second weekend notes.
John Oak Dalton asked for me to reboot my brain and provide details about what's been going on, so here is an attempt. I'm not guaranteeing it will be interesting, but this is as much to document the process for me as it is for you.
Pre-shoot - Thursday
I completely freaked out. This is some stressful shit.
Principal Photography Day 3 - Friday
Friday is normally the least busy day for 66 Bowl, so we arranged to shoot there in the morning. Unfortunatey, just as we got set up to shoot a field trip from a pre-school or something showed up with 50 screaming kids. This made getting sound a nightmare, but we got some beautiful shots. This was the first shooting day for John Howell (frank) so I asked him to walk in to the bowling alley in full costume. The result was a bunch of freaked out pre-schoolers who were convinced that Michael Myers was there to bowl and kill them. We knocked out two scenes, but as mentioned before, the sound is pretty bad. We will have to figure out a plan B for getting these shots.
After that we headed back to Sharpe central for the big "undressing" scene between Frank and Claire. This took most of the rest of the day to shoot because the make-up application took about three hours. While we were waiting, Shogo and I banged out some footage of Jessica (Claire) for use in a flashback sequence. Shogo was feeling sick so I gave him some Non-Drowsy Cold medication which soon had him buzzing like a crank addict. With his renewed energy we finished off the undressing scene and decided to go ahead and get the scene we had planned for the next morning. We set up some 2k lights outside the bedroom window and blasted them in. This was around 1:00 a.m. But we got the scene and it looks amazing.
We were all dead tired when we wrapped at about 3 a.m. I had to wash the sheets because John's black arm had left brown marks all over them.
Principal Photography Day 4 - Saturday
We started shooting a little bit late, probably a mistake to push back the call time. But our first scene, the kitchen scene looked great. It starts out with a cool LEON inspired dolly shot. For inserts we put the camera inside the refrigerator and inside a cabinet on a lazy susan. We got a lot of coverage and Kassy was really good as the tired, stumbling into the kitchen Zoe. After that, we set up in our living room set and got two more scenes involving Frank, Claire and Zoe. We were losing sunlight fast and decided not to go for the exterior shots. We sent most everybody home and then shot the build-up to Zoe's murder scene. I don't want to give anything away, but Shogo shot some great footage. By the time we wrapped up, it was about 1 a.m. again and we were all in need of gin and tonics. This soon led to further misadventures which I can will only describe as FIRST TIME PORN WRECKED. It was all documented and should appear on the bootleg DVD as an easter egg. It will be well hidden, but you won't want to miss it. Joseph is now the officially designated supplier of contraband for this production.
Principal Photography Day 5 - Sunday
Joseph continued his contraband duties by provided a sweet switchblade today for an upcoming fight sequence. We started out with Claire and Dirk's makeout scene which went really well. Jessica and John were both great sports The resulting scene is really great, but maybe a little less dark and evil than I had intended because they were both obviously having a good time and laughing a lot. Then we moved on to the Frank wake up and attack and the hallway scuffle. I've already edited this sequence and it looks really good. Dirk's pummelling is very visceral and real. Maybe less comic-booky than I had intended. I had originally envisioned lots of cuts, but these guys look like they are really fighting and it works better in one take. You'll know what I mean when you see it. The whole scene somehow ended up as an Argento tribute with red and blue gels and dark lighting. It looks pretty amazing. Once again, not what I had originally envisioned, but better I think. We need to re-shoot Claire and Zoe at the end of the hall because we shot that first without knowing what the actual fight was going to look like. It's much scarier and more intense than what they were intending to react to.
Also, Leah suggested a good script change that will cut down on a driving at night scene, so I am pretty excited. I think we will take care of this during the reshoots this upcoming weekend.
John Stewart went above and beyond the call of duty in his stunts. Not only did he actually hit himself in the head with a baseball bat (on accident), he broke in one of my walls, even though his fall was cushioned with a futon mattress. Dave Curd saw him at work the other day and said he was hobbling around like an old man with a big bruise on his forehead. Way to take one for the team, John. But his performance is great and Dirk is funnier and more hate-able than we had hoped.
