Friday, April 30, 2010

Making Out in Drag

Ghosts -

We have been pretty busy working on the film as of late, which is fun and stressful and exciting all at once. We are trying to get the more difficult shots out of the way first, so it has been slow, but busy. The amount of shots it takes to get a mere two minutes of film is just ridiculous, and the time it takes with lighting, and with make-up... So much work for such a small product! But it adds up, and each shot we get is closer to a finished scene, and then the film, so it is all worth it.

Here is a shot from our third day of shooting.

This picture was taken after twenty minutes or so of Carolyn and I making out. The things we do for art!

There have been a few setbacks for the project recently, such as losing one of our actresses due to increasing responsibilities in other areas of her life, which has changed our production schedule, but we are working hard to replace her and fix a bunch of other little problems. Until we find someone who can do the job as well as our previous actress we will be shooting around that character's scenes, but what complicates the situation is that this particular character is in close to 65% of the film, not always with lines, but just there in the room, and it is hard to shoot around such a large portion of the film. But we march on! The film must be made! And we do have a few very promising leads with a replacement, but until we have something set in stone it we must act like it is still an issue.

This is Carolyn and I mugging for the camera after filming one of the most difficult special effects shots for THE PROMISE KEEPERS.

I can't really say much about it, so you'll just have to wait to see the movie to find out what's going on!

Filming, as most of you know by now, is predominantly done in my apartment, which has been causing a few problems as well. I am not the cleanest person in the world - I'm not disgustingly gross or anything, I am just am a bit cluttery - which has compounded since the beginning of pre-production, and as the mess grows it puts a strain on my relationship with my roommate Francis. Now Francis and I normally get along famously, and not just as roommates but as friends too, but with the film taking so long in pre-production, and now with these long shoots and continued delays, things had gotten pretty bad between us for a while. There have even been a couple of few-day-stretches of silence, which if you have ever lived in a situation like that you know how stressful it becomes rather quickly. Eventually, as all things do, it came to a head and there was confrontation, but luckily for us it was resolvable. Francis is a very supportive friend and roommate, and he believes in the film. His main problem is with the clutter, and though it is against my general character to always be cleaning up behind myself, if it comes down to the ultimatum of clean up the living room after filming or don't film at all, I will of course alter my behavior. His arguement is a valid one - he lives here too, and though he supports the film it can't get in the way of day to day life. When we are shooting, Francis is great. He stays out of the way, he stays quiet, and he is tolerant of the ruckus the cast and crew can't help making. All the guy asks is that when we are not filming that he be able to make dinner without having to move piles of props first, which is something I am happy to facilitate. Oh, the ups and downs of living in your movie set!

This is outfit 2 of 3 for Carolyn's Gunther.

Doesn't she look like she could beat you up? She can! And she will!

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xoxo

-Riley-

1 comment:

  1. Wow. I thought you were hot but who's that hot chick that's next to.....whuu?.. Huh?...

    Nevermind.

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