in the can (or I guess I should say... cartridge)
ll be treated in post to give it an old-fashioned Super-8 home movie effect. We will still need to get more of this stuff, but we had to get John's footage shot before he shaved his head.
saturday I sent out John, Jessica and Shogo to run all over town and shoot while I took Tyler over to the secret lair of our special effects guys. They did a face cast and dental molds. I'm probably using the wrong terminology. I would be way too claustrophobic to do this myself, but he seemed to handle it well.
sunday, we got together in the morning for more flashback footage. I needed a kiss between John and Jessica. I think we got a pretty good one. Then we went to a shady pool hall and got footage of them shooting pool and goofing around. Going into a poolhall at 10:00 am on a Sunday morning is an interesting experience. The parking lot was trashed with broken bottles and other debris. Inside there were a few people shooting pool and a shaggy character passed out face down on the bar. While we were shooting a girl in her late teens came up to us eating some kind of sour candy out of a little pouch and asked us if we were from ESPN. I told her we were from ESPN 8 "The Ocho" before going back to our cover story - that we were shooting footage for a family reunion video. She was still curious but lost interest when she found out that all the guys were in their late twenties or early thirties.
There are a few more flashback shots of Jessica that i definitely need to get, as well as a few more of Sheridan.
We came back for lunch. Turkey sandwiches were far more popular than the weird-ass pimento cheese sandwiches that nobody besides Leah had seemed to have ever heard of. We ran a few scenes with Jessica and Sheridan. The scenes are coming along really well. Jessica pretty much has it nailed. I don't want to over-rehearse her. Howell shaved his head while wearing sunglasses Richie Tennenbaum style - look for it on the DVD extras.
Then in the afternoon it was back to the special effects lair for more head casts, this time of Stewart and Howell. They almost killed Stewart by not giving him straws to breathe through. It was pretty intense. I definitely could not do it. We lost the first one and after a heavy dose of Afrin and straws to breathe through he nailed it. Howell was a fucking Jedi. He was motionless and cool as ice despite the fact that he got his entire head and neck cast. He didn't even use straws.
This week we have to scramble to get a few more things ready - costumes, sound equipment, etc. But this weekend was a good warm-up. Everybody is getting to know each other and getting a little more comfortable with their roles. I want this to be a loose production to a certain extent. I may be deluded, but I think there is a way to do these productions in a low-stress style. A lot of it depends on picking the right people for both cast and crew.
I truly believe the next couple of months are going to be life-altering for everybody involved. And I don't mean that in some kind of bullshit - hollywood - get - discovered - get rich - get famous --- way. I mean something more along the lines of individual empowerment, self-esteem, repaired relationships, etc. But maybe I am full of shit.
Next weekend : ACTION!
saturday I sent out John, Jessica and Shogo to run all over town and shoot while I took Tyler over to the secret lair of our special effects guys. They did a face cast and dental molds. I'm probably using the wrong terminology. I would be way too claustrophobic to do this myself, but he seemed to handle it well.
sunday, we got together in the morning for more flashback footage. I needed a kiss between John and Jessica. I think we got a pretty good one. Then we went to a shady pool hall and got footage of them shooting pool and goofing around. Going into a poolhall at 10:00 am on a Sunday morning is an interesting experience. The parking lot was trashed with broken bottles and other debris. Inside there were a few people shooting pool and a shaggy character passed out face down on the bar. While we were shooting a girl in her late teens came up to us eating some kind of sour candy out of a little pouch and asked us if we were from ESPN. I told her we were from ESPN 8 "The Ocho" before going back to our cover story - that we were shooting footage for a family reunion video. She was still curious but lost interest when she found out that all the guys were in their late twenties or early thirties.
There are a few more flashback shots of Jessica that i definitely need to get, as well as a few more of Sheridan.
We came back for lunch. Turkey sandwiches were far more popular than the weird-ass pimento cheese sandwiches that nobody besides Leah had seemed to have ever heard of. We ran a few scenes with Jessica and Sheridan. The scenes are coming along really well. Jessica pretty much has it nailed. I don't want to over-rehearse her. Howell shaved his head while wearing sunglasses Richie Tennenbaum style - look for it on the DVD extras.
Then in the afternoon it was back to the special effects lair for more head casts, this time of Stewart and Howell. They almost killed Stewart by not giving him straws to breathe through. It was pretty intense. I definitely could not do it. We lost the first one and after a heavy dose of Afrin and straws to breathe through he nailed it. Howell was a fucking Jedi. He was motionless and cool as ice despite the fact that he got his entire head and neck cast. He didn't even use straws.
This week we have to scramble to get a few more things ready - costumes, sound equipment, etc. But this weekend was a good warm-up. Everybody is getting to know each other and getting a little more comfortable with their roles. I want this to be a loose production to a certain extent. I may be deluded, but I think there is a way to do these productions in a low-stress style. A lot of it depends on picking the right people for both cast and crew.
I truly believe the next couple of months are going to be life-altering for everybody involved. And I don't mean that in some kind of bullshit - hollywood - get - discovered - get rich - get famous --- way. I mean something more along the lines of individual empowerment, self-esteem, repaired relationships, etc. But maybe I am full of shit.
Next weekend : ACTION!
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