The movie itself cost only as much as the ingredients, making it possibly the only film in history to have it's only expense
as "Catering". Since we were working with no budget, and under compressed time, we had no equipment but the camera, and a cheap
$9.99 USB "SPACE CONVERTER" (which had even worse Japanese-English translation on the instructions).
With not even a tripod, and only as many actors as crew, the camera work panned out between Matt and Denis,
with Amanda coming in on a few shots behind the lenses as well. The competition allowed 6 weeks to write, shoot, edit, and upload
your entry, so there was no worry about time. The filming went quick, we were well fed, and then Denis and Matt captured the
footage (which involved a very pulse-racing incident about drivers and crappy USB devices).
It was my first time editing, and I spent many days sitting at his computer, learning the basics of Adobe Premiere.
Figuring out how to cut, how to raise sound, place effects was a grueling experience, but in the end, many cigarettes and Twinkies
later, Denis finished the rough cut. I had dubbed all the lines with my own voice, because we didn't have
a quality microphone to film with, nor did we have good camera audio. The best route, it seemed, would be to comically dub all
the voice himself, a decision himself made before filming.
All in all, the Perfect Sandwich was really crafted as a test by myself to see if I could pull off a short film without money
or resources. Hopefully this will lead to many more. I was not, however,
able to remain in a consistent perspective while writing
this synopsis though, as Denis has been drinking.
Synopsis
Praise for The Perfect Sandwich