Chief Bryant, AKA "The Egg Smasher"

The tyrant loosens his grip...

This blog post comes courtesy of Assistant Director Mike. I've silenced his voice long enough, maybe. Here's what he had to say about the shoot last night:


Thanks to Stuart who filled the last speaking role of the movie. We've been very lucky to have great actors with a high degree a professionalism work on this film. Perhaps that is a testament to the quality of acting in the area, perhaps we've just been lucky.

We filmed in Nick's house, again. This time we threw raw egg around his kitchen which is not too terrible compared to the armed nuclear warhead we threw around his living room, but regardless, sorry Nick. I hope we cleaned it all up for you.

We didn't necessarily film in the locations we intended. In one scene the Chief is turning on the shower, but we forgot that the bathroom walls were covered with mirrors. Rather than set a record for the highest number of camera reflections in a shot (infinity), we opted for the bedroom. I think we made the right decision and got some very entertaining footage.

We also filmed the first non-human animal of the film. Dorian Gray, Nick's pooch managed to cute his way into some footage. That reminds me, we also filmed Kroz the Alien... Do we have to put a "no Kroz's were hurt in this film" notice in the credits?

It feels really good to have the Chief scenes done. They've been hanging over our heads since we started filming and for one reason or another they've eluded us. The list is shrinking and Patrick and Nick are largely responsible for it. Thanks, guys.

Gotta love that microphone

Thine sound man has been on the move over the last week or so. Sightings have placed him and his recording gear in Kenmore and as far away as West Seattle in a quest to capture our radio voices. And man, do they sound GOOD! Kudos to Patrick for gathering up some great audio.

Keeping the dream alive

Patrick just watched the most recent version of the film and sent along some great notes for stuff to tweak in the edit. The weekend saw the delivery of some of the first final effects as well, which is cool. There is a lot of 3-d stuff still to come in, this was mostly 2-d stuff.

Also, never animate a digital numeric display. That is a lot of keyframes. Only in the morning after, while contemplating the affair did it occur to me a graphical element like a needle would have made life a lot easier.