Laboratory shooting, nearly done!

We're nearing the end of our time in the lab. This week we finished off a giant chunk of shooting, did a few pick ups, and started planning our final days on this set.

How about a video why not?

VIDEO:::

 We're getting to that point of "shoot what we can, cause this set is being torn down soon." We scoured all the footage and frantically made notes on what we had, and what we still needed. But in the end, we were able to knock almost everything out. In the boring in-between-shots time, the actors have invented a new sport called "Flizz"... which involves a used gum wrapper. I'm sure it's more involved than that.

Flizz, a gentleman's game... apparently.

Jason giving proper credit... four.

This week also meant the first of our CG shots. Setting up a giant green screen and tons of lighting was an interesting challenge inside of a triangle with lots of windows.

This was for my "Save the fish" campaign commercial.

Hopefully this blog can keep churning out regular content. I still have a few up coming days of shooting to discuss, and I plan to document the destruction of our amazing set, but after that it's relax time for a little while before we dive into the rest of the shooting.

Green is the new RED.

More to follow shortly. Stay tuned in.

Thanks again to our friends Fit For Rivals for all the awesome tunes for our behind the scenes videos!

-Luke (D.P.)

First look at the PORTAL!!!

This week was pretty eventful in "Intersect" land.

The Portal - Practical Set Piece

Just yesterday, we got an email from our friends at Art In Metal saying the initial framework for the portal is done! They included the photos above.

3D Portal Sketch

Luke and Gus, looking up... like a boss.

The portal... that giant metal arch there... will eventually be adorned with lots of copper wire, various tubes, glowing blue light, and other sciency goodness. I will post more glamour shots of the portal once it's installed in the lab next week... along with the wheelie robots that attend to it. All of which will be housed in a giant triangle-shaped room, referred to lovingly as "The Event Chamber". (More info on that soon)

Very quick lighting test

Over the weekend we replaced all the boring florescent lights in the laboratory set with a bunch of giant, neato, industrial dome lights. Check out this sweet time-lapse video of our hard work!

We hung the first big chunk of lights for the main lab area, and we're waiting for the event chamber and portal to be installed before we hang the rest.

Luke chews Charleston Chew

We're assembling our CG team now, and thinking about getting some actors to fill the roles in the script. Stay tuned to find out if we do!

-Luke (D.P.)