So we are making a movie. My heart thrills every time I think about it. "We're making a movie." Actually, we began production yesterday with a very grueling nighttime shoot after an even more grueling afternoon of hurry up and wait. It was awesome! No knitting but I did go to a spinning class and I will soon have a picture of the spinning wheel up. BUT back to the task at hand...

We're making a movie. Today was day two of production. We shot the daytime scenes of the kids coming to the hotel, Alex(the ONLY girl) talking with the hotel manager, and some of the inside the hotel stuff. Then in the evening we shot the villian coming into the hotel and checking in. Our the hotel manager/clerk guy failed to show up for his second call so we couldn't do the bit where his throat gets torn out... I was waiting for that too!!

Between shopping (there is a seemingly endless list of things to get for a movie, even when you overprepare something always comes up... flypaper, antspray, red food dye...) chasing after the MonsterMegs(aka my daughter) and attempting to feed a horde of people I also got to watch some special effects in the making... so so so cool. They painted a head and gave it hair for one scene, made a ton of blood for some more scenes--but we need MORE!! More I say--and did a live cast mold of our badguy for the finale, which we will later blow up! How cool is that?

I am tired, but having a blast. I leave you with some pictures...


This guy is scary looking! I wish I had taken a picture of him in costume... he was awesome. There were a few times that he gave us the creeps (excellent for a horror movie, no?) All in all though, he was a very nice guy and was also very sweet. When not in character he always had a smile on his face. That was cool.

This is the hotel we are staying at and filming at. I love this sign, looks great at night when it is all lit up. The rooms are shabby with walls made of whitewashed cinderblock. The only way we could have gotten a better "scary, deserted hotel in the middle of nowhere" would have been to build it ourselves somewhere and even then it would have lacked the distinct authenticity that this place has. If I were a lone traveller who had to stop for a night, I would be driving further on down the road if I saw this place. I will post a picture of one of the bathrooms and you will see why... oh yes, and the indistinct blobs are, from right to left: Nick Sveen playing Guy, Richard Cabrerra playing Mark, dh playing the director, and Lizzie Webster playing Alex. :)