1. SAVING CAROLINE A Senior Project Presentation by Devon Leaver

2. THE IDEA India M-Term My love of film Writing the script

3. INFLUENCES David Lynch The Twilight Zone

4. GOALS Create an engaging movie with a narrative theme that would make people think. Keep it around 15-20 minutes. Keep the plot a secret.

5. PROCESS Pre-Production Production Post-Production

6. PRE-PRODUCTION Writing the Script Producing Casting Scheduling Location Scouting Costuming Gathering Props and Equipment

7. PRODUCTION (filming the piece) Direction- “Focus on the verbs, not the adjectives.” Scheduling and Scheduling changes

8. POST-PRODUCTION Syncing Audio Editing Footage Color Correction Slow Motion Conversion Writing/Recording the Score

9. CHALLENGES Getting everyone to show up Burning the film to blu-ray Finding isolated, visually interesting locations Time management

10. SKILLS ACQUIRED Refined knowledge of Final Cut Pro Magic Bullet Grinder and Looks How to direct dialogue/tell people what I want VARIATION IS GOOD

11. THE FUTURE Get the rights to the opera song I used Apply to film festivals College Pursuing film and writing

12. THANK YOU Kenny Kilfara Adam Judd Andrew Nisinson Ryan Anderson Lucas Merat Juliet Garrett Tina Bozsik Emily Watson Josh Gladstone All of my other actors My Family My Sister Brenna The Ross School Class of 2011

13. QUESTIONS?