42 Hours Later

WOW....

So the 48 hour fest was this weekend. First of all, me and Meredith (my co-producer/friend) both had to be at work at 6:30 Friday morning until 2. And we were both hoping for a nap until 5, but we had to do a location scout for a location we are going to use Saturday the 2nd... so there was no rest for the weary. We got home around 3:30, and I got all of the things I thought I might need for 2 days, and took a quick hour long nap.

And then it began.

I left at 5:30 for Hickory street bar and grill.... Everyone got there arund 6, and we all introduced ourselves and ate a little food.

Then the call came. 7:00 on the dot.

Fantasy was our Genre, M. Green was the main character's name, Landscape artist was his profession, windchimes were our mandatory prop, and "I must be doing something right" was the line of dialouge that must be in the film.

Brainstorming started, we went through several ideas that were good, but not quite good enough. Then we came to the idea of a fantastical great escape knockoff was going to happen, me and meredith RAN to the car, and raced to her house.

We would need to make a jail full of elves - THINK POINTY EARS ! ! !

So we have everyone come to the house (that is not writing) and we make molds of their ears. Which finished around 12am. Then everyone else went to bed. We started cleaning out the molds and sculpting tips out of clay to fit on top of them. Billy helped out with this. He designed all of them, they were cool. Then we let them dry, took off the ear base, and put latex over them, creating little tips that could be put on anyone's ears!!

We were finished with all of this around 6:30 in the morning. NO SLEEP YET!

Then, we got the script.

24 characters!!!! Elves, Trolls, Rumplestilskin, tooth fairy, easter bunny, pixie, leprechaun, etc.... LOTS of make up work, LOTS of costume work.

Just when we thought we might have a break, we freaked out. THis is going to take a long time to get done. We all tell the producer Joe to send the actors over as soon as possible.

We started making them all up, and did not get done until 1:00PM

Then we made our way to Richard Garriott's place. He has a little mideval city on his property. Which was amazing. Awesome location. Our film looks so cool.

We were filming there until 9:30, and then we made our way to the county jail, downtown. There were problems getting in, but they let the bare bones crew in, and Caroline (Meredith's partner) and me and Meredith FINALLY get to go home.

42 Hours with no sleep and constant work.

What a RUSH!!!! IT WAS AWESOME.

Today they are editing, and the tape is to be turned in at 7:00 at the Dog and Duck Pub. We are all going to drink a few!

Then I will come home and do more preproduction for "Dear Teacher" My film that will be shot next week with almost all the same people.

I LOVE BEING A FILMMAKER :)