It's been an amazing journey, filled with lots of ups and a few downs along the way. Like everything I've done it's been a massive learning curve though. It lets me see which crew members work well together so when it comes to making my next film (whenever that may be!) I'll know who to bring back to the team. I've also worked with some fantastic actors on Night is Day and I don't think we've seen the end of their stories so I really hope I get to continue them.
Since my last post we've been to the Caledonia Club House in Falkirk and filmed a LARGE chunk of the movie involving the evil Caillech who wants to destroy mankind and start again, while poor Jason got the living snot kicked out of him.
Sean Clancy, a professional cage fighter, joined the film and he has co-ordinated every single fight that you'll see. And they are vicious. Jack, our sound designer, has a lot of work ahead of him with adding in cracking bones, punches and kicks, but it'll be brilliant.
We were filming in a warehouse in Falkirk, and it was mostly Sunny. Mostly. When it rained, IT rained. The wind pounded against the warehouse, birds chirped, the sound was almost impossible and everybody had to try to understand Gaelic. To top it off we then had to film the final fight of the movie. Jason VS three scavenger demons - round 2.
My hats off to Chris Summers, Sean Clancy, Sean Anderson, Crawford Young and Graeme McIntosh for working so hard to get the fight filmed. Well done to Adam Wardrop, Simon Ferguson and Gavin Orr for filming the fight. I can't wait to edit that section.
We wrapped two hours later than planned, which, in the grand scheme of things, wasn't that terrible. Well done to everybody - you worked your hearts out.
The previous day was lighter in comparison, but only just. We had to film Jason's first encounter with Lena, resulting in a mind-numbing (with a little help from CGI!) vision of Lena being attacked by scavenger demons. A nice relaxing scene of conversation between the pair, and then off to the Botanic Gardens for the third and final time to film Jason VS the Scavengers round 1!
The following weekend was hectic too.
We filmed scenes with Nicki Fleming, who plays a 197 year old vampire, Lexi, who wishes to help Jason's quest to stop the Caillech, in return for a little help in stopping the bad guys along the way. Lexi leads Jason to a warehouse where ancient daggers are being stored for the war, resulting in a fight with Jason and Frank Stone - official assassin and psychopath for Mr. Philips.
It's hectic to say the least. In Scotland we've got two types of weather. Wet and Dry. When it's wet there isn't much you can do - and when it's too sunny we can't film without white-out and shadows messing with our continuity. Weekend 5 and 6 consisted of filming in the Hub again - with Gavin creating an art gallery for Lexi to peruse, and the warehouse foyer for Jason and Lexi to investigate, Mr. Philips and Frank to arrive in to meet the Caillech and kick-start the apocalypse.
Miss Jones arriving to help Jason after finding herself on the wrong side of Frank, and Lexi getting shot.
Oh and there's a box in there too ala Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc.
Next up is a scene that my special effects guy Mathew is dreading. Taking 3 actors in Scavenger demon makeup and turning them into hundreds. But there will be a BBQ so it's not all that bad!
So yes, I had to finally bite the bullet and buy an iMac. a 21.5" bad boy. It's powerful, it's fast, and it edits HD footage like you wouldn't believe. And it's DAMN expensive! I'll be paying this one back for quite a while so I need Night is Day The Movie to be sold and go into the cinemas, and I need a lot more paid corporate work.
Or you'll next see me at Macdonalds asking if you want your double cheeseburger to be upgraded to a meal with fries and a drink...
Next up on the old filmmaking blog is weekend 7's adventures, a look forward to the final days shooting up north in a cabin with a man called Angus, and the beginning of post production. All going well the movie will premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2011 and rumour has it we might be off to Comic Con next year too.
But for this year we'll be happy with Collectormania in the Braehead Arena in Glasgow. 21st and 22nd of August we'll be there with scavenger demons, sexy girls, a vampire or two, a brand new Night is Day comic, pictures, postcards, and a brand new trailer exclusive to Collectormania.
See you on the other side!
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