The Last Day of Filming

The "siblings" Molly and Leopold

Fafika

     We had our last official day of filming today.  It's rather odd to have no more days of shooting ahead of us (just days and days and days of editing!)  The cast, though, decided to drag out the filming as much as they could, I think, for we got our record of the most takes (47!) today.  Besides a few camera issues and a few (okay, allot!) of giggles on camera, everything went well.

Cast and crew going over various...important...documents

    Keep watching the blog, as we are going to be putting up actor and crew bios every week!  Should be interesting as we delve into the deepest, darkest secrets of these people -- like what their favorite kind of cereal is.

Lady Sarah's House

Today we filmed some of the scenes at Lady Sarah's house.  The Benavides' were kind enough to let us film in their beautiful home, which is amazingly decorated and looks great on set.  Everything went well, the acting was great (though we had some bloopers, which were hilarious).

Roma Camp Scene

Today we filmed the scene in the Roma camp.  A lot of folks came to help by being extras.... THANKS!!!  We had a total of 9 extras of all ages.  Everyone did great!  We also had a bunch of people come just to do sets, which was very helpful.  Overall, a good shoot!

To the left is a picture

of the building of

one of the tents. 

Garden Scenes

The weather was perfect for filming our scenes in the gardens at the English Inn today.  The staff was kind enough to turn the sprinklers off for us so we could get some cool shots down by the river.

(This was helpful since they didn't really have sprinklers in the Georgian Era for some weird reason.  Of course, a history buff will soon inform me that they did indeed have some sort of watering system).

 We also got some fun shots by this lovely little pond they had with a bench by it and a fun fish fountain (say that five times fast) in the middle (they did have fountains in the 1800s, though we ended up turning it off).

We also filmed scene 3, which went well (even though a few of the actors did get stepped on by the horse and, strangely, by each other).

Inn Shoot

Today we shot a few scenes at the English Inn.  It went well, the staff was great working with us.  We shot in the Windsor Suite, pictures of which are to the left and below.  (The electric fireplace was awesome for shooting!)  As Molly woke up in the movie, she also got to pretend to sleep in the super-comfortable awesome bed, which she said was heavenly.

 

Want to be in the movie???

We are looking for

extras

for the movie shoot this Friday (8/12/11).

We need all ages.  Families with a parent or two would be best.  Everyone would need to be at our house at 11am on THIS Friday (8/12/11).  Shooting will go most of the day (could go as late as 9pm). 

We will be shooting a scene in a gypsy camp.  Basically all extras would just be hanging around the camp, not saying anything - just acting like gypsies (no creepy gypsy rituals, though).  If anyone plays an instrument (like violin, viola, guitar, flute, or dulcimer), we would like to know as we might have a gypsy or two playing an instrument and/or singing.

If you (and/or your family) are interested in doing this, please contact us ASAP at epicsummermovie@gmail.com (we want to work on story boards Wednesday night and Thursday, so we will need the  "extras cast list" finalized before then).

Everyone who comes will need to bring:
    Sack lunch and dinner
    Snacks
    Water bottles
    Any gypsy-like clothing you have (scarves, skirts, shawls, shirts, pants, etc)

Please do not be offended if we end up not using your clothing.

When filming, meeting, etc. we would like people to wear modest clothing.   Please nothing that shows thighs, cleavage, or belly; this would include any non-gypsy clothes you may wear upon arrival or departure (also nothing extremely tight or with obscene words/pictures).

    Any gypsy-like jewelry and/or trinkets you may have (rugs, necklaces, earrings, BANGLES, belts, odd knick-knacks, candles, old-fashioned fake weapons, etc).

Filming "On Location" at the English Inn!

We are blessed to be able to film the Inn scenes at the beautiful English Inn located just outside of Eaton Rapids.  They have been so gracious to work with us.  On Tuesday we will film indoors on the staircase and in one of their lovely B&B rooms.  Then, on Wednesday we will film out back in their beautiful gardens.  THANKS again to the English Inn for supporting this youth project.  You can show your support to them by checking out the English Inn's Website or their FB page.

Battle Scene

 

We filmed the Battle Scene today.  Very fun and exhausting!  You never think of all the blocking and takes (and takes, and takes, and takes!) that go into even a short battle scene while you're sitting watching a movie.

A Bloody Awesome Take!

Well, today we learned how to make Molly look bloody, and as one cast member said, she looks "bloody awesome"! 

Thank you God for the rain and fog, which helped make this scene even cooler!  (And for holding off the severe thunderstorm until we were done filming).

Bruises and Cuts.

We filmed a very intense scene today, and found out how to make awesome looking bruises and cuts.  We can now say that we have poured out our blood, sweat and tears...and filmed it!

This tree on the left was transformed into an amazing set with an intense life-or-death situation.