5 posts tagged “film”

As I mentioned before, I'm in this little film called The Wizards of Daggordale. While the wizards themselves still have a lot of footage to shoot, we in the supporting cast had our turn last month, and they've put together a little behind the scenes peek. Check it out!

i am the Harpy Queen

love-love. Lindsay

***EDIT***
So apparently I misunderstood and the buzz was not so official. I am leaving this post here because I sent it to everyone, and some may still come looking. This message is for you. My director had passed around an awesome trailer and said we could share it, but it seems they want to do some more work to it and he didn't mean for us to share it with the general public. Coulda fooled me. I thought it was fantastic, and the music so perfect. But I had to delete it. But I can still share it with friends and family, so if you fit that description send me an email and I can email you the link to download it. Or if you want me to make sure you are notified once it goes up again message me or leave a comment.

Sorry to get your dander up!

***end EDIT***

Marry Me, the little film we shot in the spring here in Seattle, is officially buzzing. There is still some editing, and most likely a bunch of sound re-recording to do, so a release date is still not set, but a full trailer has just been passed around. So here it is. Watch it, enjoy it, share it, get more people to watch it and share it. Get it buzzin', will ya? Seriously. I'll be watching the number of views and I expect it to jump to the hundreds. Got it? Good.

love-love. Lindsay

Don't ask me why, but tonight I felt compelled to compile a list of my favourite movies, so I thought I would share the results. This was not an easy task. My favourite movies are not always the best, and the best movies are not always my favourites. Then some that used to be my favourites got knocked off because I wore them out, and others that used to be my favourites are on here for nostalgic reasons, despite the fact I barely remember them anymore. Who knows if I've forgotten any. And then there are at least four or five sequels to my favourites that I have yet to see, and if they are anything like their predecessors, well, I will have some rearranging to do. But for now, I think this is a pretty good list. Even if it's a bit long.

My Top 100 All Time Favourite Movies (in alphabetical order):  
        *Drumroll, please.*

1. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (it is all one story, after all)
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. Lost in Translation
4. Millions
5. A Dog's Breakfast
6. The 10th Kingdom
7. Harry Potter (can I say all as one? I think Chamber of Secrets is my favourite, but I need to see Phoenix again)
8. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
9. The Princess Bride
10. Titus

*Whew* That's hard work.

As I mentioned earlier, I participated in a little film last month. They're not expecting to finish editing it until June or July, but they posted a teaser for the film on their myspace (www.myspace.com/marryme2008). I thought some folks would like to see. I totally dig the mellow tune it has going.

Made you look. I finally ended my hiatus this weekend when I began shooting a short film. (I would have mentioned it sooner, but I had to wait out the jinx period. It seems that if I talk about good things too soon, I jinx them out of happening. Then by the time I was ready to spill the beans, I was too busy preparing.)

The film is called Marry Me (you can keep an eye on its progress here:  www.myspace.com/marryme2008) I don't usually like to explain plots, but this is in the romantic comedy genre; guy loves girl, girl leaves guy, guy wants to fix it by asking her to marry him, but is about to find out that he's got it all wrong. It's probably going to be around 30 minutes, and most of it is shot on (I believe) 16mm film. The aspect of it being on real film is exciting enough in its own right. And filming in Seattle, I know there's going to be some gorgeous footage.

We began shooting on Friday night in Bellingham, WA, with the cooperation of some eager and surprisingly patient Western Washington University students who filled in as extras for some party scenes. Saturday morning we came back to Seattle and have been filming on location around town. First Ivar's Fish Bar down on Elliott Bay, then Kerry Park (this is the spot where most of those great skyline photos of Seattle are taken.) I was sad that last week's gorgeous weather didn't hold out for filming, because it was COLD out there!

Yesterday was even more fun, as far as I'm concerned. Despite another late start - due to cell phone alarms that didn't update with daylight savings - we got to take over part of the downtown ferry terminal, then we hopped on the Bremerton ferry and filmed on deck en route. We didn't get off, but kept on filming on the way back. But this time we were on the front end of the ferry, and well, let's just say that I was wrong when I thought Kerry Park was cold. The wind froze me right through. And blew my hair all over the place. Still, it was probably my favourite part of the shoot so far. After that we took over the terminal again for a couple shots we didn't have time for before the ferry, and this time we had an audience. Well, the lead actor did. It was just a shot of him trying to break through the turnstiles, and then sliding under them. But it was gratifying and amusing that, while he is the only person in the shot, 80 people were standing behind the camera, silently watching, and they all laughed at the bit of shtick, but kindly waited until the scene was completely done. We also got to include one of the terminal employees in the scene, and even though I didn't really talk to him, I could tell what a fun, jolly man he was from the first words that came out of his mouth. He was so thrilled to have been a part of it, you could tell it made his day. And that made my day.

After that we filmed in Carroll's Jewelery store on 4th. And I'm so glad we had the privilege because very soon this 113 year old landmark will be shut down so the building owner can gut and renovate the building, and Carroll's will be no more. Of course I've never bought jewelery, and I don't really ever expect to (I hardly wear the stuff), but the loss of the history and the architectural detail alone is enough to break your heart, let alone that the business has been in the Carroll family this whole time. So I'm really glad we got to document this vanishing breed of antique jeweler one final time. And the ladies who work there were so understanding and fabulous we owe them a huge thanks.

Today they are filming in Pike Place Market. I am not in those scenes so I'm stuck making coffee for cash today. I'm sad to miss the action. I know that the lead actor was supposed to have a fish thrown at his head. I can't wait to find out how that went.

Then tomorrow is our last day filming. We'll be somewhere downtown, then down at the Olympic sculpture Park's waterfront in the afternoon. I'll let you know how it goes, and see if I can upload some photos later.

love-love. Lindsay