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 19, 2015: The Ishida Imperial Shuttle!
Feeling opinionated? Here are the candidate designs for the Ishida imperial shuttle. So, which version do you prefer? Thanks to illustrator Bartol Rendulic for the amazing design work!
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!…
November 17, 2015: Dark Matter season 2 casting news! We have our Nyx!
The news broke just a few hours ago. Actress Melanie Liburd (High Priestess Kinvara in this upcoming season of Game of Thrones) joins the cast of Dark Matter in the role of Nyx. http://deadline.com/2015/11/madisen-beaty-aquarius-melanie-dark-matter-1201627495/ http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/melanie-liburd-adds-roles-in-game-of-thrones-as-red-priestess-dark-matter-to-slate-20151117 So who is Nyx? Is she friend or foe? And what's her secret? (I only ask because, well, it would seem that…
November 16, 2015: In the works – Dark Matter season 2!
One of the many, many things we're looking to accomplish in Dark Matter's second season is to introduce cool new futuristic energy-based weapons along the lines of THREE's Bubba - Well, we've got a lot of terrific concepts in the pipeline - a couple of which have already advanced to the design stage. This afternoon, Props Master Victoria…
November 12, 2015: Scripts are out! Props are primed! And Lulu is bummed!
Two down(ish); eleven to go! If all goes as planned, Jodelle and co. should have two more scripts (Episodes #203 and #204) to curl up with next weekend. Victoria came by this morning for her regular 10 a.m. props show-and-tell. We discussed variations of these... ...and these... Trust me, when the episode airs, you won't…
November 11, 2015: Costumes and Canines!
Last year, whenever I went down to the costume department, I'd notice the dog pictures lining the far wall - funny photos of pooches dressed up as samurai or miners, running a science experiment or playing cards. A new one would go up, roughly once a week, and I didn't think anything of it until I…
November 10, 2015: Let’s get this show on the road! Eventually, when we go out to shoot on location.
Huzzah! Looks like we're making a t.v. show after all! Today, after a morning spent writing and perusing potential casting options, I attended my very first concept meeting of this young season. Well, okay, it was more of a pre-concept meeting. In attendance were all of the department heads, line producer Norman Denver, Executive Producer…
November 9, 2015: Official prep begins on Dark Matter season 2!
Uh oh. Actual real bonafide official prep on Dark Matter's second season kicks off tomorrow with not one, not two, but THREE big meetings! First up is our pre-concept meeting during which all the department heads will gather to discuss what they did on hiatus. And then talk about what's needed for our first couple of episodes…
November 7, 2015: Memories of Dark Matter’s first season!
These take me back... Line Producer Norman Denver at the controls. As usual. The initial version of the Corporate Guard uniforms. Deemed a little too colorful. We ended up going with basic black. Always stylishly nefarious. The Android's severed hand was a realer than real-looking synthetic duplicate of actress Zoie Palmer's actual hand, painted, textured…