Cockumentary Shooting Day 2

Day 2 went much more smoothly than day 1.  I was able to work a few hours before hand working on the lighting effects to make the shoot really look like it was morning (even though we shot at 10pm-Midnight).  This day involved far less actors with about the same crew.   We got shots of John F Kennedy and Gregory Pecker waking up in the morning and getting ready for their day.  This motif if you will is going to be what happens at the beginning of each episode.

As far as problems go, there was nothing major.  Towards the end of shooting we began to rush and only do 1 take for some shots and looking back on it there were a few times where you can see set elements (such as lighting) in the picture, but those are things you have to look for.

We may, however, be looking to do something a little bit different with the camera placement and movement, so the shooting we did on November 18th may get the axe, but I would like to say everything is turning out rather well.

Cockumentary Shooting Day 1

A project has finally begun that has taken over a year in the making.  About this time last year the idea for a movie that would a comical behind the scenes for a porno.  Unfortunately not too long ago Dimension films released Kevin Smith's newest comedy, "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," but before you go accusing of copyright infringement I can assure you that this is a completely different spin on a similar idea.

This week began with trying to rent equipment to use to shoot anything we could on Sunday Nov. 16th.  Mind you this is the 3rd or so attempt we've made at setting a date where we can get all the cast and crew in to shoot (and if success is having all the cast and crew in to shoot then we still failed this time).  But we got a camera and a tripod and some mics rented.  The first snag was that we didn't have any lighting kits available.    They say need is the mother of invention, and to that I say desperation is the mother of thinking outside of the box.  We solved our lighting problem by using a bunch of desk lamps.  Not the best way to light a set, but hey, it got the job done.

The second snag we hit was that we couldn't have everyone there at once, and most of those who could be there weren't too happy about starting as early in the day as we did. But once we got the ball rolling things really started to turn out great. We shot a bunch of interviews that shall be inter cut in the first episode (and possibly in later episodes), and we really started to take the characters from the script and put them into life.  

With the long day of shooting finished we are now one step closer to releasing our first project together possibly under the guise of Bio-TOXIC Studios.  For all intents and purposes it is a Bio-TOXIC project, however it wasn't the vision that was originally had for the direction our production company would take with the works we were going to make. 

Until next time...