Big City RSS Feedhttp://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/index.htmlNews about the Smile Production!enenbruce@bigcityfilms.comCopyright 2011, Big City Filmworks2012-08-31T15:47:47-04:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Sun, 4 Dec 2011 07:31:32 -0500confidence is lowbruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-08-31T15:47:47-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/5e8dcb560933588b6a9ebe5c6e32d50b-45.html#unique-entry-id-45http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/5e8dcb560933588b6a9ebe5c6e32d50b-45.html#unique-entry-id-45So the plan today was to get up and go down to the festival, pass the DVD with clips from the documentary to Tom and give him instructions, but that’s not what happened. I did go down there this morning, but there was one problem, no one else was there.

]]>Another day another blogbruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-08-30T13:02:20-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/79b908ad4c047bc1b46166b1ace59a40-44.html#unique-entry-id-44http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/79b908ad4c047bc1b46166b1ace59a40-44.html#unique-entry-id-44So far this week has been all about Smile. As you know the Jazz festival is this weekend and someone had the bright idea of putting posters up and running clips at this year’s Detroit Jazz Festival. ]]>We’re one step closerbruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-08-24T13:31:50-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/0699acc0adfbd8936ffc881055db67ee-43.html#unique-entry-id-43http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/0699acc0adfbd8936ffc881055db67ee-43.html#unique-entry-id-43Me and one of the documentary’s producers worked on the festival budget and details today.]]>SMILE distributionbruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-08-16T21:51:40-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/1cdd92f09aa1bcf60e0c3518b951f5e1-42.html#unique-entry-id-42http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/1cdd92f09aa1bcf60e0c3518b951f5e1-42.html#unique-entry-id-42Yesterday, I was in a mind numbing meeting. Now, I know it’s just me but it seemed like everything took twice as long as it should—the meeting went on and on. ]]>Crooklynbruce@bigcityfilms.comScript2012-08-12T16:36:21-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/2bc1d0705abadd9efe075d5c3b7e1456-41.html#unique-entry-id-41http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/2bc1d0705abadd9efe075d5c3b7e1456-41.html#unique-entry-id-41Currently, I’ve been doing rewrite work on a feature about the country’s first black television station, as well as, writing the outline for a documentary about the first African- American to play in the NBA. ]]>I wonder if she knows HTMLbruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-08-12T16:22:58-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/2042557b5a30d410a2fd8bbf34fa91d0-40.html#unique-entry-id-40http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/2042557b5a30d410a2fd8bbf34fa91d0-40.html#unique-entry-id-40I’ve been waiting to have a big distribution meeting for the SMILE documentary.  The distribution guy and the executive producers want to finalize the film’s festival plans, but ]]>On the SMILE distribution frontbruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-08-09T07:03:00-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/7eb660950bd8d75c70bf326c1be53b6b-39.html#unique-entry-id-39http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/7eb660950bd8d75c70bf326c1be53b6b-39.html#unique-entry-id-39On the SMILE distribution front, the person we hired to get the film into festivals has an impressive list put together, I wish him luck. ]]>One last songbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2012-08-08T21:44:13-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/1f84ed3859a700b9f048efd2ffd40131-38.html#unique-entry-id-38http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/1f84ed3859a700b9f048efd2ffd40131-38.html#unique-entry-id-38…the only thing left to do is to find out the name of a song included in the documentary…]]>I’m saddenedbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2012-08-08T21:32:56-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/d5def1ac2e7be08fbb8bfa646b919e0d-37.html#unique-entry-id-37http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/d5def1ac2e7be08fbb8bfa646b919e0d-37.html#unique-entry-id-37
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Here’s a SMILE project update. I’m saddened to say…]]>Never Say Never, Againbruce@bigcityfilms.comDevelopment2012-07-16T18:04:49-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/2548c8776d5b3874c48f47eff770e882-36.html#unique-entry-id-36http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/2548c8776d5b3874c48f47eff770e882-36.html#unique-entry-id-36At the beginning of the year two separate people approached me about directing two wildly different documentaries]]>I am excited to see what happens. bruce@bigcityfilms.comDistribution2012-07-16T17:29:14-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/78d6e7cce079b57d23420e31c2e995f0-35.html#unique-entry-id-35http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/78d6e7cce079b57d23420e31c2e995f0-35.html#unique-entry-id-35See you at the moviesbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2012-07-16T16:53:42-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/f1ea76f487c46e8e1337ddcc8754e494-34.html#unique-entry-id-34http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/f1ea76f487c46e8e1337ddcc8754e494-34.html#unique-entry-id-34Smile left. ]]>Abby Road bruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-09-06T21:52:35-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/78e6a370b91a6b5c52338dd373e928fc-33.html#unique-entry-id-33http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/78e6a370b91a6b5c52338dd373e928fc-33.html#unique-entry-id-33One final note about the Labor Day shoot.  At the end of the day we’re sitting in the VIP section behind the stage waiting for the files to transfer from the camera cards to one of our hard drives and I started thinking about the great crew Michele put together, and that today’s shoot was our Abbey Road recording session.

