The most hectic weekend of them all. Day five and six are just a blur to me now, but somehow everything worked out. After losing our locations on Thursday night, finding new ones on Friday, and then dealing with a sudden scheduling conflict at 7pm the night before the shoot, I was surprised that anything managed to happen at all.
Yet, miraculously, despite conflicts and tight schedules, we managed to make shit happen. Thanks to our ever imaginative and quick thinking D.O.P. Bruce Harper, who squeezed every iota of potential out of our minimal lights in a short period of time, and due to the patience and good nature of our actors, ”Tim Bortins” and “Elevator, Elevator” were shot on Saturday and look amazing. I also think that in these two days we has some of the best blocking and ad-libbing moments experienced yet, and it was great to see things just swing into place. Everyone kept their heads, and we managed to have a rockin’ good time.
A special thanks also to Erin Marchak and Dusty Mancinelli from Hamilton-Mehta Productions for getting us permission to use 720 Bathurst as one of our locations, and for lending us the key. You are awesome.
Finally on Sunday we got to be more adventurous with “Interviewer vs. Documentary Filmmaker“, where we had a fight scene choreographed by Lucas James, got fake blood splattered on the ground, and made a dash for it with continued shots from our “Throw It” sketch, as Throw It girl ran around in Kensington Market, China Town, and in front of the Bathurst Streetcar (I kid you not). It was a lot of fun and completely weird overall, and I’m glad we’ve done it. Here are some pictures from the shoot – enjoy!
Male Official (Jason Riddle) from Tim Bortins
Documentary Filmmaker (Darren Glass) knocked down by the Interviewer (Ryan Graham)
Photos by Bruce William Harper