THE LEGEND OF SIX FINGERS: Day Twelve - It Turned Cold, and That's Where It Ends
A short report from me, since I was only on location for a few hours.
I scheduled ten pages of script for writer-director-star Sam Qualiana and co-star Andrew Elias to shoot today. To ensure that we had enough time to shoot all of the monster scenes with Tim O'Hearn - mission accomplished - I piled on a lot of dialogue scenes between Sam and Andrew in the woods, including a dramatic, gory discovery. My key job was to deliver Alexander Sloan McBryde to location for a scene with him, Simeon Qualiana (Sam's brother), and our leads. Alex is a talented local actor who appeared as "Pimp Bless" in Slime City Massacre. He also appeared in three "Black Guy on a Rampage" shorts, and recently performed for me in Dry Bones. He had a later call time, and since the drive from my house to the Qualiana lot is so far, Sam and I agreed I could just come with Alex.
We met at Qualiana base, where Alex put on his costume and we lathered ourselves in mosquito repellant. Sam and Andrew, with the help of Erica Ladd and another production assistant, had already completed shooting the eight pages of script that did not involve Alex and Simeon. They must have done so in four hours, since they also took lunch. I hope Andrew gets some good notices when the film is reviewed, because he's done an excellent job, which is one of the reasons why the production has run so smoothly.
We traveled all of ten minutes to a nice park in Royalton and proceeded into the woods. These woods had a different look than those on the Qualiana back lot, which was a nice change of pace: taller trees, spaced wider apart, with a ravine, a waterfall, and a fairly respectable foot bridge sort of like the one in Gunga Din, minus the gaping chasm below. We rehearsed the scene a few times, shot it a few times, recorded some wild screams, then called a picture wrap on Alex and Simeon and a production wrap on Erica. Alex and Simeon were both funny.
Sam, Andrew, Alex and I then grabbed a few more shots and that was the end of another exhausting day on The Legend of Six Fingers. The magic of found footage films! I may have to direct one of these myself. Today was a bit of a milestone - it was the last day of shooting in the woods. Even though I spent less time in the wilderness than Sam and Andrew did, I spent my share there and came home quite a few We with mud on my legs covering scratches and mosquito bites. It was also the last full production day: tomorrow we have two interior scenes to shoot in the evening, and on Thursday Sam shoots a single scene with his father CJ (the sheriff in Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast). That will be a wrap, except for two scenes which bookend the film, which will be shot far, far away with our remaining guest star, Tiffany Shepis.
I feel good about this film: the story and performances are there, the monster is good, and Sam has shown real skill as a director. Between this and Dry Bones, we'll have shot two good features in six months.
I scheduled ten pages of script for writer-director-star Sam Qualiana and co-star Andrew Elias to shoot today. To ensure that we had enough time to shoot all of the monster scenes with Tim O'Hearn - mission accomplished - I piled on a lot of dialogue scenes between Sam and Andrew in the woods, including a dramatic, gory discovery. My key job was to deliver Alexander Sloan McBryde to location for a scene with him, Simeon Qualiana (Sam's brother), and our leads. Alex is a talented local actor who appeared as "Pimp Bless" in Slime City Massacre. He also appeared in three "Black Guy on a Rampage" shorts, and recently performed for me in Dry Bones. He had a later call time, and since the drive from my house to the Qualiana lot is so far, Sam and I agreed I could just come with Alex.
We met at Qualiana base, where Alex put on his costume and we lathered ourselves in mosquito repellant. Sam and Andrew, with the help of Erica Ladd and another production assistant, had already completed shooting the eight pages of script that did not involve Alex and Simeon. They must have done so in four hours, since they also took lunch. I hope Andrew gets some good notices when the film is reviewed, because he's done an excellent job, which is one of the reasons why the production has run so smoothly.
We traveled all of ten minutes to a nice park in Royalton and proceeded into the woods. These woods had a different look than those on the Qualiana back lot, which was a nice change of pace: taller trees, spaced wider apart, with a ravine, a waterfall, and a fairly respectable foot bridge sort of like the one in Gunga Din, minus the gaping chasm below. We rehearsed the scene a few times, shot it a few times, recorded some wild screams, then called a picture wrap on Alex and Simeon and a production wrap on Erica. Alex and Simeon were both funny.
Sam, Andrew, Alex and I then grabbed a few more shots and that was the end of another exhausting day on The Legend of Six Fingers. The magic of found footage films! I may have to direct one of these myself. Today was a bit of a milestone - it was the last day of shooting in the woods. Even though I spent less time in the wilderness than Sam and Andrew did, I spent my share there and came home quite a few We with mud on my legs covering scratches and mosquito bites. It was also the last full production day: tomorrow we have two interior scenes to shoot in the evening, and on Thursday Sam shoots a single scene with his father CJ (the sheriff in Snow Shark: Ancient Snow Beast). That will be a wrap, except for two scenes which bookend the film, which will be shot far, far away with our remaining guest star, Tiffany Shepis.
I feel good about this film: the story and performances are there, the monster is good, and Sam has shown real skill as a director. Between this and Dry Bones, we'll have shot two good features in six months.
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