Hey guys!
I’m currently writing you all from the
film set of a massive Brisbane production called Omega. I’ve got my headphones in listening
to a Sydney band, but I know the builders are blasting the Tron soundtrack.
Which is kind of fitting, considering
this is a futuristic sci-fi film, and I’m sitting in a warehouse housing a
full-sized spaceship.
That’s right, our set is a custom-built
spaceship. Complete with a cockpit, airlock, its own little shuttle pod (for
exploration or emergency evac, whatever) amongst other rooms. I won’t say much
because I’m bound by a confidentiality agreement, but this is pretty frigging
cool. I come here and all I think about
is the detailed interior of the Normandy
of the Mass Effect series (yes, yes, I’m a gamer). I’m told the director drew a
lot of inspiration from Alien for his
vision. This production has been in development for two years, and the crew has
worked literally around the clock for months building and dressing the ship’s
interior to look über technologically advanced with all its machinery and
lights and buttons. There are cables running everywhere, and a curtain of green
screen is surrounding the cockpit’s windows. Tonight is the second night of
shoot.
I love my job. Filmmaking is such an
amazing creative outlet, where the only boundaries are the limits of your
imagination (okay, and that pesky budget).
Here nobody cares about my tattoos, I get to do my makeup however I like and
wear Wheels and Dollbaby instead of some unflattering uniform getup. Plus I get
to geek out over awesome equipment; we’re shooting on the RED Epic, same camera
Peter Jackson used for The Hobbit.
This is the second time I’ve handled beautiful footage shot by this camera, the
first being a music video for Caligula’s Horse last month.
Not to mention film people, in my
opinion, are the easiest people to get along with (if you don’t mind the
contstant F bombs sprinkled every other curse in the book). You literally need
to have two things: enough working knowledge to not mess up in your department,
and a sense of humour. I’ve worked on music videos, documentaries, short films,
TV commercials, and this is by far the biggest undertaking I’ve been involved with
(hello, spaceship >>>). And yeah, I stumbled home this morning at
3:30am exhausted and bailed on my other (fake) job two hours later, if only to
sleep some more and be refreshed to be back here now.
Just so this post still has some fashion
talk, this is the top I was referring to before (I wore mine with more than just panties and socks).
WDB, like Agent Provocateur,
has some gorgeous pieces in their collections, and like AP, has been
consistently expensive enough to make me cry when I put my credit card details
through. They can justify their prices thanks to the slew of celebrities seen donning their clothes. I feel like some of their designs are a bit tired and rehashed, just in
different fabrics, so they’re not a brand I would buy from too often (what’s the
point?). I currently own three pieces from WDB. The off-shoulder above, a singlet, and
this Tres Jolie bustier.
That’s all tonight from this little filmmaker.
I should probably do some work now…
-M
