This post started life September 2018 and is a real labour of love for Don.A genuine well done to Don and look forward to the films completion.👍👍

Yesterday: Drove 3 hours to a location, blocked, rehearsed, and recorded scenes for 4 hours, drove 3 hours back home. 10 hours spent for roughly 15 raw minutes of footage (600 ft of 16mm). I finally found an actress for the lone female role via a former theatre instructor of mine. Her recommendation worked very well! I can't wait to review the footage after it is processed and scanned. Still have a few more scenes to capture, the finale for one, but I feel very good about yesterday's shoot. Well, other than hauling a coffin to and from the location in my pickup.

Hopefully I can get a 16mm print or two, and a 35mm print struck after it everything is done.




and Emma!

Don,

Thanks for the update and the pics..always fun to see progress on this fascinating project...👍🏻

600 feet of footage fresh from the lab! Negative, so I am waiting for the hard drive with the scans to arrive so I can review it. I really feel like a kid too excited to sleep on Christmas Eve!

I have enough footage shot to where I can begin editing (an adventure in itself!) while waiting to shoot other scenes. Then comes grading. Some low-res grabs

Almost a wrap! The finale was shot this past weekend in addition to other scenes; despite the cooler temperatures here in Texas (90 as a high) the makeup (no prosthetics, only went the Jack Pierce route) lasted just long enough to get through rehearsals and takes. Once I get the footage processed and scanned, I can see if any reshoots are necessary. Just about two scenes left to shoot and then off to complete the editing.

Sounds good Don, i look forward to hearing how it all turns out. You've put a lot of work into it thats for sure.

Footage is currently being edited, three scenes left to capture and a few additional shots needed. I used two cameras during the shoot of the finale due to the nature of makeup, time, and temperature. There was a slight issue with the B camera, scratching/marking the film despite cleaning the gate and interior components, BUT, with this being shot on film the end result lends itself to the aesthetic. Even the cast and crew are excited with what I have shared with them. I can't wait to get the final cut together for scoring!

After 6 years of planning, filming, set-backs, and everything life could throw at me, I wrapped up filming this past Friday. The film from that day of shooting is off to the lab for processing...

Absolutely brilliant Don,that labour of love is nearly there ,you must be very pleased.

Last batch of takes received. Taking off of work next week to concentrate on editing! I'll need to calculate how much film was actually amount of film shot for the project as what is pictured is just a fraction.

Sharing one of my favorite shots from this last batch:

Behind the scenes of the soundtrack with composer Andreu Jacob; bits of the film are shown in this mini doc.

Excellent Don , very interesting listening to the composer along with the shots of the film.
Like the werewolf at the end 😁