When’s the last time you came out of a movie and just wanted to get in line and see it again right then? When’s the last time you wanted to shout to the people in line waiting to get in –it’s INCREDIBLY AWESOME, PEOPLE? That’s how strongly I felt when I walked out of the [...]
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RANDOM (GUSHING) THOUGHTS ON AVATAR
December 20, 2009T Minus 1 Day — Here We Go Over the Edge of the Cliff…..
January 23, 2009Okay — we’re REALLY up and grinding now. Last day before we start shooting so everyone is activated and we are receiving the equipment, the trailers, props. set dressing — all that stuff is being delivered; the pre-lighting of the sets is starting to happen; we had our final pre-shoot meeting with the production [...]
Michael Ironside and “Catch A Taxi Productions”
January 16, 2009by Michael D. Sellers
As many of you know, Michael Ironside will be joining the cast of Way of the Dolphin for the Los Angeles shoot. He’ll be playing the role of Captain Elias Blaine. I haven’t spoken to him yet and I’m not sure he’ll remember me (I’m almost certain he won’t), but we’ve met [...]
Getting Started (Again)
January 15, 2009Getting ready to shoot in LA is so much easier than shooting at a distant location. Here, there is just about everything you need within ten minutes of our offices in Burbank. So we got started for real today with a meeting of myself, producer Susan Johnson, and production supervisor (himself a producer in [...]
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Navy Sonar Case
June 23, 2008Now this is interesting. It just came out that the Supreme Court has agreed to review a California Appellate Court ruling against the U.S. Navy regarding the use of mid-range active sonar in California coastal areas.
For us, this is quite fascinating because this is a story which plays a significant role in our film story [...]
Sunday: A Day Off (Sort of)…and Some Quiet Time With the Script
June 22, 20087:00 PM
I got in a good 5 hours this AM with no phone calls, no emails, no interruptions — and was able to put it toward developing the shooting plan for some of the key scenes. I started with the open water scenes and did a narrative shooting plan and some sketches. These [...]
19 June Log: (Updated at 5:49 PM)
June 19, 20085:49 PM
Back at the hotel now after a longish meeting at the production office. Covered a lot of issues — also took a call from Craig Woods, the film commissioner for the Bahamas, who has been very supportive of our efforts here. I am about to dive into the weekly cost report — and am [...]
18 June Log (Updated at 5:40PM)
June 18, 2008Updated 5:40 PM
Spent the last two hours on the phone with the 1st AD going over the detailed production schedule. For anyone not familiar — this is a very intricate process in which every scene is broken down into a “strip” and then all the strips are assembled into a “board” (kind of a [...]
Issues of the Day
June 17, 2008So here are the eissues of the day:
The Production Designer is having trouble finding a way to create the house we want at the UNEXSO facility. The idea is that Hawk and family live right on the facility, and there is a spectacular beautiful location right there that is perfect. I’m willing to [...]
Welcome to an Experiment That May Become Mission Impossible
June 16, 2008Welcome to my experiment at trying to “liveblog” my way through the making of “Way of the Dolphin” — a film I’m directing and exec producing this summer in the Bahamas.
