The Dark Side of the Earth: April 6th, 2008

Our Morning Glory are a foot high and trying to escape.
Last week Ian and Hank and I met up with a potential art director. We latter two knew nothing about building sets, and we were duly illuminated. Hank suggested hiring a lock-up garage and going on scavenging runs to collect materials. Whether this will happen in a van painted in the A Team style is more than I can say.
Today I continue work on another videomatic, the seventh so far. Last Wednesday the living room was filled with another high quality miniature – this one made from C-stands, bin bags, tissue paper, a pillow and a paper lantern. At one point I represented a matte painting by cutting a hole in one of Ian’s illustrations (not an original, I hasten to add) and shooting through it. The scene called for a duplicate of a female character, necessitating purchases from a discounted range of Pirates of the Caribbean action figures. Although there was only one Keira Knightley left on the shelf, there were two girly-haired Orlando Blooms, so it’s old Legoland who stars in the videomatic.

The Dark Side of the Earth: April 6th, 2008