Pre-shoot - Thursday
I completely freaked out. This is some stressful shit.
Principal Photography Day 3 - Friday
Friday is normally the least busy day for 66 Bowl, so we arranged to shoot there in the morning. Unfortunatey, just as we got set up to shoot a field trip from a pre-school or something showed up with 50 screaming kids. This made getting sound a nightmare, but we got some beautiful shots. This was the first shooting day for John Howell (frank) so I asked him to walk in to the bowling alley in full costume. The result was a bunch of freaked out pre-schoolers who were convinced that Michael Myers was there to bowl and kill them. We knocked out two scenes, but as mentioned before, the sound is pretty bad. We will have to figure out a plan B for getting these shots.
After that we headed back to Sharpe central for the big "undressing" scene between Frank and Claire. This took most of the rest of the day to shoot because the make-up application took about three hours. While we were waiting, Shogo and I banged out some footage of Jessica (Claire) for use in a flashback sequence. Shogo was feeling sick so I gave him some Non-Drowsy Cold medication which soon had him buzzing like a crank addict. With his renewed energy we finished off the undressing scene and decided to go ahead and get the scene we had planned for the next morning. We set up some 2k lights outside the bedroom window and blasted them in. This was around 1:00 a.m. But we got the scene and it looks amazing.
We were all dead tired when we wrapped at about 3 a.m. I had to wash the sheets because John's black arm had left brown marks all over them.
Principal Photography Day 4 - Saturday
We started shooting a little bit late, probably a mistake to push back the call time. But our first scene, the kitchen scene looked great. It starts out with a cool LEON inspired dolly shot. For inserts we put the camera inside the refrigerator and inside a cabinet on a lazy susan. We got a lot of coverage and Kassy was really good as the tired, stumbling into the kitchen Zoe. After that, we set up in our living room set and got two more scenes involving Frank, Claire and Zoe. We were losing sunlight fast and decided not to go for the exterior shots. We sent most everybody home and then shot the build-up to Zoe's murder scene. I don't want to give anything away, but Shogo shot some great footage. By the time we wrapped up, it was about 1 a.m. again and we were all in need of gin and tonics. This soon led to further misadventures which I can will only describe as FIRST TIME PORN WRECKED. It was all documented and should appear on the bootleg DVD as an easter egg. It will be well hidden, but you won't want to miss it. Joseph is now the officially designated supplier of contraband for this production.
Principal Photography Day 5 - Sunday
Joseph continued his contraband duties by provided a sweet switchblade today for an upcoming fight sequence. We started out with Claire and Dirk's makeout scene which went really well. Jessica and John were both great sports The resulting scene is really great, but maybe a little less dark and evil than I had intended because they were both obviously having a good time and laughing a lot. Then we moved on to the Frank wake up and attack and the hallway scuffle. I've already edited this sequence and it looks really good. Dirk's pummelling is very visceral and real. Maybe less comic-booky than I had intended. I had originally envisioned lots of cuts, but these guys look like they are really fighting and it works better in one take. You'll know what I mean when you see it. The whole scene somehow ended up as an Argento tribute with red and blue gels and dark lighting. It looks pretty amazing. Once again, not what I had originally envisioned, but better I think. We need to re-shoot Claire and Zoe at the end of the hall because we shot that first without knowing what the actual fight was going to look like. It's much scarier and more intense than what they were intending to react to.
Also, Leah suggested a good script change that will cut down on a driving at night scene, so I am pretty excited. I think we will take care of this during the reshoots this upcoming weekend.
John Stewart went above and beyond the call of duty in his stunts. Not only did he actually hit himself in the head with a baseball bat (on accident), he broke in one of my walls, even though his fall was cushioned with a futon mattress. Dave Curd saw him at work the other day and said he was hobbling around like an old man with a big bruise on his forehead. Way to take one for the team, John. But his performance is great and Dirk is funnier and more hate-able than we had hoped.
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