Made during the 48-hour thingmabob earlier this year,
but perfect time for this Halloween!
There I was, minding my own business, when Directorik kidnapped me and put me to work on this epic masterpiece. It was kinda like being shanghaied into a chain gang, except without the pirate ships, opium dens and cheap hookers.
I was just a mere grip, but it was an awesome day working with a lot of talented people.
Friday 7pm: Creative team gets the details of the challenge, and brainstorms like crazy. Directorik had agreed to only do this if it was a musical, so that threw a lovely extra bit of wtf into the mix.
Saturday 11am: Calltime for the rest of us peons. Creative team also arrives, with full script and some working samples of the songs. More click-tracks than anything else, and definitely more metronome than music.
Day continues, with b-roll being shot. Emphasis on shooting mostly the dialogue, and the daylight musical number.
While the dialogue's being shot, the choreographer is slamming together a sequence of moves for the first night dance, Sign. We are on a large property, so they can do their thing while I slave away... luggin' about some C-stands and sandbags. And the monitor... weighed down with sandbags. (Also some sandbags, which were also weighed down with sandbags...)
Sunday 3am: All shooting is complete. That's a sweet 16 hour shoot, but the day ain't done for Directorik. He's off to actually start editing the whole thing!
Sunday 7pm: Pretty sure that was the deadline. In like Flynn. Click-track replaced with finished songs (never even saw the person doing the music - updated songs sent via iPhone from the studio)
Edit: Looks like video has sharpened up.
More edits to come, as story unfolds.
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but perfect time for this Halloween!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUUAGx4URmQ
There I was, minding my own business, when Directorik kidnapped me and put me to work on this epic masterpiece. It was kinda like being shanghaied into a chain gang, except without the pirate ships, opium dens and cheap hookers.
I was just a mere grip, but it was an awesome day working with a lot of talented people.
Friday 7pm: Creative team gets the details of the challenge, and brainstorms like crazy. Directorik had agreed to only do this if it was a musical, so that threw a lovely extra bit of wtf into the mix.
Saturday 11am: Calltime for the rest of us peons. Creative team also arrives, with full script and some working samples of the songs. More click-tracks than anything else, and definitely more metronome than music.
Day continues, with b-roll being shot. Emphasis on shooting mostly the dialogue, and the daylight musical number.
While the dialogue's being shot, the choreographer is slamming together a sequence of moves for the first night dance, Sign. We are on a large property, so they can do their thing while I slave away... luggin' about some C-stands and sandbags. And the monitor... weighed down with sandbags. (Also some sandbags, which were also weighed down with sandbags...)
Sunday 3am: All shooting is complete. That's a sweet 16 hour shoot, but the day ain't done for Directorik. He's off to actually start editing the whole thing!
Sunday 7pm: Pretty sure that was the deadline. In like Flynn. Click-track replaced with finished songs (never even saw the person doing the music - updated songs sent via iPhone from the studio)
Edit: Looks like video has sharpened up.
More edits to come, as story unfolds.
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