"Hunter Prey" week; Behind the scenes...

[Cmonster]

Well,

As most of you know, my first feature film "Hunter Prey", hits the streets domestically tomorrow, and in honor of the occasion, I'll be posting up a behind the scenes photo from the film every day this week. I wanted to give all my friends here at the mego museum a little insight into the world of making a low budget, independent feature, so in this very thread, every morning, I'll be posting up a candid snapshot from the film, with a little story and explanation behind it.

Let's start things off with the whale skeletons in Gonzaga Bay;



I remember this day (as I do them all) quite vividly. It was actually really, really windy and kind of cold that morning when we started shooting. By mid day, the wind died and the temperature came up enough to make us shed the jackets, but it didn't get too hot. It was by far, the most comfortable day, temp wise, we had. This particular photo was taken while I was giving some direction to Damion Poitier (Centauri 7). He needed to walk through these whale skeletons, stop and pick something up, look up to the horizon, and then continue on his way... I think it captures the minimalism of the entire project... Notice how many people are in the shot. That's first assistant camera, John Yonkondy to my right and boom operator, Alexandra Gallo behind Damion and I. Super proud of my cast and crew... All 18 of them. LOL!

Tune in tomorrow morning, for a photo that's a little hard on the eyes...

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[pmwasson]

Awesome. Can't wait for tommorrow's update.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Fantastic Sandy, I really look forward to these. Wow, a crew of only 18!

[rche]

gather all your notes together; publish a "how to shoot under budget" info book/dvd combo and finance your next movie.

I know I'd take a look at something like that.

[megojim]

Wow, this is a rare treat indeed, thanks for sharing Sandy . . . maybe SC stands for Santa Clause?

[Meule]

Sweet, I absolutely love behind the scene pics, footage and stories. Thanks for doing this Sandy, I'll be checking this thread daily for sure

[Mr.Krusher]

Absolutely - and THANKS!

I'm telling you man, for real - if you need a 'larger' humanoid/monster/creature/sasquatch/etc., I'm your man! I know I could pull off the suit work in a very convincing way, NO troubles there, and with the right appliances/costume, I could easily play an 8'+ character..

My only requirements would be comp meals/drinks, and my name in the credits!


THIS gentleman got it RIGHT: (Start about 4:00 in to see who I'm referring to, though the entire documentary is good..)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmjci...eature=related

Take care and best of luck -

[mego73]

Good stuff Sandy!

[Mikey]

Sweet, I absolutely love behind the scene pics, footage and stories. Thanks for doing this Sandy, I'll be checking this thread daily for sure

Same here

[The Bat]

Really COOL Sandy! I really like the look of that Alien's Face.

[jp1969]

I am hoping we will see this film distributed in Canada.
Would like to see this.

[Hector]

Keep 'em coming Sandy!

[Cmonster]

Ok, next installment; I ran across these in a file from the pre-production of the film. This is the first make-up test for the bounty hunter character... After I decided that I was going to play this character, make-up FX supervisor, Patrick Magee took my lifecast and generated the prosthetic appliances, painted them and did this test about 2 months prior to shooting. It gave me a chance to not only see what the creature would look like, but how the prosthetics would feel on my face and what range of motion and expression I would have in the make-up.

First, the full scleral contact lenses were put in my eyes. These are twice the size of a normal contact lens. They cover the entire eye. Mind you, I'd never worn contacts before, so this basically felt like someone trying to stick half of a ping pong ball in your eye;



Then the headpiece was put on and glued down. The teeth (which were sculpted over a cast of my own choppers) were also put in, as once the appliances are glued down, it's much harder to get the contacts and dentures in;



Patrick and makeup assistant, Saul Gallegos then glue down the facial appliance and blend everything together;



Two hours later, the finished product;



I felt the paint scheme was a bit too blue and too similar to the Cydonian alien coloring, so the character in the final film is more of a green color. It was a lot of fun being in the makeup and playing the character, but directing in that get up, was really challenging. In the 100+ degree heat, doing the fight scene was brutal. I could only imagine how the guys felt who had to wear all that stuff every day... Crazy.

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[Hector]

Oh...Jessica is going to have a heart attack of giddiness...

[jessica]

I think...

I'm in love....