Lazer Team - Week #1Hey gang -
Been a busy and amazing first week on Lazer Team production! We've shot at 3 locations already and got some fantastic footage. Our very first shot was a complex moving camera setup with VFX elements that featured Alan Ritchson, our "Adam," running right past the camera. I wanted him to run fast, but had to keep telling him to slow down because he's so quick we couldn't catch him on camera! Later
@Jon showed me some photos he took and in every single one ALAN'S FEET WERE NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND. Yes, he is a real life super hero, I guess we did well on casting.
One night we shot at the National Guard Armory across the road from our studios complex. Art d...
Lazer Team - Week #1Hey gang -
Been a busy and amazing first week on Lazer Team production! We've shot at 3 locations already and got some fantastic footage. Our very first shot was a complex moving camera setup with VFX elements that featured Alan Ritchson, our "Adam," running right past the camera. I wanted him to run fast, but had to keep telling him to slow down because he's so quick we couldn't catch him on camera! Later
@Jon showed me some photos he took and in every single one ALAN'S FEET WERE NOT TOUCHING THE GROUND. Yes, he is a real life super hero, I guess we did well on casting.
One night we shot at the National Guard Armory across the road from our studios complex. Art department did an amazing job on it. It looked like a million bucks and our director of photography and gaffer did a kick ass job lighting a huge set with tons of extras. Had a little time to visit with some our Indiegogo EPs on set too which was fun.
Our only hiccup so far was shooting at this amazing set we had for a command center at my alma mater, UT. It was overnight, and during lunch (at 3am) they took this giant monitor system we were using offline, and then couldn't get it to reboot! Luckily we found some workarounds and everything was great, but I was mildly panicked for an hour or so. Thankfully our AD kept us on track and all our actors, including some RT folks, did a great job.
To end the week, we did a small table read with the core cast at Stage 5. It was the first time everyone has read together and man - what an ensemble! Allie, our "Mindy," is so charming, and Colton and
@Michael threw in a ton of ad libs and were cracking everybody up. It was a great night.
Getting ready for a week of 14 hour days, and couldn't be more excited. We have some bad ass stunts and special fx planned for tomorrow. Can't wait to shoot it.
I will try to update once a week if not too exhausted. Thanks everyone for your continued support on backerkit, every little bit really helps. Also - if you haven't seen
@Barbara 's posts about needing extras, please check that out for your chance to be in the movie. We can use you!
Lastly, I haven't yet had a chance to say thank you to everyone who posted their own ALS Ice Bucket challenge video after we put ours out. My dad thought it was amazing and our family is really thankful to you all.
Best,
Matt
