VILLAGE OF THE CODE!!!

So Thursday night we ventured forth to film the, previously ill fated, scene 30! The car chase!! Well it isn't technically a "Car" Chase! It was Illya driving a car and Jon running full bore down the street.
It was an exciting night of shooting since we didn't have permission to film, and my Jeep was festooned with illegal light sources, and Galvin wasn't wearing his seat belt...
We decided to shoot this chase (more truthfully an homage to Ferris Bueller's Day Off) in Multnomah Village, so we packed up the Jeep and rigged it with the Coker-flex V6.0...
INGENIOUS!!!! And it worked like a charm. We got all the footage we needed in like...4 hours! It would have been quicker but, unfortunately, The Village is filled with Gawkers and Looky-Loos. Who knew the place would be so jumping at 10:45 on a weeknight? Onto the weekend...and the final shoot at The Slingshot Lounge.

THE BATTLE RAGES ON

As we continue to shoot, we find that the elements have turned against us. This past Sunday our brave band of filmmakers had scheduled a sneak attack on the unsuspecting, and yet, totally deserving scene 30...aka "The Car Chase"
Unfortunately, as our heroes raced towards the predetermined destination, it began to rain...not just rain...but RAIN! And we were forced to call off the night's shoot. Bummer!!
Unfortunately for Steve, this has caused a bit of a setback in scheduling...and as a result his guard was down and the "Dark Side" of the film was able to claim him as its new Apprentice..."Oh, I'm afraid the shield generator will be quite operational when your friends arrive!!!!"


In other news..."On The Wrong Foot" premiered at the Washougal International Film Festival this past Friday.
Unfortunately this festival, though it is only its first year, was a bit of a let down.
The facilities for showing the productions were lacking in every way. They had set up screening rooms in unfinished strip-mall stores with cheesy projectors and staff who couldn't make half the DVD submissions play...they didn't even bother to black out the windows, so it was difficult to even see the films. I hope they take a bit more time to prepare next year...it would be nice for there to be such a cool event so close to home. Good point...All six people at our screening enjoyed the film...LOL Look for more later.

Lazy Eye Film at Washougal Festival This Weekend

This Friday our short film, "On The Wrong Foot" is screening at The Washougal International Film Festival.

This is a short film, Gea and I created in 2006 for the 48hr Film Festival. Here is some press about the film;

"...The 48 Hour Film Project is more about the joy of the collaborative process (and no sleep) than the cinematic end result. Of this year's films, all of which were screened Aug. 16 and 17, many were poorly made, relied too heavily on potty humor and were, at times, utterly incoherent.
But a few shining jewels made the first-round screening worth watching. On this Thursday's program, keep an eye open for WW's picks, team Cinema Syndicate's mockumentary Tooth and Nail about a vampire running for state Senate and Lazy Eye Films' meticulous silent comedy, On the Wrong Foot. These films were well-produced and well-edited, and they underscore the power of what independent filmmakers with good ideas, digital technology—and a little NoDoz—can do. " -JAMES BOYDA Willamette Week, Issue 32.42

We ended up receiving the Audience Choice and Best Acting Ensemble Awards for the festival that year, but we weren't chosen to move on in the competition. With such a tight deadline, we weren't able to get the full score added at the time so we laid in the sound of a reel to reel projector, which was a tad tedious to hear for seven minutes...but after the fact we were lucky enough to have my good friend Quinton Rice write a full articulated score for the film which in my opinion makes the film work 100%. I think if we had had the music on the film at the 06 competition, we would have won for the Portland Leg.

Marcella Laasch who is also in "Crackin' The Code" was featured in the film and did an amazing job...as did the rest of the cast. The film has since been an official selection at the Barcelona International Film Festival, and now here in Washougal.

It will be showing at 1pm. I am hopeful to get out there this week and see the world's funniest seven minute poop joke! Check out the site and see what the festival has to offer.

Still Shooting....Almost There!

Yes it's true. We are still shooting. We have had a few scheduling set backs but are still on track to have all photography wrapped up by August 30th. As you can tell from this picture it was all fun and games for the crew...I'm not sure what Galvin has up his sleeve...or possibly my sleeve from the looks of it, but it is obvious he is enjoying himself.

This past weekend we all converged on Mike and Bianca Benson's home to film the much anticipated Scene 31. A lovely scene with exciting bits and a lot of running around for Mr Jon Ashley Hall, who plays Bill our ill-fated lead.

Here we see him preparing to jump the hedge wall at the Benson's for the ump-teenth time. See how sweaty he is. Poor baby. Jon really put himself into the scene by running around the block and running in place between takes to capture the feeling of having had to run across town..."Try acting, old boy!"

And even though Illya Torres-Garner was given the wrong directions, we still were able to shoot and get out on schedule.

DP Galvin Collins and his crew (Editor Chris Davis) did an amazing job of lighting the exterior of the Benson home, despite the slight annoyance of a small amount of rain that threatened us with a dousing.

We are set to shoot this upcoming weekend as well...finally we will shoot the car chase and be one step closer to completion of this amazing undertaking. We will keep you informed.