Doug Emmett walked off the set and we were forced to hire a new D.P. at the last minute.  This guys name is Calix Lundstrom.  You may have heard of him, he shot “2001 : A Space Odyssey”, “Kundun”, and “Days of Heaven” …

Andrew carried him around the set so he could make sure the lighting was up to snuff.   He has a very discerning eye and implemented a mandatory crew nap-time, which was greatly appreciated by the crew and abhorred by production.

Calix also let us use his snorkel lens system, pictured above.

The videos screen in Barcelona on February 12th….

We will post them soon thereafter.

xoHenry

Shooting continues on our series of short films with model trains.

Studiomarché in action.

Andrew blocking a scene.

John Furgason:  looming, brooding.

Cheeze-Its have dominated on-set snacking.  We snack hard.

xoHenry

(photos by Nanoosh)

Yesterday we shot at Northlandz, the largest model train museum in the North America.

John and his art team dress the city set.

It was our first shoot using the RED camera, courtesy of Atomix.

This shot was inspired by something I grabbed with my Canon TX1 (which is the size of a deck of cards) on our first scout.  Isn’t it amazing what it takes to recreate that?  We’ll see whose version is better.

Every single one of the 100+ trains at Northlandz can be controlled from this room.

B-Unit out on Rogue Mission #3.  This mission was highly secretive.

The brave director retrieves a stalled train.  One misstep would have sent him plummeting thousands of feet to his death.

Today we’re shooting across the street at a studio, a.k.a. Studiomarché.

xoSM

Everybody in the office stood up.

xoSM

Today we begin to prepare in earnest for our forthcoming series of short films with model trains.

Director of photography Doug Emmett makes the complex measurements necessary for a precise shoot.

Production Designer John Furgason favors a living scarf.

More updates soon.

xoHenry

We found this in the trash late last night outside of Ricky’s.

We’re going to start him out answering the phones.  Try calling, he might pick up.  212-505-FILM.  His hours are 11 p.m. - 9 a.m.

xoHenry

Our dance film “Icarus APR” directed by David Fernandez, starring Ask Lacour, played last night as part of the Dance on Camera Festival.

xorel

We are prepping for a series of short films with model trains.   For inspiration & research we took a company field trip to Northlandz today, a 1 mile indoor model train miniature with 8 miles of track and 40 foot bridges.  It defied our wildest expectations.

We found them.

xoHenry