, coincidence, or even destiny. But is it something even bigger than that?

Production of "The Penny" has arrived at yet another mile marker on it's continuing journey with the completion of the second rough cut!  The edit and pacing of the film is continuing to be refined and polished and it's surprising to see how much better it's already looking compared to the first rough cut.

But we aren't pulling over for a pit stop or celebrating yet.  We continue to push ahead with the editing work and preparations for our upcoming pick-up shooting this spring.

A teaser trailer for "The Penny" has also been confirmed as being in the works, and should hopefully be coming your way soon!   In the meantime here are a couple more still frames from the film.