Sunday, April 13, 2008

First Shooting Day Wrapped

Yesterday was the first day of Scene 44's shoot. We had the HVX and first camera, and a DVX as second.

The whole crew was awesome. Everyone worked very well together and executed some very precise orders flawlessly. Because of this, we had no injuries [YES!!] and the FX looked great.

We shot the last two sequences, starting with Shelly running down the hall, through the Coworker scene up to the last shot with the door closing. I was thrilled with how the Coworker's scene went, and the 'monitor explodes' stunt went very well. Those were the two I was most anxious about.

We will have one more half-day shoot to get the Intern scene, and then filming will be wrapped.

Cast and crew on set: Adria Murphy, Amy Stoothoff, Dave Sidebotham, Evan Walker, Trevor Stewart, Hannah Christensen, Hannah Roberts, Sarah Hastings, Amanda Turner, Gersom Aguilar, and Myself.

A heartfelt thanks goes out to each member of my cast and crew. Every single one of you were invaluable to this shoot. From cleaning, to gripping, to fx assisting, to lighting, still photography, showing patience while we set up the shot, contributing to the great attitude on set... Thank you all so much. I would work with any of you again in a heartbeat.

Pictures will follow shortly.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Update

Think my roommates are going to kill me; I've been hogging the stove and counter for days making endless slabs of fx glass. There's sugar residue on everything. I promise I'll clean up, guys. Sorry.

We're 4 days til the shoot, and counting. Still doing battle with Metzger to get the location.

Sarah's hard at work on the special costumes, and I'm searching for a blood squeezie. Need to rig a steaming computer, and all the fx will be complete.

Today I'll be nailing down the last of the storyboards and listing out the shooting schedule. When I shoot, I like to have everything planned down to the letter so that nothing is missed and nothing unforseen can occur.

Thur or Fri I plan to go to Metzger to shoot some stills in preparation for the shoot. Want to see how it frames up on camera before we actually shoot the film.

I'm so excited over all this; seeing the fruit of 5 months of pre-pro.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Monitor Test!



Here's the first test run for the monitor rig. I do feel the overall effect is quite satisfactory, but on the next test I wil shoot harder to see how far we can scatter the 'glass'.
Thanks for the help, Evan.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Craft Services

I just purchased $70 worth of groceries and $85 in supplies. Think Home Depot overcharged me for the two ladders I got there. But the good news: All thats left to buy is the DV tapes, HD tapes and Intern shirts. Feels so good to know I won't spend any more money after that.

Need two actors still, and a couple crew positions. But overall, things are quickly falling into place.

Getting the location nailed down.

Working on storyboards draft 2.

Working on the shirt rig, cell phone rig, levitation rig, monitor rig.

So close...I can taste it.