"I can read distant street names but I have a hard time telling who I'm kissing." - Me trying to explain my farsightedness to Akemi. Apparently, I need reading glasses. I say "apparently" because I've been doing just fine without them although my optometrist feels there's room for improvement. I'm trying to hold off on…
December 4, 2015: Counting down to Dark Matter’s second season!
Production on Dark Matter's second season commences Wednesday, December 9th with the ever-awesome Amanda Tapping at the director's helm. Amanda has been BUSY these last few days, scouting, meeting, selecting, and generally prepping her vision of our big season premiere. The cast and crew are thrilled to have her back! As we barrel toward our first day…
December 3, 2015: Dark Matter season 2 prep continues! Goodies galore!
Interrogation room - concept illustrator Sanford Kong Our old stomping grounds, The Raza! Hyperion-8 tech room scan via artist Victor Mare. Reading materials on on tablet via 1st Assistant Art Director Kelly Diamond. Guess the book! Meanwhile, the sets are coming along nicely... Warden Treihan's office. Hyperion-8 corridor. Solitary. Kudos to the Dark Matter Art and Construction departments. Al-most…
December 2, 2015: Dark Matter Season 2 Playback-in-Progress!
A couple of days ago, I gave you a sneak peek at the graphics-in-progress for our season opener: https://josephmallozzi.com/2015/11/24/november-24-2015-dark-matter-graphics/ Well, today, I give you these same graphics-in-progress progressed compliments of 1st Assistant Art Director Kelly Diamond with the assist from artist Victor Mare: *** *** *** *** More to come!
December 1, 2015: We’re going to space jail!
Awwww. One of the pictures sent in from Mrs. Faversham's first grade class over at Admiral Farragut Elementary on Torren-5's third moon. Prisoners are a resourceful bunch. And, occasionally, violent. Arts & Crafts classes offer them a great venue for their hidden talents. Some of the Do's and Don't's on Hyperion-8. Missing: "Bathing caps must be…
November 30, 2015: It’s on!
Today was our first official day of prep on Dark Matter's second season. Yeeeeah! Following a props meeting to discuss "the claw", we all hopped in the van and headed over to our second stage for a tour of the sets-in-progress with Episode 201 director Amanda Tapping. Check out the pictures above. What a difference a week…
November 29, 2015: Noooooooooo!
Noooooooo! Nooooooooo! Nooooooooooooo! My Snow Monkeys were trounced in week 12 fantasy football league play, blowing an opportunity to secure a first round bye in the upcoming playoffs. Relegated to third place following this humiliating loss, my team must win next week AND hope This Ones For John loses in order to avoid a potential…
November 27, 2015: Rude dogs and Dark Matter!
This is what Akemi gets up to with the dogs while I'm at work... According to her: "They love to wear their hats when they go out!" I remain dubious. Meanwhile, back on the work front: a little something props has been working on... We're going to lose the light at the bottom. Work continues…
November 26, 2015: American Thanksgiving Treats and Teasers!
I'm pleased to report that I finally pushed through that pesky today. In the end, I went with the one tried and true writer's block-breaking method I failed to mention in yesterday's blog entry: When in doubt, use humor! With that done, it was a nice segue into that delightful Android-Tabor scene. One more scene…
November 26, 2015: Dark Matter season 2 teasers!
Presenting : our Dark Matter season 2 mystery concept sketch of the week. What's going on up there? Who are those guys? What is that room? What's the deal with those green things? Any guesses? Today was a day fraught with audition screenings, tattoo discussions, and much spinning of creative wheels on this script I'm trying to…
November 24, 2015: Dark Matter graphics!
I feel like my head is about to explode. And it's only Tuesday. I'm juggling revisions and rewrites on six different scripts, casting, prepping, and trying to figure out the most efficient way to schedule a bursting-at-the-scenes action-heavy Episode 202. Also, fantasy football. But mostly fantasy football. Anyways, before I resume script revisions on Episodes…
November 23, 2015: YOUR Ishida Imperial Shuttle!
Last week, I asked you all to play producers by assisting me in selecting the design for the Ishida Imperial shuttle (to be introduced in season 2). There were 11 options to choose from, all skillfully conceived and illustrated by artist Bartol Rendulic under the direction of Dark Matter Production Designer Ian Brock. Between this blog, Facebook,…
November 21, 2015: Dark Matter season 2 – new sets in progress!
With our second walk-thru of the new sets (at the new stage) scheduled for this Tuesday, I thought it might be nice to show you all what the Art Department and Construction have been working on for our season 2 opener. Structures, shapes, textures and details - it's all coming along nicely. More than anything,…
November 20, 2015: Today in Dark Matter news!
Well, well, well. Look who came by for their season 2 fitting. Why, it's none other than Alex Mallari Jr. (Dark Matter's FOUR), back from a multi-month working vacation in Russia...which might explain the shoes (provided he didn't steal them from the costume beside him). Also in for a fitting following an equally busy hiatus was…
November 18, 2015: The Great Green Screen Debate of 2015!
November 18, 1477: William Caxton prints the first English dated book. November 18, 1626: St. Peter's Basilica is completed. November 18, 1916: The Battle of the Somme ends. Today: Members of the Dark Matter production team engage in The Great Green Screen Debate of 2015! We can't do it! We CAN do it! We shouldn't do it!…