Mecha-Canister film shoot

 Big shooting day in the studio, the last with this team of students. I was mostly Mecha-Canister, a giant robotic version of Canister the Robot, which has been built to protect the city from a series of invading monsters. No plot of dialog scenes, just effects scenes. Threw out a lot of stuff at the end of the day. Cast and crew were Dani Fink, Rebekah Illingworth, Nicte Recinos-Lane, Robert Stevenson, Aiden San Andres, and Katya Shyshenina along with Geremy Lague and William. 

Photos here are mostly shot by Robert. 

Preparing to film

I had hospital tests this morning which left me a bit drained, so when my set up time at the studio will all my students was interrupted by a real fire alarm, I admit I was a bit glad to send everyone home. Half the time was spent emptying things out of my office anyway. I'm giving a lot of 16mm films to Rebekah and and lot of film chemistry things to her and Dani. 

Speaking of fire, thought we didn't see any at the university (fire truck did arrive), we lit our own. Allan came over and I bought his newly printed (and dedicated) second half of the Critters set. 
 

Painting buildings

William and I did a rush job painting windows and doors onto the high rise buildings for the sthoot tomorrow. The eight foot flats will each be about 20 stories high, for those tracking scale. Also, I brought all of the Auricon camera parts together and let Mike and Ron know about it's potential for great cinematic adventure. 
 

Building a city

 Got a layer of paint onto my foam flats last night and William and I put together a plan for the next steps today. I'm feeling very excited yet exhausted by every step I take this month. I'm so happy that I'm doing a bunch of creative projects but at the same time, I am dying to have a bunch of time to just do nothing but stay home. I think that is what led to a bit of a stalled day today. We determined some stencil plans but didn't have the right tools to start, which was fine with me. 

Nicole departs

 Got Nicole to the airport this morning after one mor short visit with mom. 

Sunday activities

Nicole and I played some cards with mom this morning in lui of father's day activities. Later I managed to cram six sheets of styrofoam into my car from Rona to use this week at the university. They are 8 feet by 2 feet and cost about 9 bucks each. This evening we played a new game the William found at the giant book sale a couple days ago. It was a bit complicated and we are unlikely to play it again, but not really bad. 

 

Day with Nicole

 Brunch at a pop-up restaurant turned into an overly sweet sugar fest with Nicole and mom this morning. We ended up back at the house where we played the new Root game. Very nice day.