Racing the sun.

Trap and I went out to Wade on Thursday and put together a plan for Saturday's shoot. Then we got to Wade on Saturday, and the rain started. Which wouldn't have been a problem, except there was a gaping hole in the roof of the building that was serving as our set. The dripping water was kind of cool (think the Nostromo from Alien), but it wasn't good for some of our props, so we had to move them around which screwed up our blocking. Then the bulb in one of our 1K lights blew, which screwed up our lighting plan.

On top of all that, it was an effects-heavy day (thanks to Jonathan and Wendy for coming up and taking care of the blood, guts, aliens, etc.), so we ended up a couple of hours behind schedule. Which put wrap around 6 AM, which meant we were racing to get our last shots finished before the sun started shining in and killing the illusion that we were filming underground.

But I think we made our day, and I think that's a wrap for Interplanetary interiors.

More grabs.

Grabs and synopsis.

Looking forward to a time when Interplanetary is done and being promoted on the festival/home video/whatever circuit, I've been working on this synopsis...

Nine men and women, employees of Interplanetary Corporation, live and work on Mars. Their days aren't particularly interesting, much less exciting, until they are assaulted by a murderous band of strangers and a seemingly unstoppable alien creature. Do these attacks have anything to do with the Martian fossil recently uncovered by one of the employees? Will the rapidly increasing body count adversely affect Interplanetary's stock price? And can anyone survive long enough to fill out the inevitable paperwork?

... and picking out some frame grabs...

More photos.

Here are a few of the many awesome photos George Smyly took last weekend...

Photos (finally).

As any regular readers out there might have guessed, I never got enough time at a proper computer to do any blogging in Vegas. However, I did get some excellent photos of our first shooting day of 2008, courtesy of actor (and gentleman) Michael Shelton.

Evidence.

Digital photographic proof that we are making a movie.

Here's Ming the Merciless manning Carl's small scale model of a control console...



John deconstructing a monitor for inclusion in the eventual full-scale control console...



Carl stepping through our first (unpainted) door frame...



Angie painting up a storm...



You wouldn't believe how much math was involved in constructing this control console frame...



Unloading the VW Beetle that will serve as the basis for our space age Mars vehicle...



Prototype space suit being fit for actress Mia Frost...

The (first) wall.

Carl and John stand proudly in front of our first wall...


It isn't dressed or properly lit yet, but it's standing.