]]>That’s what I came up with bruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-09-06T21:36:49-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/1e09cbbdad36c7289f5d9294cc37f44f-32.html#unique-entry-id-32http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/1e09cbbdad36c7289f5d9294cc37f44f-32.html#unique-entry-id-32Labor Day we shot at the Detroit International Jazz Festival. The shoot went well. We got good footage, a couple of impromptu interviews and some great performances. 

]]>And they trust me to put together a documentary.bruce@bigcityfilms.comPre ProductionShooting in Detroit2011-09-06T21:35:10-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/68a994e1929ac28bdc4b75043b1af911-31.html#unique-entry-id-31http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/68a994e1929ac28bdc4b75043b1af911-31.html#unique-entry-id-31Labor Day was our last shoot day on the Smile project. Some people would say I’ll never be done shooting and my reply to them is, the world is full of people walking and talking and I need them in my doc.  But of course there’s no more money and Michele (the Producer) would kill me if I tried to get them all.

]]>11:00PM and 6:30AMbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-31T21:02:48-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/d47c6747037fcb2a0df281b12c3f97f9-30.html#unique-entry-id-30http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/d47c6747037fcb2a0df281b12c3f97f9-30.html#unique-entry-id-30I left the edit suite last night at 11:00PM, got up this morning and started working at 6:30AM.  I worked all day and the end of Act 2 is in site, thank God. 

]]>Imagine How I Feelbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-27T21:01:04-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/76573072a37b64155f8f74f09cca12ea-29.html#unique-entry-id-29http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/76573072a37b64155f8f74f09cca12ea-29.html#unique-entry-id-29As the edit progresses I’ve started talking to a lady in DC about stock footage from the National Archive to include in the documentary.

]]>if a film is going to fall apart...bruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-27T20:59:54-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/3609fa9d464157fa56db1c3c48c6ae0e-28.html#unique-entry-id-28http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/3609fa9d464157fa56db1c3c48c6ae0e-28.html#unique-entry-id-28Another day of the Smile edit. Today, I’m working from a coffee shop near Wayne State.

]]>29.97 framesbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-26T20:58:31-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/a788dca51135105dc321fbafc435f944-27.html#unique-entry-id-27http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/a788dca51135105dc321fbafc435f944-27.html#unique-entry-id-27So we had our first major hiccup today.  When we started the Smile project the idea was to shoot the video in 16 x 9, 24p mode. Why you ask?

]]>I want possessory credit bruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-23T19:18:36-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/b846f4a0360967943223c03ab18f002f-26.html#unique-entry-id-26http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/b846f4a0360967943223c03ab18f002f-26.html#unique-entry-id-26So yesterday I worked on the Smile edit, actually in the edit suite, and I found out some things about myself. The day went well, we changed some things, moved some things around and I realized truly what we have and don’t have. 

]]>End of September and I mean it.bruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-20T19:17:28-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/417176a1328569b05dce7b96854f002f-25.html#unique-entry-id-25http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/417176a1328569b05dce7b96854f002f-25.html#unique-entry-id-25So it was my plan to be finished with the edit of Smile by the end of August but since I’ve just started that’s going to be hard to do. 

]]>This was coolbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-08-19T19:15:32-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/6ab008429634109c653a846e9603624d-24.html#unique-entry-id-24http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/6ab008429634109c653a846e9603624d-24.html#unique-entry-id-24Now the documentary we’re working on is titled When I Need to Smile and the title comes from the song Gretchen Valade wrote that launched Mack Avenue Records. 

