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Just got back from Atlanta
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 1:37PM / Members only
I know I have not posted in months. After the film in Nanhai, I headed back to LA for a week of rest. Then I flew to Altanta, Georgia for 10 weeks on Demon's Rook, an awesome new horror film by James Sizemore, aka Loup Rah Garamore. James and his team flew me in, along with Lisette Santana, an effects tech from LA, and my good friend Corey Ruby, from the Chicago area. We had 10 weeks to build 4 demons, a ton of kills, body parts, 36 zombies, and much much more. It was an intense job, with long hours, but every day was so so much fun and it was a joy to work with these people. I almost wished it would never end. Alas, I am now back in LA, with my stint on Demon's Rook complete. I was unable to stay for actual shooting, but I got our crew through prep. We actually made 92 molds. That is an insane number. Anyway, here is some of what we made. I hope you all enjoy.
Working on a headcast
halfway done the headcast
Our decapitated head is ready to be molded
Lisette molding the head
One of our victims, I mean actors, having his arm cast
Our wonderful intern Stephanie, cleaning molds
Our intern Bunie, who got her arms stuck in the glove molds, again
Corey working on another matrix mold
Correcting a neck cast
making some teeth
All of us fiberglassing a matrix mold
James's zombie sculpture
My zombie sculpture
My baby, the fiberglass master mold for the surprise character in the film
in front of the oven, on the day of the first foam latex run
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The torture is almost over, soon to be on the next job
Sunday, Feb 5, 2012 2:16PM / Members only
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Do not let children play with knives
Thursday, Feb 2, 2012 3:30PM / Members only
Well there are only 10 more days before I hop on a plane back to LA, and then off to Atlanta a week later for my next film. Today was another fun one. Showed up to work today at 8am without a bit under 6 hours of sleep. It was all second unit for the effects team today. Our task today: turn our wonderful 1st AD, Fred Sun, into a horribly shredded victim of the evil Jiang Shi (Chinese equivalent of a zombie). Alas, a fair bit of this make-up got covered in tattered wardrobe, but here it is in all of it's glory.
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Moving Right Along...
Friday, Jan 27, 2012 8:56AM / Members only
Well, the days are piling up. I think we have 17 days left in this odyssey. The newest task, change that gnarly hand I did into something sleeker and sexy, while still being creepy. We will later design a face to match. Our US gaffer will be here soon, and that will help a bit too. Alas, myself and several crew have caught the Nanhai cold and are coughing and wheezing our ways slowly back to health. I think we are keeping some Vitamin C company in business in the process. Well here is the latest incarnation of evil hand.
Option 1
Option 2
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And the adventure continues
Wednesday, Jan 25, 2012 10:57AM / Members only
It has been an ongoing adventure on this latest film. Little sleep, and constant changes, but we push on. We did have two days off for Chinese New Year. I trekked into Guangzhou with Harry Du Young, our intrepid key grip, and Eric Heise, our awesome sound guy, to poke around some historical sites, grab a massage, and have a nice meal to ring in the year of the dragon. The next day was spent sleeping all day, in a vain attempt to prepare myself for the remaining 2 and a half weeks of shooting.
Yesterday, I had the joy of smearing latex all over Arran, a great actor down from Shanghai. He has to appear corpselike, and I cobbled together something to accommodate that. Now, on to further awesomeness and the remainder of the shoot.
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