Monday, August 30, 2010

"Blood Therapy" - Day 3

8-14-10

That's a wrap, folks! Principle photography is finished!

What an amazing day! Everything came together so effortlessly. The actors were amazing and the blood f/x were yummy! I could have done without it being 87 degrees in my kitchen while we were shooting, but you take what you can get during Memphis summers. But the cast and crew were troopers, always professional!

You know what I loved about today? Those little moments that make me giddy about being a filmmaker. I witnessed several of those today. A heartfelt line, an intense head movement, a gleam in an actor's eye... those little moments are special to me. Seeing it happen before my very eyes and because of something I wrote is one of the greatest feelings a filmmaker can experience. I hope I never forget that.

Something kinda wicked and cool happened during one of our scenes. It was an exterior attack sequence. It was about 9pm, and while we were discussing the shot, one of the bats from our trees flew right through our little group. It was creepy watching him zig zag through us!

All in all, it was a wonderful shoot. I am so thankful for the opportunity to work with this talented group of people. Having seen the rough edit coming together, I can honestly say that this is our best yet. And it's all thanks to our amazing Cinegore cast and crew!

2 comments:

Donald Meyers said...

Wow...too bad you couldn't shoot the 'bat scene'...sometimes something unexpected happens as it did it my case while filming, "Our Attic"..during my scenes with Helen Bowman in my kitchen, my cat, Pepper, decided he had enough of no one paying him any attention, so he hopped up on the kitchen counter behind me and proceeded to pose rather eerily, which added to the overall effect. Improv lives!

vicious val said...

Thanks, Don! And thank you for sharing your similar story! Improv does indeed live!