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]]>Editing at home with no editorbruce@bigcityfilms.comPost Production 2011-08-19T19:14:35-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/58e566f9bfafebd5c23f18763e5b9e7b-23.html#unique-entry-id-23http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/58e566f9bfafebd5c23f18763e5b9e7b-23.html#unique-entry-id-23This week I started post production work on the Smile project.  ]]>Dave Brubeck...bruce@bigcityfilms.comPre ProductionPlanning2011-07-27T19:10:30-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/c2289c560d41af30ef8b7e96923a5fb6-22.html#unique-entry-id-22http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/c2289c560d41af30ef8b7e96923a5fb6-22.html#unique-entry-id-22We’ve shot most of the documentary's interviews with a possible re-shoot day with Gretchen and a shoot day at the jazz festival in the works. ]]>Hiatusbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionPlanning2011-07-27T19:09:34-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/d9b4f22b00c92c8739851027385129f3-21.html#unique-entry-id-21http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/d9b4f22b00c92c8739851027385129f3-21.html#unique-entry-id-21So, I’ve been on hiatus from the Smile project for the last two weeks, but that’s all coming to an end. ]]>...but you can't take 'em out.bruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-07-13T19:05:30-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/98ea83be842bef3122d3f138f5b0c4af-20.html#unique-entry-id-20http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/98ea83be842bef3122d3f138f5b0c4af-20.html#unique-entry-id-20Today we shot Gretchen’s interview for acts 2 and 3 at a house in Grosse Pointe, I think, Farms.  The last time we shot Gretchen was at the Cadieux Stage in Detroit, and she was uncomfortable there, so we moved her to this house she owns and uses as a guesthouse and shot there.  

This time no space suits were needed.  Now, when we go into a place we move and rearrange things to suit us and that's what we did here.  Kevin did a great job lighting the scene and the interview was going well.  The way things were set, Gretchen and the camera were in one corner of the living room with the rest of the room as a backdrop.  I was setup on a kitchen counter with the monitor and a list of questions. 

The area consisted of just counter space and the stove.  And the way things ended up, me and the monitor were on the stove.  Now, the stove was one of those flat electric stoves with no burners... you see where this is going.  So, halfway through the interview something happened, and I bumped one of the switches on the stove to high.  And just like something out of Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis, Laurel and Hardy, Turner & Hooch, the stove started to heat up.  And boy was that a surprise.  Luckily there was no fire.  The moral of the story is, you can dress them up, but you can't take 'em out.

]]>Thanks St. John Hospitalbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-07-13T19:03:56-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/ce242f0cdba6a7625d778450eaa04d5c-19.html#unique-entry-id-19http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/ce242f0cdba6a7625d778450eaa04d5c-19.html#unique-entry-id-19We started our shoot today with an interview with one of the doctor’s at St. John Hospital.

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]]>Not Ready?bruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-07-10T18:50:52-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/47f52fc7baaf47522077c7f846c79898-16.html#unique-entry-id-16http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/47f52fc7baaf47522077c7f846c79898-16.html#unique-entry-id-16Ok, it’s the night before our next shoot, and I feel unprepared.  I don’t know why; it’s not like I haven’t been involved in plenty of news productions that were woefully unprepared, but I digress.

]]>Days Off?bruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in DetroitShooting in L.A.2011-07-01T18:44:47-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/03d25a845ffac06278f9be73769893e3-15.html#unique-entry-id-15http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/03d25a845ffac06278f9be73769893e3-15.html#unique-entry-id-15The last two weeks have been busy, shooting in Los Angeles and Detroit.  After this past Monday’s shoot we have a small break, but we’re planning to go back to LA in August to shoot Kevin Eubanks’ band at a jazz club called The Baked Potato and to New York to shoot legendary jazz pianist Dave Brubeck.  So, although we are not shooting this week or next we are planning.   

]]>Smile Project: I love actors!bruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-27T15:50:24-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/6f3a60ff01081c5e1bec4e0fd9bf05ec-14.html#unique-entry-id-14http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/6f3a60ff01081c5e1bec4e0fd9bf05ec-14.html#unique-entry-id-14Today we shot reenactments for the Smile project. The day started at The Hill restaurant in Grosse Pointe where we staged what will be the opening segment of the documentary.  Because we shot MOS (motion without sound), we have a stripped down technical crew. 

]]>Smile: Another shoot daybruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-26T15:10:05-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/5acdce6178cfdd6a5ae69972eca8d0db-13.html#unique-entry-id-13http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/5acdce6178cfdd6a5ae69972eca8d0db-13.html#unique-entry-id-13The day started out just fine until the director changed where the first camera setup would be. Never mind that I’m the director and me and the DP picked a spot three days ago, here I come with “wouldn’t the shot look better if we put it over there”.  Or never mind that me and the producer discussed this very spot and decided not to use it a month ago because of cost. I did it anyway. Never trust the director. 

]]>It’s been a hard days, daybruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-24T14:51:48-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/07dcbd5afc8eef0a4e698a3f77a0f959-12.html#unique-entry-id-12http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/07dcbd5afc8eef0a4e698a3f77a0f959-12.html#unique-entry-id-12It’s been a hard days, day and I been workin like a dog. It’s been a hard days, day I should be sleepin like a log. Hey, that’s kind of catchy. So you can see we were hard at work all day, sitting, wasting time, checking email and lining up work for the next job.

