This is our last weekend on set. It's only the third weekend, but it feels like I've been in that damn warehouse for freaking ever. Last night I went up to finish the big mural with Anges, Leslie, and Frank. Time just slips away at the warehouse. We got there at 7pm and the next time anyone thought to ask what time it was, it was already 1am. We'd been working for six hours and hardly noticed! Finally finished painting at 2am and headed home.
Last weekend we were fortunate enough to have two cameras on set. How in the hell we managed to get two REDs at the same time is beyond me. For the most part, A camera and B camera shot the same stuff from different angles so Mason would have some coverage to cut with. This weekend, B camera is with me shooting green screen elements. This means we need extras. But don't think you'll be sitting around at craft services all day. We need a number of insert elements that our digital team will use to fill out the rest of the market place when we start our CG extensions. We could clone the crowd that was already there, but that's not fun. And it'll look wonky. So B camera and I will be filming extras in front of big green screen the entire weekend. If you're free and you live near Baltimore, check out the extra call at our site for more information.
Rumor has it that there will be a garden on set made with actual sod courtesy of brilliant and multi talented Michelle Lawless. She and Curtis Thompson have been building amazing sets that continue to blow me away. They look impressive with the work lights on, but when they're properly lit for film, holy crap, it's like I'm walking in the FEWCHURE! Back the sod, the original plan was to put down this plastic turf stuff for the garden. But this is the RED we're talking about. Plastic grass will look like plastic grass. Michelle decided the RED deserved to film better and managed to get us a shit ton of sod with real grass to build this garden. There's also going to be a pond with caustics bouncing around which completely blows my tiny mind. I can't freaking wait.
There are more production photos that have been going up on Facebook. I'll try to grab some and get permission to post them on the blog so you can all witness the madness. I'm actually quite glad we have Facebook. It'll be sad to see everyone on the last day of set, but with the FB we can virtually stalk each other which is kind of like keeping in touch.
Showing posts with label Curtis Thompson. Show all posts
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I Was Cast as a C-47 Concubot and All I Got Was This Bloody Tshirt
Our feature Concubot, Alicia Lazaris, has posted some photos documenting the horrible things we're doing to her. They're called Pleasure Bots in the script, but I like the term Concubot better. Actually, Yuko coined the term when she and Ananth came up to help me paint. But enough jibba jabba, on to the photos!
This is a little segment of the giant mural I'm working on. I've got to finish this bastard by June 20 and there's a lot more to go. This particular section was painted by Agnes Asplund who's part of our visual effects team. She's a traditionally trained painter and it shows. So awesome. Now I just have to make the rest of the thing look as awesome.
This is Curtis Thompson, our Art Director. He has what we like to call, mad skills. I've yet to see him ever get upset even when he's under the gun. Here he is making the temple arch look beautiful. Guess who gets to digitally extend that bastard and make it look bigger.
That's Zehra Fazal on the left standing next to Alicia. Zehra is our female lead and knows more Japanese than I do. And I'm half Japanese! *sob* She's a featured artist at the Capital Fringe Fest which should indicate that she, as well, comes with mad skills.
On the right we have Mason Booker, our esteemed director, painting blood all over Alicia. Mason is a sick, sick fuck and should be avoided at all costs. j/k. None of this would be possible without Mason's vision and the quality of people working on this show is a true testament to his awesomeness. He's now sporting a mohawk which I hope to get a photo of soon.
Poor Alicia. All tied up and bloody. What kind of pic are we making? Alicia stayed in that corner for over four hours waiting for her shot. She didn't complain. Didn't whine. Didn't faint. She stood there and stuck it out! She deserves a medal.
Looks like fun, eh? Well, if you want to get in on the action and you live near Baltimore, you can come out and be an extra! Head on over to the website for directions, call time, and costuming instructions if you're interested. We'll feed you and amuse you with our off camera antics and pantless documentary filming.
This is a little segment of the giant mural I'm working on. I've got to finish this bastard by June 20 and there's a lot more to go. This particular section was painted by Agnes Asplund who's part of our visual effects team. She's a traditionally trained painter and it shows. So awesome. Now I just have to make the rest of the thing look as awesome.
This is Curtis Thompson, our Art Director. He has what we like to call, mad skills. I've yet to see him ever get upset even when he's under the gun. Here he is making the temple arch look beautiful. Guess who gets to digitally extend that bastard and make it look bigger.
That's Zehra Fazal on the left standing next to Alicia. Zehra is our female lead and knows more Japanese than I do. And I'm half Japanese! *sob* She's a featured artist at the Capital Fringe Fest which should indicate that she, as well, comes with mad skills.
On the right we have Mason Booker, our esteemed director, painting blood all over Alicia. Mason is a sick, sick fuck and should be avoided at all costs. j/k. None of this would be possible without Mason's vision and the quality of people working on this show is a true testament to his awesomeness. He's now sporting a mohawk which I hope to get a photo of soon.
Poor Alicia. All tied up and bloody. What kind of pic are we making? Alicia stayed in that corner for over four hours waiting for her shot. She didn't complain. Didn't whine. Didn't faint. She stood there and stuck it out! She deserves a medal.
Looks like fun, eh? Well, if you want to get in on the action and you live near Baltimore, you can come out and be an extra! Head on over to the website for directions, call time, and costuming instructions if you're interested. We'll feed you and amuse you with our off camera antics and pantless documentary filming.
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