Last Saturday I shot with an all female production crew. It was a real blast! They were so efficient that we finished after four hours of filming. When the main actor didn’t show up, before I can ask why they already had a replacement standing on the wings. And a better actor yet.

Now after trying this, I don’t think I would ever want to go back to an all male crew. Plus they smell better and have a nicer disposition

Three more shooting days and the project would be finished. I can’t wait to see how the costume would look like.

My Optical dogs are standing by for the footages that would be assembled for the spfx. I have already built up immunity on their constant wailings and moaning about a day off.

Not on this parade mister!

And what do they have to complain about? They’re inside an air-conditioned facility with the coolers pointed at them full blast. They’re just sitting there, cataloging and assembling the footages.


Im the one who has to travel into the deep forests and wade waist deep in mire and carabao mud, sweating like a pig while waving off the seventh air borne attack of the mosquito squadron.

I said before and I’m going to say it again, shooting on location is a bitch! Specially when its four hours from the nearest civilized mall.

Of course im just bitching when I just arrived. But twenty minutes later with the equipment unpacked and cam is rolling, pure bliss!

FLIM: “ I love to hear the sound of camera’s cranking, and the crowing of rooster in the early morning light. It sounds like…. uhm victory! “

SUNDAY

Did a nighttime shot in our underground river cavern. My actor and actress were wet during the four-hour shot. But the set looked great and real.

DAV: “ Is the water clean? I have a sensitive skin.”

FLIM: “ Of course it’s not cleaned you idiot! We need to make it look mucky and wet.”

JANITOR: “ Actually its clean. I just filled it up with water seven hours ago>”

FLIM: “ shut up! I want him to think it’s dirty so he’d get this disgusted look as he wades into it! “

DAV: “ My wigs completely comming apart. “

FLIM: “ Well just put a gaffers tape on your forehead and paste it on!”

DAV: “ How clean is the water really? “

FLIM: “ It so clean, that’s where they put the hito (MUDFISH) in for days to purify them before frying!

DAV: ” You mean there could be fish crap on the water? “

FLIM: “ Hold that expression! CAMERA ROLL! “


In between bouts of shooting and editing, my sister in law lent me a copy of her ALIAS SEASON 1 DVD SET. I wasn’t very familiar with it except for the fact that I knew that the lead actress played Electra in that terrible Daredevil movie. Anyway I snuked it into my back pack and figured that I could have it playing in the background while I write or edit.

The first scene in the first episode didn’t really knock me over. Ok she’s wearing a wig akin to RUN LOLA RUN. So what.

So I still find it shocking to discover that I was suddenly into episode 4 and my attention totally diverted from the task at hand. (Since I produce my own projects …I figured that the producer in me should give the director and editor in me a few hours to just relax in case of suffering a burnout!)

Suffice to say that when I was into the last episode of season one I was really hooked!
I wasn’t really shock to find that her mother was the main nasty. All the clues were there.
But it still didn’t detract from the enjoyment I experienced while watching it unfold!

This is a infinitely better than 24 HOURS! I didn’t have to skip any scenes that involved KIM BAUER! In fact I was more interested in the family drama involving Sydney’s dad and mother than her missions that were becoming formulaic!

In fact the series bible could be written down like this.

1. Previous episode recap!
2. Sloan and the latest mission objective!
3. Bumbling tech guy with his one act play before or during the introduction of the latest hardware to be used in the aforementioned mission!
4. Sloan telling Sydney to go to his office and give her paternal advise. (Of course he is the real father of Sydney or he was mistakenly led to believe by Sydney’s mother!)
5. Mission locale is always a high tech disco, rave party or any place where Sydney can walk in wearing her latest designer let me peek and get a hard on for geek costume!
6. Going into the lion’s den with a key card or whatever gizmo that can override the existing safety programs
7. Instant discovery by the guard and a hand-to-hand combat with her winning or getting support from general black side kick Dixon!

So many more elements but I don’t have the time to wade thru them. I really get turned off when they do the high tech stuff but I love any episode featuring THE RAMBALDI ARTIFACTS!

The RAMBALDI subplot struck me as being GRANT MORRISONSQUE which delighted me to no end. Adn i'm really looking forward to what is the end design of it all.

By the time I finished season 1, I became a fan of the series! I was eagerly expecting to get season 2 from my sister in law but alas. There is already a long line of people waiting to borrow it. Luckily a colleague gave me a set for my birthday! Now I m still watching! Ah well just one more disc to go and its back to the salt mines for yours truly!