Saturday, June 25, 2011

Are we not MEN?

Yet another long overdue update.
Things have been really crazy, this is my first day off in about 3 or 4 weeks. I've been doing daily/weekly calls on 'Total Recall' in the sewing department, which is really great. I'm enjoying it immensely and I hope I can go back again soon. As soon as my week was wrapped up there, I went into 7 straight days of building for 'The Ballerina', a sci-fi short with an amazing crew. Then I was on set for 3 days to dress the actors, maintain continuity and all that jazz that Costume is all about. It was my first time ever doing design and build for a film, so I was incredibly excited. And I think it's going to turn out quite amazing! I'll post a lot more about it when I am at liberty to do so.

I had to build a VFX suit as well. Basically, a gray jumpsuit and cap. I also had to silk-screen all the trackers and create markers. I hope I did a good job and that rendering the CGI will be a bit easier because of my attempts at perfection. This image is a sample of one, but I basically mimicked it in every way. And now I have a silk-screen with that tracker image, I can always make one in the future.
Afterwards, I did a commercial and another BravoFact short film. I've also been working as a costume designer assistant to Michelle Bailey for a 'MacBeth' production with the Driftwood Theatre. It has been very tiring indeed.

About 2-3 weeks ago, the screening for the CFC short film 'Silent Cargo' happened downtown. I did the costume on that and it was a really great experience. I hope the film gets to play at a few festivals. I also can't stress how awesome all the actors were. Especially considering I had to make their wardrobe filthy and throw make-up dirt on them on a daily basis. I definitely wouldn't have been as amiable.
Other than insane amounts of work, I saw DEVO perform in Toronto as part of NXNE and it was rad as hell. I wish I could say I've done more but I have literally been working like a mad woman for quite a bit, so my social life has been non-existant.
Anywho, I really gotta get started on all that art I wanted to do and also eating and sleeping properly.

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