Two days after getting home from New Zealand, Imageworks called and said they were having a 10th Anniversary/Spider-Man/Stuart Little 2 Wrap Party. It was the closest thing they were going to have to a wrap party for those films. Only 6 months late. Almost no one that currently works at Sony was actually there. The […]
What it’s like to be a lighter. Go to dailies. Stare at your screen. Poke the mouse. Stare at the screen some more. Surf the web. Check the render. Poke the mouse. Try to figure out why nothing works. Deal with it later, surf the web. Check the render. Go to lunch. Check the render. […]
Uh oh, dork alert. Over in the Weta workshop they have all sorts of cool shit. Much more interesting than the digital side of things. Giant statues, set pieces, minatures, etc. As of tommorrow this statue of Lurtz [LINK] is on it’s way to England for the premiere of “The Two Towers” in December. It’ll […]
It hasn’t even opened and I’m already sick of Spiderman. More Sony propaganda advertising goes up on the lot.
More behind the scenes of the entertainment world. This note just had to be on a BMW SUV too… Apparantly you got to pull the ‘tude to show ’em who’s boss. Let’s see, stage 25 is the set of “The King of Queens”, it’s a lead actor…? So Alex, what’s your prediction for the big […]
Don’t read this if you’re young and naive and believe movie stars really do stunts and stuff. Living in L.A. can be funny. The magic of movie making. Cruising down the road is Bob the actor in his Audi TT on the back of a camera truck. They just HAD to have this shot I […]
Went to the “Black Hawk Down” screening tonight at the Mann Village Theater. Jerry Bruckheimer, [LINK] the producer of “Coyote Ugly” and some other films you may have heard of, and Ridley Scott, [LINK] the director of “G.I. Jane” and other films you may have heard of, were on hand to talk about the film, […]
“Just take the subway to…” Never thought I’d hear that in L.A. George was in town for the holidays from New Zealand. We hopped the Metrorail from Hollywood Blvd. over to Universal City to see “The Lord of the Rings”. It was playing on the IMAX screen. I’m now a fan of L.A.’s subway. It’s […]
Before going to see “The Majestic”, and an after movie trip to Jerry’s Famous Deli for dessert, we headed up to The Getty museum for a look around. It turned into a sampler platter of art and views because of the lack of time, but vowed to come back some day when it’s warmer. Bouguereau’s […]
Wizardry at the Harry Potter Wrap Party. Ok, so I only shot one photo tonight. At some point in the night I think I forgot I had a camera, and may have even forgotten my name too. After parking at the Hollywood Studios, and waiting in a line for an hour, we caught the bus […]
The Stuart Little crew celebrating it’s first milestone of finaling 100 shots. Only 900 billion to go. Julie and Pia looking like someone died. …and Sarah Moore in the most electric top ever. None more purple. And last but not least a trifecta of alcohol guzzling co-workers.
I’m so money, and I don’t even know it. See who I hang with. I went to the opening of “Made” which is directed by Jon Favreau of “Swingers” and “Friends” fame. Weird how Jon looks twice the size of me as I do my best to blend into the wall paper. He signed a […]
Shrek finally opened! I flew down to L.A. to see it with family and friends at Universal City Walk. It had a $42 mil. dollar opening! All the type A people are in the photo. The type B’s are just off screen.
I won the big prize at the Oscar Party! I won $100 for picking the most winners. I rarely lose this game.
The Lighting team from Shrek had our own wrap party. Probably to console each other that we actually did a good job. We probably didn’t mean some of the things we said to each other during production either.
A wrap party PDI/DreamWorks style. In the parking lot. They really now how to splurge on us after having sweated through two years of work. Factoid: The Shrek Crew Jackets… don’t say crew on them. Thanks a lot.
I went and saw “Heaven & Earth” today. It’s the new film by Oliver Stone and the third in the loose trilogy of Platoon & Born on the Fourth of July. It’s pretty good but it will be empty handed at the Oscars. It’s not nearly the movie the other two are. The cinematography, score, […]