Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Episode 8 is a Wrap

The last scenes of Episode 8 ("Wild Things Waking") have now been secured and another episode has wrapped! Our thanks to Marie Best, mother of Sarah Best who co-starred in the episode, for becoming a producer with her donation -- and bringing our goal of posting the episode online that much closer.

When we gathered at the Gronberg's house to shoot Kristie (Spark) and Ryan (Imp) Gronberg in one of the final scenes, Bridget (Kristie and Ryan's mom) and I had a great laugh about the Mother's Day adventure/performance at CSTOCK. Our four dancers -- the talented Sarah B., Sarah C., Abbie P., and Jonah K. -- arrived two hours before the audience and we walked through the haunting dance performance, filming various takes. It was everything I had ever wanted from a dance sequence! But by the time the audience members arrived and we'd shot the acting scenes and the audience reaction scenes, the poor dancers (and probably all the audience members as well) were silly with exhaustion and thoroughly broiled in the heat of the theatre. So though the audience didn't get to see the wonderful, serious, haunting performance live, they'll all still be listed in the cast of the episode and at IMDb :) And, of course, they'll get to see the final result -- with amazing dance and special effects -- when Episode 8 posts online.

Thank you, everyone, for helping to make another episode a reality.