Our guest cast rolled in on Monday for their costume fittings. Then, after lunch, Christina, Nicole, and Janina headed over to Stage 3 where they attended Gun School. Following a brief tutorial by Stargate armorer Rob Fournier, they donned safety glasses, ear protection, and were then put through the paces: pivoting, reloading, and firing. To anyone wondering, the fourth member of the team, Leela, was skipped the lesson, having already received a crash course in the season premiere, Search and Rescue.
Tuesday was Day One of the Whispers shoot. The majority of the day’s work took place inside the house with Sheppard, Beckett, Teldy, Vega, Dusty, Porter, and Mirellus. About a couple of hours in, the script called for nightfall. We killed the lights, dropped the tent, and got the fog machines going. The idea of tenting only key areas of the stage was a brilliant one (Thank you, James Robbins) as it allowed us to quickly achieve and adjust to a desired level of visibility. In retrospect, the alternative – fogging the entire FX Stage – would have been a real nightmare. Although progress was a little slow at first (In an unforeseen snafu, a significant amount of fog ended up seeping into the house during the shooting of the first scene, causing a slight production delay while we sealed up the various breach points), things picked up in the late afternoon and I was able to make it home well before 10:00 p.m.
It was an exhausting day, but the scenes we shot look fantastic and our guest stars have been amazing.
I appreciate everyone who has taken the time to comment on The Empire of Ice Cream and For a Journey to Quibo. Although I’ve been a little overwhelmed here at work, I’ve really enjoyed reading your opinions on the unfinished short, as well as your thoughts on what turned out to be a remarkable anthology.
To those of you who would like to check out some free fiction, head on over to –
http://www.freesfonline.de/Home1.html
This site offers up links to works from a wide variety of authors including Stephen Baxter, Greg Egan, Robert Silverberg, and one Jeffrey Ford.
Well, it’s ticking past 10:10 p.m. so I’ll wrap this up. Looks like tomorrow may be even longer. On the bright side, I’m getting enough behind-the-scenes pics to tide you all over for weeks to come.
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