Appendix 1

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Final Cut Pro Workfl ow
selected was written by Jessie Griffi th and went into development only eight weeks before principal
photography was scheduled to begin.
A crew was selected from resumes and reels submitted by students who were vying for one of the
forty coveted major crew positions. Six weeks before production, Cameron Cone and Isaiah Mcamini
were selected to direct and joined the development, budgeting, casting, and location scouting.
Only two weeks before production was scheduled to begin, a major fl ood hit the sound stages at
Brooks’ Ventura campus, which can be seen in Figure i.4. The area had received more than twentyfour
inches of rain and the Canada Larga creek left its banks and brought with it millions of tons of
mud and debris. There were hundreds of landslides in the area, closing all roads into the campus.
Santa Barbara students were cut off by a huge slide that closed Interstate 101 and destroyed a dozen
homes in the seaside village of La Conchita. Tragically, ten people were killed and several Brooks
students were left homeless.
Figure i.4 Flood in Casitas Canyon above the Brooks Studios. Three weeks before production of Lost
Hope and More, Southern California was hit with massive fl ooding after 24 inches of rain fell
Undaunted, the production pressed forward, as shown in the set construction shot in Figure i.5. Santa
Barbara students were shuttled to the campus by sea using a water taxi. Set construction was only
delayed by several days, in spite of bulldozers and front loaders removing truckloads of mud and
debris from the campus and stages.
The sets were designed and constructed, costumes and props located, and the production schedule
put together. Student producers arranged insurance, permits, equipment deals, housing for mentors,
and a thousand and two last-minute changes.
The shooting schedule was three days. Two crews were used to cover scenes at two locations, simultaneously.
A student crew mans the spy truck in Figure i.7. At times, one crew acted as a fi rst unit
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