The nice thing about shooting news interviews is that they move along pretty quickly. So after burning through that sequence, we crossed the mighty Lake Washington for some serious eastside action. First up the intro scenes at Susan's house. It was Mother's Day and we leaned on our families who graciously let us use their homes. Susan took her mother out to brunch and her father rather amazingly managed to nap through our shouting. Yes shouting, not shooting. Okay both. We're Bail Enforcement Agents, people!
And it's time to go to work...
Unfortunately, we were a bit squeezed for time and weren't able to complete the scene. We have to reschedule to finish the van sequences. We did get a fantastic smoker prop from Susan's dad and some other mysterious entity and it looked great.
Next, we ventured even deeper into the east to capture the treehouse material. Perhaps the most amazing feature of this shoot was that we actually had a sit-down dinner.
Not pictured is our child actor for the evening, Weston. He did a great job and didn't even get pummeled by a rifle butt like our last child actor. Perhaps it's not as dramatic but much less stressful for the families. (I think I've mentioned how Piers is now helping on our crew after appearing in "Kingmaker" as a child victim years ago). I like to think we've grown as filmmakers.
I want to give a big thanks to Carol for coming out that night. I mistakenly flipped SE and NE in the address I gave her which sent her to regions beyond comprehension. She admirably stuck with it however and eventually arrived. Karen also came through with some great props for the shoot. She supplied the cigarettes which were so vital to the scene and the substitute crossbow bolts which were so vital to the safety of our actors. Speaking of which, the plant in the post I made earlier couldn't have caught fire. It was raining! Joy.
Despite adverse conditions, we captured some great material around the treehouse.
The substitute crossbow bolts did however contribute to the Lamest Shot Ever Captured and The Thing Of Which We Shall Never Speak, even though I'm mentioning it in a public forum. I only do so because myself, Mike and Nick must answer to ourselves how we let it happen. From now on, we're going to be wearing chain mail and getting back to the days before regulations, PETA et al. What would Apocalypse Now have been without the heart attack? I'm just saying...
Nick hard at work. In a time of not rain. Oh how fun it is to stow wet gear.
Theme of the movie, people!
It will be on your film class quiz. I guarantee it. Extra credit if you can explain how the arrangement of pieces does not fit with the title of the image. No cheating.
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