Greetings, one and all! We took off running this week,
starting with an assortment of prop work. First off, we used some of the new items
acquired over Christmas in the process of filling the screw holes in a modded nerf gun, using an
old model maker’s trick of baking soda and super glue. It’s a careful process
that required a fair amount of sanding afterwards, which didn’t do my wrist any
favors. So after giving those blasters a basecoat of paint to see how well the
filling job went, I experimented with a different filling method, which sadly
wasn’t quite as good. In the middle of all this, we also finished the hand
light props, and gave them a basecoat of paint.
All of this was a multi-day process, so interspersed into the dry times of
paint and adhesives in the winter was the process of early casting. First,
finding anyone in our circle who might fit the parts. Second, making
informative and eye-catching flyers for our team members to distribute in their
circles. The latter is taking a bit more time than hoped. A piece of paper to
sell a film before it’s been made is a challenge all its own.
Lastly, a small subset of the stunt team met again this Sunday, and worked
through a fight scene from the newly revised script.
Despite the rain, tiredness, and rustiness from the three weeks of vacation, we still managed to rough in the short but technically complex sequence.
Well, that’s about all for this week. Until next time!
