Feature: Bad Signs

[chris_rw]

I've started production on my first feature, Bad Signs. A little scary but really exciting! I'm lucky enough to be shooting on a Red Epic. The footage so far has been incredible... I'm in love with this camera! We've shot one week, then taking a few off (scheduling) before coming back and finishing the rest of the film. It's ultra (ultra) low budget, but I'm lucky to have a lot of really talented people on board. Philip Anderson is the DP.

The PG13'ish movie follows Joe and his group of sign holder friends as they fight to keep their jobs when an 'evil' agency comes into town. The movie is a comedic mockumentary from Portland, OR and features a cast of both local actors and LA talent. We have a few really oddball cameos in the film (Ron Jeremy, Tonya Harding, a Baldwin and a few others) as well as potentially a bigger actor or two in larger roles.

Here's a few stills from the actual footage (rough CC right now):





You can check out a really early spec trailer we did to show the basic gist of the concept, but the trailer was very early, shot on SLR's, etc (the actual movie is much stronger).



This is just a quick, early update. I'll update more as we move along through production. Thanks!

Chris Wilson
http://www.badsignsmovie.com/index.html

[chris_rw]

Want to give a HUGE thanks for 2001Productions for sinking down to my level and helping out on the shoot all week. I can't thank you enough for all your hard work you put into the shoot!

Like our Facebook page for updates, bts and other crap: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bad-Si...61581963934074

[wheatgrinder]

I need to get off my but and break in to your crowd.. are you on a 48hfp this year?

[chris_rw]

Originally Posted by wheatgrinder

I need to get off my but and break in to your crowd.. are you on a 48hfp this year?

I'm not. Too busy with the feature to do it this year. Plus, it's a lot of stress!

[chris_rw]

Here's a few other shots from the July shoot. We're hard at work getting geared up to shoot the rest of the film in September. We have about 25 more days to go, but we're off to a great start!

www.badsignsmovie.com <-- We've been updating the site almost daily with tons of pictures, bts, etc.







http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bad-Si...61581963934074 <-- Our Facebook Page, filled with all the newest stuff.

[Ernest Worthing]

Looks like a fun movie from the stills.

[DeJager]

looks great!!

[CharlotteGould]

thumbs up

[Zensteve]

That looks hilarious. How'd you end up with Tonya Harding?

[chris_rw]

Originally Posted by Zensteve

That looks hilarious. How'd you end up with Tonya Harding?

We tracked her agent down and pitched the concept of the movie. The agent liked it and set us up with a lunch meeting with Tonya. She liked us and the concept and signed up!

[Zensteve]

Originally Posted by chris_rw

We tracked her agent down and pitched the concept of the movie. The agent liked it and set us up with a lunch meeting with Tonya. She liked us and the concept and signed up!

Ah, I guess my question was more like, "Why Tonya Harding in particular." Not how'd you sign her up, afterwards.

[chris_rw]

Originally Posted by Zensteve

Ah, I guess my question was more like, "Why Tonya Harding in particular." Not how'd you sign her up, afterwards.

Haha, yeah... we had an interesting idea for something she could play, plus we like having an oddball cast with intriguing people on board.

[Ernest Worthing]

The trailer is hilarious. If you don't mind me asking, total budget?

[chris_rw]

Originally Posted by Ernest Worthing

The trailer is hilarious. If you don't mind me asking, total budget?

The trailer was just a concept trailer that was done for $0. The actual film (where the stills are from) will be under $100k.

[mussonman]

"What they need is a good ol' fashioned face fistin!!!"

Funny Line ^^^


Anyway, the trailer looks great, even though like you said, it was just a concept trailer... you still could've pulled off this with those cameras.

Lucky you got to work with a Red