Catman post, Catman do

Today we shot all of Josh's pick-ups. As long as they are satisfactory, our remaining production tasks are to film a close-up of Robert's eyes and possibly a few shots of Neight and me. If we can get them out of the way this weekend, I could probably complete the Rough Cut in about a week and have the Final Cut done a week after that (without muzzle flares).

Of course, these times are highly tentative. However, it's important that we get them done as soon as possible because I'm going to have to figure out some way to get the 14 gigs of footage off of Heather's machine in about three weeks from now (she is going to be working on another project). I can still put them back on, or work on only portions of the final cut, but there will be a period of time where editing will not be as easy as it is now due to shuffling of files.

The shoot today went well.
We weren't able to film the scene 2 pick-ups, I'm hoping to get that out of the way this weekend.
However, the rest of the day went smoothly. I am happy to announce that we are now entirely done with production for scene 1, and the Expendable rough cut is nearly complete. All that's left to do (besides the pick-ups) is to add sfx, tweak the sound mix, get all the cuts nice and trim, and perhaps do some color correction.

We also made a short today, entitled "American Death Rider". We were just fucking around with a toy ATV and a toy gun, but I filmed it and I find it pretty funny. Once Neight gives it the okay I might upload it for you to enjoy.

We're planning to shoot the outpost sentry sequence today, as well as the rest of the Scene 2 pick-ups. If all goes well, we will have officially completed production for Expendable by the end of the day. Stay tuned for further updates.

With production hopefully coming to an end this Thursday and Eliot's Blog celebrating its third anniversary today, I've decided to release the Expendable Teaser Trailer to give you a taste of what is to come. (20.3 Mb)

Scene 2 pick-ups were slated for today. Unfortunately, we're going to have to roll them forward to Thursday because we ran out of light.
On Thursday we will also be shooting the outpost sentry sequence for Scene 1.

We're sorry to announce that after careful consideration, We've decided to scrap the Expendable project. We realized that it would simply never come to light, and we apologize to anyone who was anticipating it.

The good news is concerning our next movie. It's going to be a combination of jackass and trigger happy tv. It's gonna be cool, we're shooting on camcorder and editing in iMovie, stay tuned for more updates.