Finished shooting/foley work on short film Moneta. Editing and bear wrestling now await. Still have animation and handicam footage to complete and music to still sort out. But a good bulk of the footage looks amazing (which I always go for and feel awesome achieving) and here's some sneak peak shots from the raw footage...
Actress Lucy Fletcher
Actress Amy Steiner-Simpson
Great art department from Caroline Page
Smoke machines make me feel giddy delight
When raw footage looks this good, it makes editing a whole lot easier on the eyes, but there will still be a good load of post effects like so...
And now onto some hardcore catchup animation work. Sleep first.
Been wearing rubber gloves and animating today. Hand is sore. That'll teach me write up a two minute animation sequence.
Anyway, briefly link to the trailer for Zodiac, the new film from David Fincher. Looks to be an awesome film, plus it's also filmed on digital, which will be interesting to see how it'll turn out, considering how much Fincher loves his use of dark lighting and such. Downloadable here.
Finally got to watch The Departed tonight and the word is good. Damn good. Faithful remake, great dialogue, excellent performances from everyone all around and it's simply just good to watch a new Scorsese film. Not that many changes from the original Infernal Affairs, though the condensing of the female interests into one character seemed a little much and in terms of pacing, there were a lot of info used from the prequels and sequels that we're a little much in comparison to how Infernal Affairs played out. But still, this is one of the best films this year and all must go to bask in the glory that is Martin Scorsese.
Although, we did get into a near one hour debate on the constant continuity errors present in the film. Half of us thought it intentional, while the rest of us right people thought the others were douchebags and weren't experts on anything past microwaving a pie. Which I still hold a two time world champion record for.
Meanwhile, shots from David Lynch's new flick, Inland Empire have turned up and they're worth a gander. I have no idea whats going on in them, and I'm pretty sure that'll be my thinking straight after watching the film, but that won't stop me going. Check them out here.
And eyes out for a possible meteor shower extravaganza this weekend. The bulk of it will be best seen in other parts of the world, but with a little luck, there should still be enough around New Zealand to see. Up to 150 meteors per hour is predicted as Earth passes through the dust cloud of the Tempel/Tuttle comet. Details here.
Two more cameos down today, got two more this weekend and at least three more by the end of next week. Such a whore indeed.
Discovered a fascinating account by these two guys who spent six months sailing across the pacific and saw something absolutely incredible... The birth of an island and a sea of stones. There is a great summary/write up on it here. And their blogs of the account here and here. And photos of it all here. Great stuff.
Always fancied the thought of owning a boat one day and just sailing it out into the ocean, out of sight of any land and having nothing but an endless ocean all around you. Very Hemingway and 'Old Man and the Sea'. But still cool.
And speaking of oceans, why not mention ones on other planets? A student has been granted NASA funding in researching the concept of mirror/sails positioned above Mars to heat up sections of it and speed up a terraforming process. The world of Sci-Fi lives! Details here.
Oh and I'm having fun with this 'bluescreen screen saver'. Now you can scare the crap out of nerds everywhere with this screen saver that simulated the blue screen of death and even uses accurate information taken from your system configuration and stuff. Geek out here.
Quick post of something found on Neil Gaiman's blog I'm sure many, especially Joe will appreciate... The Helsinki Complaints Choir. Some of it is specific to Finland, but mostly you can sympathize with it. Enjoy!
Oh and some very cool news: Alan Moore is slated to guest appear on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons. More details here. Awesomeness.
Oh and very strange goings on with Spider Girls in Santiago, read here.
Finally! The fear is sinking in as the shooting date for Moneta draws near. Next week we begin a three/four day shoot and then go straight into post with lots of funky effects and animation stuff. But it'll be no problem... really... I can wrestle no less than three polar bears to the ground with one hand behind my back. This should be easy.
Three more cameos this week, starting on Wednesday at 1am I'm a surgeon, 8am I'm a war doctor or something and 11am... something else. Such a background whore.
Uh... not much else to say, except this clip of David Lynch promoting his new film on the corner of a street with a cow...
And a photo of the shuttle launch taken from the International Space Station... found on Warren Ellis' website... awesomeness.
Been helping out this week on one of the students' horror shorts. Fun times running around dark tunnels and haunted houses late at night and getting a head injury from a falling electric plug.
Anyway, not much to report recently. Just starting to get the heavy work done on my own short (about time some say) and still cameoing in a lot of other people's films. Current count is at about 10 appearances.
Right... here be a trailer for a Norwegian animated film where the English dub has been written by Simon Pegg... eeeeh!
Been a busy week and everytime I made to post something, I was too tired and couldn't keep up the concentration. Sorry.
But yeah, was on a film shoot for friend Albert on Tuesday morning when I started suffering some massive stomach cramps and put up with it for a while, but then started getting headaches, ringing in my ears getting so loud I was temporarily deaf, cold sweats and apparently my face was all white. Crazy stuff. And it only lasted the morning after going home, throwing up and sleeping for a bit, but still scary painful stuff.
And for the rest of the week, I've been acting continuity on Alejandro's shoot. Fun times and at least it was mostly in the school's studio, so I didn't really have to go far for it.
And last night we had a commemorative drink up celebrating the end of three shoots and some. Got properly drunk and woke up this morning, brain on the floor, stomach doing yo-yo flips. Going pro.
Other than that, don't have anything else to report. Except for killer mutant viruses from the past coming back to life here.
Actress Amy Steiner-Simpson
Great art department from Caroline Page
Smoke machines make me feel giddy delight
And now onto some hardcore catchup animation work. Sleep first.
Actress Amy Steiner-Simpson
Smoke machines make me feel giddy delight
And now onto some hardcore catchup animation work. Sleep first.
