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This is the official website of Black Ink Films, run by Jordan McCaleb. We specialize in short films and other film related content. If you have a short film you would like made, we would love to collaborate, just shoot us an email at one of the links provided below.

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Friday, February 8, 2013

Back to Work

What's up guys. It's been so nice to finally get my first short film up on YouTube, it's been an amazing experience making it. I'm already hard at work on my next project, can't wait to get this one developed. I'll throw in a little sneek peak below. Have a nice day!

-Jordan

Lockdown is Live

Hey all, just wanted to let everyone know that Lockdown is officially live on YouTube. Go check it out, hope you enjoy!

Till next time,

-Jordan

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Lockdown is Finished

Hey everyone, just wanted to stop by and let everyone know that Post-Production on my debut Short Film Lockdown is finished. I've pulled basically all-nighters these last four nights to finish the editing. I've watched through it multiple times and it feels perfect to me, just the way I wanted it.


It's actually funny, the script was about 15 pages long, and it has come out with a run time of 20 minutes and 38 seconds. Before I began editing I was going to shoot for a runtime of about 12-15 minutes. I achieved that in the first two nights and it just didn't feel right, it felt way to short. So the next night I brought it up to the exact run time it's at now and it feels great. It still feels a little too short for the subject matter of the short film but we would have never been able to get the right amount of footage If I had written more (We were on a tight time limit).

It was an awesome experience editing it, it has come out a lot better than I had originally planned. I kept getting this awful feeling that I would not like it and would be embarrassed to show it too anyone but that is far from it. Due to me finishing the editing early, I will upload tonight and make it available tomorrow morning for your viewing pleasure. And as always, GIVE ME YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM. You have no idea how valuable it truly is in helping me better myself as a filmmaker.

I'll shoot a quick post tomorrow when it's available. Have a nice night!

Till next time,

-Jordan

Monday, February 4, 2013

Production has Wrapped

Hey guys, Sunday at 12:01am we officially wrapped Production on my debut Short film! After a little less than six hours of filming we finished. I spent a few hours cutting together a trailer, go check it out HERE.

I'll start editing tonight, and plan to spend about two weeks editing. As of now I really don't know how long it's going to come out, anywhere from 9 minutes to 19 minutes, it all depends on pacing. I hope I can cut something decent together for everyone to enjoy.

It was an awesome experience during filming. We had a lot of fun which means we didn't take it too seriously (You'll most likely be able to tell that during the film), but nonetheless I hope everyone enjoys it. I'll drop some more info as I get farther into editing.

Until next time,

-Jordan

Friday, February 1, 2013

Short Film Shoot!

Hey all! Just dropping in to remind everyone that filming for my debut Short Film commences in 33 hours! I'm extremely excited, it's been a long road coming to this point and I've been very anxious to do this for a while. Right now I'm finishing up the shooting Bible (Script, Shot List, Story Boards, Notes).

Tomorrow, myself and two of the actors will be heading up to the building early to walk through every scene and figure out most of the practical effects and stunts. Once that's done our third actor should show up sometime around 6pm and that's when we'll begin shooting.

I'm so excited to show you something from it, I'm going to try and get a trailer out maybe next saturday or the saturday after that. I have a great idea for the trailer so I'm excited about throwing that together. I'll keep you guys updated throughout tomorrow, maybe I'll even throw a few BTS pics in a post.

It's gonna be a great weekend everyone! Thanks for stopping by!

Till next time,

-Jordan