]]>Smile Project: Shooting Gretchenbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-23T12:49:02-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/7c86b82bfac2c1b20233a131d30c9797-11.html#unique-entry-id-11http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/7c86b82bfac2c1b20233a131d30c9797-11.html#unique-entry-id-11Today’s call was at 6:30 A.M. but I got there at 7:00 A.M. at the Cadieux Stage in Detroit. We had three interviews, one of which was the subject of the documentary, Gretchen Valade.
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Today’s production problem started before I could get to the shoot. I’ve only been to Mack Avenue Records once, and I thought I remembered where it was, but I didn’t.

]]>Time to set up for Kirkbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-21T12:27:39-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/be13f41fa7d7a387daa7bfc818bada40-9.html#unique-entry-id-9http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/be13f41fa7d7a387daa7bfc818bada40-9.html#unique-entry-id-9Crew call was 11:00 a.m. but I got there about 10:00, I know, I know who stole Bruce? ]]>Smile Project: Kirk Whalumbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-21T11:22:09-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/6fa3c6df809d07f1c7dadaeacc54e324-8.html#unique-entry-id-8http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/6fa3c6df809d07f1c7dadaeacc54e324-8.html#unique-entry-id-8
Today, we shot jazz saxophonist Kirk Whalum, and Sandy Duncan and Vince Paul of the Music Hall for the Smile documentary. Kirk showed up on time and was ready.]]>Not like I wanted it to go...bruce@bigcityfilms.comPre ProductionPlanning2011-06-20T11:16:56-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/27ebf5845ceb7bbec51b53a765cf40a0-7.html#unique-entry-id-7http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/27ebf5845ceb7bbec51b53a765cf40a0-7.html#unique-entry-id-7Today didn’t go like I wanted. The plan was to run to church and help, then come back home and work on questions for tomorrow’s shoot.

]]>Braylon Edwards Foundation Shootbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in Detroit2011-06-18T11:14:47-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/f7e791c753e0872e3b5c24efdaec30f8-6.html#unique-entry-id-6http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/f7e791c753e0872e3b5c24efdaec30f8-6.html#unique-entry-id-6Today I got off a plane at 6:30AM, went home for a while and got ready to do a small shoot for the Braylon Edwards Foundation. It was a bad idea.

]]>When I Need to Smile: Kevin Eubanks’ Interviewbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in L.A.2011-06-17T11:03:11-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/4e934204a51fef3949990051391e97a1-5.html#unique-entry-id-5http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/4e934204a51fef3949990051391e97a1-5.html#unique-entry-id-5Kevin Eubanks, the former bandleader for the Tonight Show, arrived at the shoot almost an hour late but that was OK, we were running late too.

]]>When I Need to Smile: Denny’s Interviewbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in L.A.2011-06-17T10:17:21-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/c5cae00b429a78d4f145cd45e35a0605-4.html#unique-entry-id-4http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/c5cae00b429a78d4f145cd45e35a0605-4.html#unique-entry-id-4I interviewed Denny Stilwell, president of Mack Avenue Records, for the Smile project in Los Angeles today.

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]]>Now in Burbankbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in L.A.2011-06-17T10:14:46-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/9b3129e3552313e2cc00cd2c69d923b1-3.html#unique-entry-id-3http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/9b3129e3552313e2cc00cd2c69d923b1-3.html#unique-entry-id-3Shooting in lovely, not downtown, Burbank, CA. It turns out that we shot in a place called Stereo Train and Stereo Train was in an industrial park area.
]]>When I Need to Smile: Interview with Terry Gibbsbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in L.A.2011-06-16T22:41:00-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/18f98e4d6598395d0eb205139bf0405a-2.html#unique-entry-id-2http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/18f98e4d6598395d0eb205139bf0405a-2.html#unique-entry-id-2At the end of the day we headed to legendary vibraphonist Terry Gibbs’ house.

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]]>When I Need to Smile: Gerald Wilsonbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in L.A.2011-06-16T09:00:17-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/9ba3d55be55b3976670d0b90b437a554-1.html#unique-entry-id-1http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/9ba3d55be55b3976670d0b90b437a554-1.html#unique-entry-id-1After our interview with Will Wakefield we set up for Gerald Wilson. Gerald Wilson is one of the great big bandleaders of all time.

]]>When I Need to Smile: Arriving at LAXbruce@bigcityfilms.comProductionShooting in L.A.2011-06-15T14:00:00-04:00http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/28ef512f16826b2f966afe4abee2d2a6-0.html#unique-entry-id-0http://www.smile.bigcityfilms.com/blog/files/28ef512f16826b2f966afe4abee2d2a6-0.html#unique-entry-id-0