staircasewriter (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} staircasewriter) wrote,@ 2009-04-02 10:12:00 |
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The Dark Show Shoot...again
This weekend I am directing a big shoot for an Internet-distributed series called "The Dark Show". Basically the seven 15 minute episodes are the result of two sick minds who have written a lot of sketches which were, to use a bad pun, just too sketchy for normal shows.
Friday, I am dragging my 81 year old mother out of her house and dropping her off at my brother's house north of Toronto for the weekend. And then we begin.
I have about 30 scenes on our two day shooting schedule. Most are very quick ones without much dialogue. A couple involve some nice lighting effects. One has a knife and blood. And I'm trying to work in as much nudity as possible! EVIL GRIN
intenselaura has been doing a fantastic job on the organizational side. We have lots of actors to co-ordinate, rides, food, accommodation (okay, a bed at Mom's or a spot to put an air-mattress) and much more.
This afternoon we are going on a prop-buying spree at Value Village, the Goodwill stores etc. A crucifix, a priest's collar, a plastic table cloth (so my mother's table doesn't get ruined with fake blood), a couple of shirts for an actor to be stabbed in (hence the blood), T-shirts for the proud grand-parents of a dead baby, you know, the usual stuff...okay, the usual stuff if what you are shooting is called "The Dark Show"...
This weekend I am directing a big shoot for an Internet-distributed series called "The Dark Show". Basically the seven 15 minute episodes are the result of two sick minds who have written a lot of sketches which were, to use a bad pun, just too sketchy for normal shows.
Friday, I am dragging my 81 year old mother out of her house and dropping her off at my brother's house north of Toronto for the weekend. And then we begin.
I have about 30 scenes on our two day shooting schedule. Most are very quick ones without much dialogue. A couple involve some nice lighting effects. One has a knife and blood. And I'm trying to work in as much nudity as possible! EVIL GRIN
intenselaura has been doing a fantastic job on the organizational side. We have lots of actors to co-ordinate, rides, food, accommodation (okay, a bed at Mom's or a spot to put an air-mattress) and much more. This afternoon we are going on a prop-buying spree at Value Village, the Goodwill stores etc. A crucifix, a priest's collar, a plastic table cloth (so my mother's table doesn't get ruined with fake blood), a couple of shirts for an actor to be stabbed in (hence the blood), T-shirts for the proud grand-parents of a dead baby, you know, the usual stuff...okay, the usual stuff if what you are shooting is called "The Dark Show"...
