'Sloppy Dead Seconds' Cheapo Web-Style Production Update!

It's cheap! It's lurid! It's my new movie in production!

We will be resuming production Monday night when we shoot two motel interiors with Liliana and Belva. Unfortunately, one of our actresses had to be replaced so we're recasting her and the other actress in the scene was requested for gigs during Fashion Week in LA -- which is an awesome thing! -- so better that we just reschedule and do it all on another day.


The film is actually moving along pretty well, when you consider that we're producing a 75 min feature and we're able to work three or more days a week, as opposed to the one day a week schedule we had for the 46 min short we did last year (which ended up taking 5 months). Even with the few delays due to unexpected stuff, we should be able to finish this film around the end of this month or the first week of October. I'm confident that I'll be finishing the final cut long before Halloween.


More to follow...

Stills From Today's Shoot

Check out today's images...

A Few Stills From SDS Shoot in Big Bear

On Thursday, we shoot the hooker scene. Today, I took my star and a PA up the mountain today to get some shots that will appear early in the film.

Amanda "Squatch" Francis and Liliana Bouttavong

Me and Squatch prepare to shoot in town

Liliana enjoys the lake

Squatch prepares for her cameo

This Week's Slate, Etc

Hey kids!

Production resumes on 'Sloppy Dead Seconds'

Wed:  We drive up to Big Bear Lake to get some shots. Also, I'll be prepping props and set for the big scene of the week.
Thurs: Shooting with Eloisa in the grove. Finish set construction and take test shots for angles, lighting, etc for big scene.
Fri:  Final prep during the day, shooting scene at night.
Sat or Sun:  Shooting inserts
Next Monday:  Motel interiors with Liliana and Belva
Next Tuesday:  Final sequence with Liliana in the grove

After principal is done, I'll take a few days off to catch my breath and attend the Lovecraft Film Festival in San Pedro. This will be our third year at the fest but we're only attending Saturday (the bigger day) this year. Our entourage has expanded: Myself, my son director Austin Bosley, writer-filmmaker Shawn Kelley, wannabe actor and group fool Bobby Harkins Jr, his dad Big Bob Sr. Festival Newbies: actress Liliana Bouttavong, Star Wars idiot Amanda 'Sasquatch' Francis. We'll be seeing other friends there including our spider handler from Hell's Bells Deb Reilman and her gang. I'll be talking more about this fest right before and after, so enough of that for now. After the festival weekend, I'll do a rough cut of the film and identify anything I may have missed or learn that I need. Once all the elements are together, I'll do another cut and show it to a limited audience. From that response, I'll do a final cut. Then I'll add the music and final touches on effects and transitions. At that point, the film should be done.

I'm hoping I'll have Sloppy Dead Seconds finished and audience-ready in early October. That'll be about the time I will need to go to Arizona and meet with the new producer, per his request, to discuss the next project, to be shot in December.

More to follow...

New 'Sloppy Dead Seconds' Production Stills!

Here are the latest from yesterday...

Freida and Sasha get a ride

What will happen next...?

"SDS" Production Update

Tuesday was not a good day for "Sloppy Dead Seconds".

The "actress" took off with her costume and gas money -- BEFORE we shot the scene! This petty theft aside (We're only talking $50 total, costume included), I quickly cast a replacement and we'll shoot the sequence next week. One thing for sure, I'll have a good story to tell!

Wednesday was MUCH better. We shot some integral scenes with Belva and Liliana and myself. The movie is almost half shot now. All that remains is catching up on the hooker scene with Eloisa Alaniz-Gomez, a sequence in which Liliana is terrorized, an all-important backstory scene, and the inserts and atmospherics.

This one is a quickie!

I'll be posting some images from yesterday in a little while...

New Production Week On 'Sloppy Dead Seconds'

OK,

This week, we have three shooting days scheduled. Tomorrow we will do a 58-shot sequence of the film, so it'll be our longest shooting day yet (probably about three hours). Wednesday will be as long with Belva as we'll be shooting four and a half scenes, plus some transition stuff, an integral chunk of the film. Thursday will be some insert shots and maybe a couple of motel room scenes. By Friday, we'll damned near have the entire movie shot and that gives me a week to prep for the one set-piece we have to create.

Look for postings of more stills!

Here we go...