The Nine Isles: Week 2

Greetings, one and all! Well, we survived. After last week’s update, “unusually high temperatures” got redefined, as we wound up shooting long days in triple digit temperatures. In June. Yeah… that was fun. We also set new shoot day length records, which is also not recommended. That said, we managed to sew up a lot of things, and hopefully by Friday we will have filmed almost a third of the scenes in the movie. Granted, some of them are also the shortest in the movie, but still…

Since we have basically one space for all indoor sets, we’ve been scrambling to finish all the scenes in the current base set type, before moving on to the next one. So, lots of crypts, dungeons, and catacombs…

The shoots have been long, the weather punishing, but the cast and crew have all been troopers, keeping up spirits even when things get miserable. That said, we’re certainly looking forward to the cooler temperatures over the next few days.

Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!

The Nine Isles: Week 1

Greetings, one and all! So this week has been insane… Very long shoot days, unusually high temperatures, and sets that need to be built and swapped out between shoot days. That said, we managed to get a surprising amount done, with eight scenes shot in two days. Here’s the overview:

Forests, crypts, and campfires. A solid spread of locales for the first week. As we have a call time in less than an hour, this blog will be short, again.

Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!

Scrambling Toward Today

Greetings, one and all! By the time you’re reading this, we will be out on our first shoot of this project. This is shaping up to be a case of laying track in front of a moving train, which means long hours in preparation. In this case, it also means brief updates. Fortunately, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, here are some snippets of our race to the start of filming. Highlights include multiple team work days, and the casting of a key prop. Enjoy!

Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!

A Week in the Workshop

Greetings, one and all! This week has been heavily crafting-centric, with sewing, test fittings, and a ridiculous amount of foam smithing. One of my brothers has taken up the reins on the suit of armor we’ve been working on for this past year, and we're nearing completion. Unfortunately, a slipping buckle led to a cascade failure that we’ve just managed to jerry-rig our way out of. The plus side is that the torso is finally actually completed, and now we’re working on the legs…

Sunday was a day of preparation for the set building session this Thursday. Some costuming was done, but the bulk of the manpower went to extracting and organizing the lumber that we’ve collected over time, including the return of a truck load of the pallet wood we’d salvaged. On top of all that, we’ve been taking delivery of several costume elements that we couldn’t do for ourselves…

Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!

High Speed Juggling

Greetings, one and all! My how time flies. Especially when you don’t have much of it. This week has been comprised of actor training sessions…

…Location scouts, sewing, and crafting. Lots and lots of crafting. Once again, the stunt team joined in.

Yes, the written part of this is short, because it’s being hammered out late at night, after a long day out and about, doing readings, production meetings, and the aforementioned location scout. By the time you’re reading this, we will be neck deep in yet more of this craziness. But, such is the life. So, onward!

Until next time!